In Indonesia, death toll has risen to 38 after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Flores today. The powerful quake was followed by dozens of aftershocks,...
Month: August 2026
Romania has begun a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant as severe drought continues to affect much of Europe. Plant operator Nuclearelectrica said...
Eight people were killed in a suspected gas leak at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh today. Police said, the incident occurred at the Ferdous Steel Ship Breaking Yard in...
Two vessels of the United Arab Emirates were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz last evening. In a statement posted on social media, the UAE Ministry of Foreign...
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Millions across Europe swelter through a new wave of extreme temperatures.
Repeat heatwaves and drought have fuelled a historically hot summer of wildfires, and contributed to the deaths of thousands of people. Millions of people across Europe, particularly in France,...
A Singapore court barred Pritam Singh, the chief of the main opposition party, from practising law following his criminal conviction for lying under oath to a parliamentary committee. The...
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Britain not equipped to deal fifth heat wave with mercury rising to 38 degrees Celsius.
Large parts of western Europe are reeling under sweltering heat as Britain is poised for its fifth heat wave of an exceptional summer that is expected to be the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin today, for the first time, visited the Kuril Islands, a Russian-controlled Pacific island chain also claimed by Japan, in a move that drew a protest...
A terrorism monitoring team of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has declared the deadly Red Fort suicide car bombing in Delhi that killed 11 people the work of...
China and Russia have reaffirmed their support for India’s BRICS presidency this year, as New Delhi chairs the grouping for the fourth time. Chinese Ambassador to India Xu Feihong...