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Bangladesh launches women-only "Pink Bus" 18 Aug 2026 - 09:40 pm
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Most Chinese mainland firms eye entrance into ASEAN market: survey 18 Aug 2026 - 08:57 pm
Tourists walk out of a store after buying jasmine tea-flavored gelato at the Shangxiahang historical and cultural block in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi). Representational purposes only.
Pakistan Supreme Court orders ex-PM Khan moved from jail to hospital 18 Aug 2026 - 01:02 pm
In this picture taken on November 4, 2022, Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan addresses the media representatives at a hospital in Lahore. Photo by Arif ALI / AFP
6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off Indonesia's North Sumatra 18 Aug 2026 - 12:29 pm
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Philippine student killed in livestreamed school shooting 18 Aug 2026 - 10:37 am
Philippine police gather at a school following a shooting in Zamboanga on August 18, 2026. A student was shot dead at a high school in the southern Philippines on August 18 before the alleged killer took his own life, police said. (Photo by Roel Parreno / AFP)
Japan to test hypersonic missiles in Australia under new deal 18 Aug 2026 - 09:59 am
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) stands with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles (L) during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on August 18, 2026. (Photo by HILARY WARDAUGH / AFP)
Make it rain: Indonesia chases clouds to stem El Nino fires 18 Aug 2026 - 08:21 am
This picture taken on August 6, 2026 shows I Putu Santikayasa, hydroclimatology lecturer at IPB University, explaining the impact of El Nino in Indonesia, in Bogor, West Java. Indonesia believes cloud seeding can help it tackle a wildfire season that experts say is on track to be among the worst in years, driven by a strong El Nino. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Over 5 million affected by extreme weather as Philippines suspends classes in Manila, 12 provinces 17 Aug 2026 - 01:58 pm
Commuters wade through a flooded street triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Manila on August 17, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Seoul, Washington to resolve outstanding issues over investment plan 17 Aug 2026 - 11:06 am
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Nearly 13,000 displaced after deadly Indonesian quake 17 Aug 2026 - 10:37 am
Villagers rest in a tent on an open field in Marapokot, Nagekeo, East Nusa Tenggara, on August 17, 2026, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake. T (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)
5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia 17 Aug 2026 - 10:11 am
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Taiwan's leader says government to propose record defence spending for 2027 17 Aug 2026 - 10:09 am
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China launches new satellite 17 Aug 2026 - 10:06 am
A Long March-2C carrier rocket carrying an SEO satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on Aug. 17, 2026. (Photo by Wang Yapeng/Xinhua)
Landslides kill 4 in Nepal 17 Aug 2026 - 09:53 am
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Death toll rises to 10 in Japan's Chiba Prefecture after record rainfall 16 Aug 2026 - 09:18 pm
Abandoned cars partially submerged on a flooded road in Chiba prefecture. AFP file photo.
6.1magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu 16 Aug 2026 - 11:28 am
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51 killed, thousands evacuated after rarthquake strikes Indonesia 16 Aug 2026 - 09:48 am
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5.7-magnitude quake hits 125 km NNE of Palu, Indonesia -- USGS 15 Aug 2026 - 08:41 pm
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Europe

Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
Image used for representation only. Three lightly injured as new quake hits Spain's Granada
This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police

Americas

File photo Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canadian goods for three days
Representational file photo. US sanctions ICC President and senior prosecutor
(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought

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