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'Not sorry': Israeli officer who killed international aid workers in Gaza justifies strike The Israeli army officer who ordered a drone strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers in Gaza has said he is “not sorry” for the attack. Colonel Nochi Mendel, who commanded the operation, told Australia’s ABC public broadcaster that he stood by the decision to strike the aid convoy on 1 April 2024. The seven workers killed included Palestinian, British, Australian, Canadian and Pol

Leaders of the now-disbanded group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have said ending one-party rule was an “empty slogan” and that they had never incited anyone to overthrow the Chinese government during their three-decade campaign. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, its former chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, former vice-chairman Albert Ho Chun Yan and former vice-chairwoman Chow Hang-tung, told judges on Friday that by advocating an end to “one-party.

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians near Khan Younis in Gaza Israeli forces killed three members of the Abdeen family in a strike near Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Wafa news agency reported. The strike occurred as forces were targeting a group of farmers in the town of Al-Qarara, the report stated.

China’s top leadership has promised to send emergency aid to Nepal as rescue efforts continued in the wake of the devastating flash flood and landslide on the border between the two countries. The disaster has left five dead and 558 missing in Tibet’s Gyirong county, while Nepal reported 469 dead and nearly 1,000 missing. Chinese President Xi Jinping has sent a message of condolence to his Nepalese counterpart Ram Chandra Poudel following the devastating mudslides, state broadcaster CCTV...

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Houthis getting pounded. https://t.co/aD3BCIvPI9
On the night of and morning of August 28, the Russian Federation’s army attacked the Fastiv, Boryspil, Vyshhorod, Brovary, and Bucha districts of Kyiv region.

A Russian drone struck a warehouse in Kyiv on 27 August, where books belonging to the Readeat and Book.ua bookshops and a number of Ukrainian publishing houses were stored. Some of the print runs were destroyed in the fire.

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Vivat publishing house CEO and co-owner Yuliia Orlova said books from her publishing house were stored at a Kyiv warehouse hit in a Russian strike.

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UK Chancellor John Healey, who resigned as defence secretary in June over what he saw as inadequate ambition on military spending, will drop his 2030 target of spending 3% of GDP on defence. He will instead prioritise a £5bn equipment funding gap, with bigger spending increases deferred to next year’s Treasury review. The government still aims to meet NATO’s 3.5% target by 2035. Source: FT

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The State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine reports casualties among the civilian population who, ignoring their own safety, were present at the sites of liquidating the consequences of Russian attacks in Kyiv and Kyiv region.

UPPER SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: One peace committee member was killed while eight others were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Makeen Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper South Waziristan district on Friday, police said. Dera Ismail Khan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ghulam Mubashir Makin told Dawn that the IED had been attached to a motorcycle by unidentified people. He said the device exploded at around 10:45am, injuring nine people in the busy market. He said three peace

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Flash flooding and mudslides in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, while convective storms hit western Europe Following an “unprecedented” deluge in Chiba in mid-August, Japan has had more extreme rainfall in recent days. Moisture from the Sea of Japan brought relentless heavy rain to the prefectures of Ishikawa and Toyama on Thursday. In Himi, Toyama, 361.5mm of rain fell in 24 hours, equivalent to half the average annual rainfall in London and Paris. As a result of the downpours, several rivers
As a result of another Russian attack on the night of Friday, Nova Poshta sorting centers in Sumy and Kyiv region were destroyed; there are no casualties or injuries among employees, reported the company’s press service.

UPPER SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Nine people were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in Makeen Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper South Waziristan district on Friday, police said. Dera Ismail Khan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ghulam Mubashir Makin told Dawn that the IED had been attached to a motorcycle by unidentified people. He said the device exploded at around 10:45am, injuring nine people in the busy market. He said three peace committee members — Inayatullah, Sharat Khan

South Korea backs Trump's push to reopen talks with North Korea but insists on denuclearization and a lead role in negotiations, per Reuters.

The devastating Bhotekoshi flood struck the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday morning.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have completed the pre-trial investigation into corrupt actions during software procurement for Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy, NABU reported.

One person was killed and two were injured in Kyiv Oblast as a result of a Russian attack on the Bucha and Fastiv districts on the morning of 28 August.

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed a joint letter from the foreign ministers of Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain asking EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas to put the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine on the agenda of the next informal Gymnich meeting on September 1-2, and said he looks forward to that discussion.

In particular, Battlegroup West units destroyed 57 enemy UAV control centers

Rescuers are racing to find survivors of a torrent that swept through valleys along the China-Nepal border. The Nepali police on Friday warned people to head for safety, citing a new risk of flooding.

The death toll from the Himalayan flash floods has climbed to 469, with more than 1,000 still missing. Meanwhile, authorities warn an overflowing lake formed by debris could trigger a second wave of flooding.
Over the past day, August 27, there were 250 combat engagements between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian invading forces. Forty enemy attacks were recorded on the Pokrovsk direction and 35 on the Kostiantynivka direction.

According to the Ukrainian serviceman, Russian electronic warfare systems are not blocking Starlink completely, but they are reducing its effectiveness

Norway’s King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved father over more than three decades on the throne, has died aged 89, the royal palace said on Friday. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 am,” it said in a statement. His 53-year-old son Crown Prince Haakon automatically succeeds him on the throne. The flag at the royal pala
Civilian facilities in Kyiv region have been targeted by Russian drones, with significant damage recorded, reported Head of the Regional Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko.
A Russian drone struck a home improvement hypermarket in Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia regional military administration (OVA) head Ivan Fedorov said.
Ukrainian drones struck the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery in Russia using long-range FP-1 drones. The plant, one of Russia's largest, processes about 15 million tonnes of oil annually and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and other petroleum products.

Norway’s King Harald V died on Friday at age 89, the royal palace announced. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6.35am,” it said in a statement. Harald was Europe’s oldest monarch. The popular king modernised the royal house but refused to follow in the footsteps of other ageing monarchs who have abdicated in recent times. His son now automatically becomes

Built-in AI algorithms classify targets and filter out harmless ones, minimizing the number of false alarms, Russia’s state tech corporation said

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