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Yes she can: Obama says US ready for...
Chicago [US], August 22: Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that "the torch has been passed" to Kamala...

Netherlands faces "asylum crisis," says cabinet minister
The Hague [Netherlands], August 22: Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Marjolein Faber on Wednesday described the asylum situation in the...

Australia to produce long-range missiles in partnership with...
Canberra [Australia], August 22: Australia will begin producing long-range missiles from 2027 under a partnership with Norwegian defense company Kongsberg.

Three teens charged with alleged assault in Australia
Sydney [Australia], August 22: Three teenage boys aged 16 to 17 have been charged following an alleged assault of a...

Traffic fatalities surge 20 pct in Bolivia
La Paz [Bolivia], August 22: Traffic fatalities in Bolivia surged by 20 percent to 732 in the first half of...

Argentina's public-sector workers launch "national day of struggle"...
Buenos Aires [Argentina], August 22: Workers from the Association of State Workers (ATE) launched a "national day of struggle" on...

Netanyahu says Israeli troops not to leave Gaza-Egypt...
Jerusalem [Israel], August 22: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied on Wednesday that he has agreed to withdraw military forces...

US aircraft carrier arrives in the Middle East,...
Washington [US], August 22: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its escort warships have arrived in the Middle East...

Philippines cancels passport, works with Interpol on mayor...
Manila [Philippines], August 22: The Philippines has provided the passport of a former mayor suspected of being Chinese to Interpol...

Iranian parliament approves new Cabinet
Tehran [Iran], August 22: Iran's parliament approved the new Cabinet of President Masoud Pezeshkian, with representatives agreeing to all 19...

Russia destroys 45 Ukrainian drones headed towards Moscow
Moscow [Russia], August 22: Russian air defences shot down 45 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, with 11 of them destroyed...

Kamala Harris' husband woos Chicago
Chicago [US], August 22: He met Kamala Harris on a blind date, and on Tuesday her husband Doug Emhoff tried...

RFK Jr. to withdraw from Presidential race
Washington [US], August 22: Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to drop out of the race by...

Five Kenyan policemen arraigned over jail break of...
Nairobi [Kenya], August 22: Five Kenyan police officers were arraigned, accused of helping a suspected serial killer and 12 others...

At least 24 killed as Congolese boat overturns
Mai-Ndombe [Congo], August 22: At least 24 people died after an overloaded boat capsized on a river in Congo's Mai-Ndombe...

Helicopter of Iran's late President Raisi crashed due...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: The helicopter crash in which Iran's late President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in May was caused...

Iran: Bus crash kills at least 28 Pakistani...
Tehran [Iran], August 22: A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims crashed in central Iran killing at least 28 people on board,...

U.S. crude oil production projected to grow to...
Washington [US], August 22: Crude oil production in the United States will grow to an average of 13.7 million barrels...

Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participates in G20...
Brasilia [Brazil], August 22: Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace participated in the inaugural session of the G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20)...

3.5-magnitutde quake hits northern Kuwait
Kuwait City [Kuwait], August 22: The Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN), affilaited to Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), said...

Zimbabwe renews ban on alluvial, riverbed mining
Harare [Zimbabwe], August 21: The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday renewed its ban on alluvial and riverbed mining to curb environmental...

Croatia re-nominates Dubravka Suica for European Commission
Zagreb [Croatia], August 21: The Croatian government has re-nominated Dubravka Suica, the current vice president of the European Commission, as...

EU approves Germany's 5-bln-euro subsidy for semiconductor plant
Brussels [Belgium], August 21: The European Union (EU) has approved a 5-billion-euro (5.56 billion U.S. dollars) state subsidy from Germany...

Musk says 'willing to serve' in US govt
New York [US], August 21: US entrepreneur Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he was ready to have a role...

Tunisian election will be a 'mere formality': Human...
Cairo [Egypt], August 21: Tunisian authorities have intensified their crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied, just over six weeks...

German court upholds conviction of 99-year-old ex-Nazi camp...
Leipzig [Germany], August 21: Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 99-year-old former secretary at...

Convention spotlight shines on Biden - with speech...
Chicago [US], August 21: It was not the speech Joe Biden wanted to give. At least, not this year, under...