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Japan - the rising arms exporting 'giant'
Tokyo [Japan], August 11: Quite quickly after relaxing legal regulations for arms exports, Japan is gradually emerging as a "giant"...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was...
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 11: Israel's military said it killed a Hamas cell leader posing as an Al Jazeera journalist...

Chlorine factory fire in Southern France forces locals...
Paris [France], August 11: A fire broke out at a chlorine factory in southern France on Sunday, raising the risk...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes western Turkey
Ankara [Turkey], August 11: An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck western Turkey on Sunday, the country's AFAD disaster management authority...

Russian strikes injure 12 in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine says
Moscow [Russia], August 11: Russian strikes injured at least 12 in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, the country's foreign affairs ministry said...

South Korea's military shrinks 20% in six years...
Seoul [South Korea], August 11: South Korea's military shrank by 20% in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely...

Zelenskiy wins EU, NATO support as he seeks...
Kiev [Ukraine], August 11: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy won diplomatic backing from Europe and the NATO alliance on Sunday ahead...

Netanyahu says new Gaza offensive will start soon
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 11: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected to complete a new Gaza...

Fire prompts thousands of evacuations in California
California [US], August 11: A fierce wildfire north-west of Los Angeles prompted evacuation orders for thousands of residents on Friday,...

FAO Food Price Index edges up in July
Rome [Italy], August 11: The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in...

Security Council: Ambassadors meet in emergency session, amid...
New York [US], August 11: The UN Security Council met Sunday morning in New York following the Israeli cabinet's decision...

Oman condemns, rejects Israeli government's decision to perpetuate...
Muscat [Oman], August 10: The Sultanate of Oman has condemned and categorically rejected the Israeli government's decision to perpetuate its...

Lammy and Vance host Ukraine talks in UK
London [UK], August 10: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy was scheduled to host a meeting of allied national security advisers...

SpaceX capsule with four astronauts returns to Earth
Washington DC [US], August 10: Four astronauts returned to Earth on Satu day after spending about five months aboard theInternational...

Ukraine's future must not be decided without Ukrainians:...
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 10: Just days before a planned meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump,...

Israeli forces kill 21 aid seekers as Gaza...
Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Israeli attacks have killed at least 39 people, including 21 seeking humanitarian aid and 11...

Brazilian group unveils climate plan ahead of COP30
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 10: Brazil's indigenous communities have presented a climate plan that calls for the protection of indigenous...

Zelensky rejects territory losses ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Kiev [Ukraine], August 10: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday once again rejected making territorial concessions to end the war...

UK announces more aid for Gaza as Israel...
London [UK], August 10: The United Kingdom has announced another £8.5mn ($11.4mn) for UN aid to Gaza after Israel unveiled...

New Polish president invited to White House in...
Warsaw [Poland], August 10: Poland's new right-wing President Karol Nawrocki has received an invitation to meet US President Donald Trump...

80 years on, Japanese city of Nagasaki commemorates...
Tokyo [Japan], August 10: The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years...

Three injured in shooting in New York's Times...
New York [US], August 10: Three people were wounded in a shooting in New York's Times Square in the early...

N Korea begins dismantling propaganda loudspeakers
Seoul [Korea], August 10: North Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers along the border with South Korea that had been used...

Firefighters work to extinguish France's worst wildfire in...
Paris [France], August 10: Firefighting operations continued on Saturday in south-western France to ensure that the largest wildfire the country...

At least six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion...
Cairo [Egypt], August 10: At least six Lebanese soldiers were killed in an explosion while dismantling munitions at an arms...

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests
Washington DC [US], August 10: European leaders welcomed on Saturday U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet with Russian President...

Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new...
Gaza City [Gaza], August 10: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday night to oppose...