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The former Bosnian Serb general was convicted of genocide committed during the bloody 1992-95 war in Bosnia.

Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the United Nations detention centre in The Hague after suffering several strokes, according to local media.

A Roshen warehouse was destroyed in Chubynske, Kyiv Oblast, by a Russian strike; no employees were injured, the company says.

A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the disaster in Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 180 people. Here is what experts believe happened so far: Glacier collapse A glacier collapse in Nepal’s mountains near Tibet appears to have triggered the disaster. “A large chunk of glacier fell from about 5,200 metres… into a valley,” said Simon Cox, principal scientist at New Zealand’s GNS Science. It “transformed into this raging mass of

Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb commander known as the “Butcher of Bosnia,” has died in UN custody while serving a life sentence for genocide.

Following the Russian attack on the warehouse, Ukrainian toy retailer said no staff were hurt but some orders will be delayed or cancelled with refunds.

Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks as US blockade chokes Iran oil imports ➡️ https://t.co/kMqXNskjkD https://t.co/iczavCZnaW

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Washington's strategy of putting maximum economic pressure on Iran is tempered by its desire to smooth political tensions with China.

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Pakistan rejects US sanctions on Iran Pakistan says it will not comply with Washington’s sanctions against Iran, arguing that the unilateral measures have no basis in international law. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Taher Andarab told reporters in Islamabad on Thursday that dialogue should resolve disputes between countries. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled further sanctions on Iran on Monday as the Trump administration intensifies economic pressure on Tehran to extract concessions.

White House on Iran: "No negotiations are happening right now with Iran. This will continue until Trump feels that maybe they come to the table in a meaningful way. We haven't seen that yet."

Chinese scientists have developed a cross-border early warning system with counterparts in Nepal to monitor Himalayan glacial lake outburst floods. The system has issued timely alerts over the past several years, effectively preventing casualties. But on Wednesday, a high-altitude ice-rock avalanche took everyone by surprise. The debris flow hit a river in Nepal, generating a devastating flash flood that swept all the way down to Gyirong county in China’s Tibet region. As of Thursday afternoon,.

Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks as US blockade chokes Iran oil imports ➡️ https://t.co/gDbnMG31GN https://t.co/uUGiDtR9dy

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KARACHI: The judicial commission formed to investigate the murder of Mir Raza Ali issued notices to the parties for Friday, the commission’s spokesperson said on Thursday. Ali, a 25-year-old Karachi-based businessman, was found dead with a gunshot wound in Gulistan-i-Jauhar last month, a day after he was reported missing. The provincial government decided on Sunday to form a judicial commission for a review of the probe into the case, despite objections from the victim’s family. The head of the

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The catastrophic flash floods and mudslide that devastated the Gyirong Port crossing along the China-Nepal border on Wednesday have dealt a heavy blow to China-Nepal trade and imperilled Kathmandu’s push to cut reliance on Indian transit routes. However, if Beijing and Kathmandu are to proceed with ambitious infrastructure projects, they are expected to take environmental factors into consideration and adjust their construction methods accordingly, one expert said. Chinese officials confirmed..

Iran will defeat enemy in ‘full-scale economic war’, Ghalibaf says Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has described the pressure facing the country as “a full-scale economic war”. Ghalibaf said Iran “will defeat the enemy in this field as well”, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Initial reports of Houthi ballistic missiles launches towards military warehouses at the Al-Mokha Port, Yemen. https://t.co/LMoMr5vGAf
IDF strikes in southern Lebanon are ongoing. https://t.co/jUkAlhJNZh
The Long-Range Strike Company of the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade Achilles struck a Nebo-U radar station at the Millerovo military airfield in Russia's Rostov region.

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Aftermath of an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. https://t.co/6aGYoqWHZG

Moscow has reason to believe that French and Ukrainian security services were behind recent large-scale attacks by militants in Mali, according to RIA.

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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has urged couples in unregistered customary marriages to regularise their unions before the looming 31 August 2026 deadline.

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Artillery shelling of the town of Mansouri

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[Dabanga] West Kordofan -- The Kordofan Observatory warns of signs of an imminent famine in several parts of the region, reporting that families in the localities of El Nahud, Wad Banda, El Khuwei, and Muglad are being forced to rely on ambaz -- the residue left after pressing groundnuts for oil, normally used as animal feed -- as living conditions deteriorate, food prices soar, and humanitarian aid is cut off.

[Dabanga] Nyala -- The emergency room and health centres in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, warn of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in several displacement shelters across the city. They say the basic needs of hundreds of families remain inadequately met, amid shortages of food, water, medicines, shelter materials, and hygiene supplies.
Chinese refiners continue receiving roughly 1.2 million barrels of Iranian oil per day, barely changed from last year. The trade uses elaborate evasion methods including ship-to-ship transfers near Malaysia and payment in Chinese currency or crypto. But Washington conspicuously avoided sanctioning major Chinese banks or financial institutions, a sign it is reluctant to jeopardize the fragile US-China truce ahead of Xi Jinping's expected visit to the US next month. Source: NYT

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Iran's top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a US naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall.

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A leaked letter from Baltic and Polish EU commissioners reveals growing alarm over Russian aggression, citing a "deteriorating security environment" with increased airspace violations and drone incursions. CIA Director Ratcliffe flew to Moscow on August 25 specifically to warn Russia against escalating with Baltic NATO states. This followed US intelligence reports that Russia may test NATO resolve with a limited incursion as early as this fall. The commissioners requested $115 billion to