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Five people were killed and 26 injured in Russian attacks across three Ukrainian oblasts over the past day.

UKMTO report says Hormuz traffic just 20 percent of pre-war levels Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has yet to recover from the war, with new data showing traffic still running at roughly a fifth of pre-war volumes. Data from the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) show 103 ships entered the strait and 89 left over the past week, which amounts to just 20 percent of the pre-war seven-day average. The curtailed traffic comes despite continued harassment from Iran's Revolutionary
Warehouse Catches Fire in Kyiv Following Russian Strike, One Killed, Several Injured
À Kalehe, plus de 815 ménages déplacés vivent dans des conditions précaires à Ramba : sans abris, nourriture ni soins. La société civile lance un appel urgent à l’aide humanitaire. https://t.co/6dV5n5v60X
Ukraine’s Armed Forces Are in a Stronger Position on the Battlefield Than a Year Ago

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Iranian Military Vows “Devastating Response” to US Economic Threats

Yunji (NASDAQ:YJ) reported a narrower first-half net loss as it reduced expenses and shifted its merchandise mix toward private-label and organic-health offerings, though management said consumer spending and the broader market environment in China remained challenging. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Shanglue Xiao said the company continued to pursue a “dual-engine” strategy centered on products […]

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Friday fired a fresh salvo at coalition partner Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), accusing it of corruption and warning political rivals against targeting her government’s performance. “One party (PPP) is involved in corruption and the other (PTI) in anarchy. I would like to ask them to follow in the footsteps of the PML-N to serve the people,” Maryam said while speaking at the inauguration of a cardiac transplant centre at the Jinnah Institute of Cardio

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Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will assess next week whether to issue a typhoon warning as Tropical Storm Narra is expected to edge closer to the western coast of Guangdong province in mainland China. The Observatory said on Saturday morning the storm was expected to linger over the vicinity of Beibu Wan, also known as the Gulf of Tonkin, before possibly turning east to northeast gradually early next week. “The Observatory will closely monitor its movement and the change in local wind...

WHILE debating the question of carving out more ‘administrative units’ from Pakistan’s existing four provinces, we may find it relevant to study how India has reorganised its states (equivalent to our provinces) since independence. The example is pertinent because of the shared circumstances of the two countries created out of undivided India. They inherited the same interim constitution — the Government of India Act, 1935 — which each adapted to fit its own context. Both countries chose a parli

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,240 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

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By Menna AlaaElDin and Kanishka Singh CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday's scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions that could impact the Islamic Republic and Tehran's most important trading partners including China.

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CHAKWAL: An inquiry into the killing of nine-year-old Australian national Hania Ahmed has found a Crime Control Department (CCD) Punjab constable guilty, concluding that he opened indiscriminate fire on a car without prior permission from senior officers. The incident took place on the night of June 10-11 outside the CCD police station in Chakwal city. Adeel Ahmed, an Australian national, his wife and two minor children were being robbed by two armed men when the constable fired at Adeel’s car.

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A Ukrainian strike hit an Ozon logistics hub in Samara Oblast overnight, setting fire to one of the largest warehouse facilities in Russia's Volga region.

ISLAMABAD: The Senate session was adjourned on Friday without transacting any business minutes after the chair disallowed a PTI lawmaker from raising the issue of non-compliance with Supreme Court orders on shifting former prime minister Imran Khan from Adiala jail to a private hospital in the federal capital. Senator Manzoor Kakar was in the chair when Senator Mishal Khan Yousafzai sought to speak during the Question Hour. Despite clear court directions, Imran Khan was not taken to Shifa Intern

• Dr Uzma says Imran being denied ‘human interaction’; suffering from anxiety, fears dying in isolation ‘like Egypt’s Morsi’ • Pims statement says eye doctors from Shifa participated in PTI founder’s medical check-up ISLAMABAD: Fearing that he will be ‘killed through isolation’, PTI founder Imran Khan has called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi to expedite the movement for his release, Dr Uzma Khan said on Friday after a brief meeting with her brother during his checkup

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Iranian UN envoy Ali Bahreini warned of a growing space arms race as Israel and other countries expand capabilities for future warfare.

• PMD flags risk of urban, flash flooding, landslides • Indus sees moderate flooding at Kalabagh; Tarbela reaches full capacity ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday forecast a fresh spell of rain, wind and thundershowers across the country’s upper and central regions through the weekend, warning of potential urban and flash flooding. According to the Met Office, continuous monsoon currents are penetrating upper and central parts of Pakistan, alongside a westerly wav

Explosions were reported in Zaporizhzhia

British commandos fast-roped from a helicopter on June 14 in the English Channel to intercept the sanctioned oil tanker Smyrtos, captained by Ajay Pant.

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Donskoy, who died in 1389 aged 39, ruled the principalities of Muscovy and Vladimir, which would later become the core of the Russian state.
By Kanishka Singh and Ismail Shakil WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he thought Tehran was not ready to make the "right deal" and that Washington was observing "what happens" in the Iran war. QUOTES AND DETAILS: • "It just means that we're seeing what happens," Trump told reporters when asked if U.S. military options with Iran were limited. • Washington pledged this week to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Ir
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with the assistance of the command of a National Guard special forces unit, has arrested a Russian military intelligence agent in the Odesa region.

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A Russian drone strike on Kushuhum in Zaporizhzhia Oblast has killed a man and injured four others.

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Omani and Iranian foreign ministers hold a call as Washington prepares economic sanctions.

SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Saturday condemned Japan's plan to set...