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Indonesia closes national park in East Java as wildfire expands
09 August 2026Indonesian authorities have closed off all access to Mount Bromo national park in East Java province as a fast-moving wi...
Which other countries could join the Turkiye-Saudi-Pakistan defence pact?
09 August 2026Turkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a mutual defence pact in Mecca, in what analysts say could be a step towa...
Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza
09 August 2026DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|Israel-Palestine conflict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has rejec...
Why is Pezeshkian urging an end to Iran’s ‘no war, no peace’ status?
09 August 2026Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for an end to what he describes as a state of “neither war nor peace”...
Palestinians in occupied West Bank hold firm on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
09 August 2026Umm al-Khair, Occupied West Bank — There were weddings in Umm al-Khair this week, but almost no one danced. The small ...
Israel announces tender for 627 settler units in occupied West Bank
09 August 2026News|Human Rights Israeli authorities have issued a tender for 627 new housing units in the Kochav Yaakov settlement in ...
Saudi Arabia says fire extinguished at Aramco facility in Jizan
09 August 2026News|Conflict A fire reported at a facility belonging to Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco has been extinguished, aut...
Flight cancellations, evacuations as China braces for Typhoon Dolphin
09 August 2026News|Aviation More than 1,600 flights have been cancelled and about 500,000 people have been evacuated, as Typhoon Dolph...
Iran issues new demands as Pezeshkian seeks deal
09 August 2026Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has set out new conditions it says the United States must meet before the Str...
