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Lebanon passes long-sought amnesty law, a day after death penalty repeal
12 August 2026Lebanon’s parliament has approved a general amnesty law that is expected to benefit thousands of convicted prisoners, ...
Why has North Korea fired a missile ahead of US-South Korea drills?
12 August 2026North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast, just days before the United States and South K...
Top Iranian commander visited Iraq to discuss disarmament plan: Source
12 August 2026Baghdad, Iraq – An Iraqi source from within the leading Coordination Framework, an umbrella for Shia Iraqi parties, ha...
Putin warns of tit-for-tat seizures of European vessels
12 August 2026News|Russia-Ukraine war Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has threatened to seize European vessels if European states ...
Iran refutes Trump’s claim to ‘control’ Hormuz: What’s the latest in talks?
12 August 2026Iran has refuted President Donald Trump’s claim that Washington has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, sayin...
Lebanon ends executions: Where does the death penalty still exist in 2026?
12 August 2026News|Death Penalty Lebanon has become the first country in the Middle East to abolish the death penalty. On Tuesday, a m...
Trump says his decoy plane faced ‘greater risk’ in secret flight change
12 August 2026News|Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes due to a potential ...
Three killed in overnight attacks on Russian, Ukrainian port cities
12 August 2026Russia and Ukraine have traded deadly overnight drone attacks, killing three people in Ukraine’s southern port city of...
Clacton by-election: Farage may win the town, but can he win the country?
12 August 2026As Reform UK is beset by financial scandals, the populist party’s rise is in doubt. Several polls have shown the popul...
Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Wildberries ‘aren’t about the front line’
12 August 2026Many have compared Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, to Amazon, and some claim that, as in the case of th...