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Over the past 24 hours, on August 6, Russian troops killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded five others.
Former Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov hopes that the projects he launched at the Ministry of Defense will continue, predicting that in August there will already be the first major payments to military personnel on the front line.

Ten people were injured, including two in a critical condition, after a Russian drone struck civilians at a market in the Bilopillia community on 7 August.

Ukrainian defense tech company Fire Point reports the completion of the first stage of development for the new Freyja missile defense system project and readiness to begin mass production of the Ukrainian FP-7.X anti-ballistic interceptor missile by the end of the month.

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At least four people were killed and 15 students injured during a school shooting just north of Bangkok on Friday, the Thai deputy interior minister said. Two students and two teachers were killed in the assault at the high school in Nonthaburi province, deputy interior minister Polapee Suwunchwee told local broadcaster Thai PBS. The injured students were not hurt by gunfire but as they were trying to flee, he said. The shooter was identified as a teenage student of the school and also reported
Russian troops carried out 48 strikes on 34 settlements in the Sumy region over the past day, injuring 13 people, including one child.

KARACHI: The medical board tasked with exhuming the body of Institute of Business Administration (IBA) graduate Mir Raza Ali has been reconstituted, it emerged on Friday. A day earlier, a Karachi court allowed the exhumation on an application filed by Ali’s father, wherein the court directed the police surgeon and the Sindh health secretary to constitute a medico-legal board for the exhumation of Ali’s body “at the earliest possible date and time”. The court ruling came on an application filed b

Trump is caught between an emerging interim deal being negotiated by Iran and Oman that would give Tehran control over the Strait of Hormuz it never possessed before the war
By Emily Rose BEIT EL, West Bank, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faces a fight for political survival in elections in October after angering his fellow West Bank settlers by voting not to punish ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to serve in the military. The political travails of Smotrich are a sign of how tricky it will be for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shepherd allies in his quarrelsome coalition through the October 27 election, Israel's first sin
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Lebanese army clearing roads in Tyre to facilitate residents' return Lebanese military units overnight entered the town of al-Mansouri, in the southern city of Tyre, to begin clearing roads previously blocked as a result of recent Israeli attacks, state media reported. According to the NNA, the army is working to facilitate the safe and secure return of residents displaced by the Israel's assault in the area.

Repeated Ukrainian strikes on refineries like Yaroslavl have pushed Russian fuel production to a two-decade low.

Ukraine's defence forces engaged in 233 clashes with Russian forces over the past day, with the highest number of Russian attacks recorded on the Pokrovsk front.
Russian troops launched more than 20 artillery and drone attacks on five districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, damaging a post office, a gymnasium, and residential buildings.

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Death toll from minibus blast in Syria rises to two, 14 others wounded At least two were killed and 14 others injured in the Jaramana bombing on the outskirts of Syria’s capital of Damascus. The blast was reportedly caused by an explosive device planted in a minibus. The director of the Health Ministry’s Referral, Ambulance and Emergency Directorate, Najeeb al-Nassan state-media that body parts found at the scene were being handled by forensic teams.

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President William Lai took part in an emergency evacuation drill as part of Taiwan military exercises preparing for a potential Chinese invasion.
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Russian forces launched 997 attacks on 56 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 6 August, injuring 10 people.

Authorities say suspected gunman also found dead after shooting at a school northwest of Bangkok.

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China hits back at US with barrage of sanctions, drone industry curbs China has hit back against a round of US sanctions with a barrage of counter-sanctions targeting a group of American entities and a tightening of export...

Explosions rocked the Hvardiiske military airbase in temporarily occupied Crimea on the night of 6-7 August, triggering a major fire.

At least one teacher was killed and four other people injured by a student who opened fire at a school in Thailand on Friday before killing himself, authorities said. Lt. Col. Dechrapee Kongdee Nonthaburi Provincial Police Commander confirmed the casualties and said the suspected gunman had committed suicide. Among those injured were one teacher and three students, he said. The incident took place in the Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi province north of Bangkok. Police identified the...

Shelling by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis has left 11 civilians injured in southern Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan are due to sign a joint defense deal. Follow DW for the latest.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,210 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

I work as a journalist and am a single mother to a child who was diagnosed a little over three years ago with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Allow me to share what that means based on a clinician’s report: When she was three-and-a-half years old in 2023, Elia scored 35.5 on the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, placing her in the moderate to severe category. So she had developed more like an 18-month-old, would not speak any meaningful words and instead pulled or dragged me to what she wanted. She would

EVERY discussion about data protection in Pakistan reaches the same conclusion: we still don’t have a comprehensive data privacy law. Technically, that’s true. The Personal Data Protection Bill has sat in draft form since 2018, and after years of delay it’s easy to assume Pakistan’s approach to data governance is on hold. That assumption can now be challenged. While attention stayed fixed on the stalled privacy bill, another development moved far faster. In late June, the Ministry of Informatio

THE interior minister of Pakistan had said the other day that whether “we admit it or not, this system has collapsed” and that “this system has to be reset”. The healthcare system of Pakistan is sadly a clear illustration of what the minister said, and the spread of HIV and hepatitis C symbolise this collapse. The latest reported figure of small children infected with HIV in the country due to reused syringes and transfusion of unscreened blood is 7,500, minus cases in 2026 from Punjab, which ha

Israeli army withdraws after two-day raid in East Jerusalem refugee camp The Israeli army withdrew from the Qalandiya refugee camp after a large-scale raid that left at least 51 Palestinians wounded. The operation began on Wednesday, when dozens of military vehicles stormed the camp before dawn, carrying boxes, equipment and maps. Soldiers deployed across several neighbourhoods as home raids and searches continued. Meanwhile, a number of homes and other buildings were seized and turned into d

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• Petitioners cite fear of Taliban persecution if sent back to Afghanistan • Peshawar High Court notes fears of detention and removal don’t constitute valid cause of action • Rules immigration, visa and residency matters fall within executive’s domain PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has rejected petitions filed by a former general of the erstwhile Afghan National Army and a special agent of the former Afghan Presidential Protective Service (PPS), along with their families, seeking protec

• Naqvi says centre in Islamabad will combine detention, investigation and summary trial facilities under one roof • Initiative aims to speed up disposal of minor offence cases, reduce procedural delays ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to embark on a major transformation of its policing system, with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announcing a series of reforms inspired by successful international law enforcement models, including the establishment of a China-style Law Enforcement Investigation Centre

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