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DawnNews explains how the country’s budget has an impact on the populace’s nutrition as nutrient-rich foods are the first to be cut from diets due to a decrease in purchasing power. “A person may consume enough calories to avoid visible hunger, but still lack the nutrients needed to remain healthy,” explains DawnNews Associate Producer Mustafa Siddiqi. Watch this explainer to see how Pakistan’s budget is failing to prioritise the country’s nutrition. The ACT For Nutrition conference — being hel
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: NATO aims to turn the Arctic into a new front for containing the development of Russia and its like-minded partners. Russia will respond to hostile actions by its opponents, including through asymmetric means.

Palestinian peace activist Samer Sinijlawi shares how five years in an Israeli prison shaped his path toward reconciliation and why he condemned Hamas after October 7. The post What neither Israelis nor Palestinians want to admit appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for a three-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from Aug 31 to Sept 2 at the invitation of President Sadyr Nurgozhoevich Zhaparov to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting. In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced the premier’s departure. It said PM Shehbaz would address the SCO summit and “present Pakistan’s stance on various regional and global issues”. It

The Russian foreign minister noted that Russia favors constructive dialogue in all regions of the world but, when necessary, will defend its national interests "by all available means"

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for a three-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from Aug 31 to Sept 2 at the invitation of President Sadyr Nurgozhoevich Zhaparov to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting, the Foreign ministry Office (FO) said in a statement. “PM Shehbaz will address the SCO summit and present Pakistan’s stance on various regional and global issues. He will also participate in the SCO Plus summit,” FO said. “The visi

Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies open talks Monday at a US-hosted gathering, with the Trump administration seeking to escalate economic pressure on Iran amid a renewed exchange of fire with Tehran. The gathering of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors takes place through Tuesday in the Blue Ridge Mountains city of Asheville, North Carolina. But the first exchange of attacks for a month between the United States and Iran in the Middle East loomed over the meeting

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for a three-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from Aug 31 to Sept 2 at the invitation of President Sadyr Nurgozhoevich Zhaparov to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement. “The visit will include participation in the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting, as well as bilateral engagements in the Kyrgyz Republic,” the FO earlier said. It said the premier wi

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Iran attacked the Al Minhad air base in the United Arab Emirates, targeting US forces and helicopters stationed there on Monday morning, Iranian state media said.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims NATO’s military activities in the Arctic threaten Russia and could increase the risk of armed confrontation

Indonesia, the United States and more than a dozen allies launched annual joint military exercises on Monday to boost defence capabilities and “deter aggression” in the Asia-Pacific region. Jakarta maintains a neutral foreign policy, what it calls “free and active”, as it walks a diplomatic tightrope seeking good relations with both Washington and Beijing. The Southeast Asian giant held a joint navy drill with China this month that was blasted by Taiwan as a “provocation”. Indonesia, the US and.

US army officials warn Hegseth over continuing war on Iran: Report A number of top US military officials have warned defence chief Pete Hegseth against continuing Washington's large-scale operations against Iran, The Washington Post reported citing heads of the army, navy and air force. The warnings came following a classified report outlining US global military deployments. Senior army officials have voiced formal disagreement over the deployment orders but indicated that they will carry them

UAE Ministry of Defence: Reports of a missile attack on Al Menhad Air Base are false. https://t.co/dp3IMumhAK
On the morning of Monday, August 31, Russian troops carried out an airstrike on Sloviansk, injuring four people.

DawnNews explains how the country’s budget has an impact on the populace’s nutrition as nutrient-rich foods are the first to be cut from diets due to a decrease in purchasing power. “A person may consume enough calories to avoid visible hunger, but still lack the nutrients needed to remain healthy,” explains DawnNews Associate Producer Mustafa Siddiqi. Watch this explainer to see how Pakistan’s budget is failing to prioritise the country’s nutrition. The ACT For Nutrition conference — being hel

The Kyiv authorities reported a fire at warehouse premises in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district on the morning of Monday 31 August. Later, the city military administration said that the fire broke out in the village of Pohreby, Kyiv Oblast.

Russian occupation forces struck a Nova Poshta terminal in Odesa region, with no reports of casualties so far, regional military administration head Oleh Kiper said.

Andrey Marochko added that over the past week, the Russian military also destroyed nearly 6,000 unmanned aerial vehicles, three uncrewed boats, three tanks, 47 field artillery guns
JUST IN: A supertanker caught fire after hitting 2 sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, according to IRGC. US has repeatedly said the Strait is free of sea mines to reassure commercial ships that it is safe to pass through. Iran could still have a way to quickly lay new mines even after US forces clear the area. The Fajr-5 MLRS could be used to deploy lightweight mines into the Strait from the shore.

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday denounced the United States for...

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Monday to attend a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization leaders
Over the past 24 hours, on August 31, 225 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines, with 36 attacks taking place in the Pokrovsk direction.
Veteran policy in Ukraine must be fair, and participants in the war against Russian aggression should receive full opportunities for self-realization, stated Member of Parliament of Ukraine and leader of the "European Solidarity" party Petro Poroshenko.

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The UAE Ministry of Defence: a drone coming from Iran was intercepted over the country's territorial waters. https://t.co/t6On1ziHIq

UAE Ministry of Defense says its air forces intercepted a drone over the country’s territorial waters coming from Iran.

UAE Ministry of Defense: Our Air Force Intercepted a Drone Over the Country's Territorial Waters Coming from Iran. The Ministry of Defense announced that it intercepted a drone over the country's territorial waters coming from Iran. The Ministry affirmed that the armed forces are fully prepared and ready to deal with all threats, and that air defense systems continue their missions of monitoring the airspace around the clock.

Large fires in Kyiv region after Russian strikes

Fresh US sanctions aimed at increasing pressure on Iran expected in coming weeks The US Treasury Department will likely unveil weekly secondary sanctions aimed at adding economic pressure on Iran, with an initial focus on banks. "You're going to see a lot more of these every week," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Reuters on Sunday. "We're starting with the banks, and we're telling the banks it's not okay to have Iranian money and to aid the regime." Bessent added that he intends to dri

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Drones raid reported in Yekaterinburg

A Lebanese official to Nida' al-Watan: "What is happening in southern Lebanon is dangerous. No one is able to stop the progress of the Israeli war machine." The source added that no one knows where things lead, especially after Hezbollah refused to hand its tunnels to the Lebanese army. Tehran, he said, cannot help Hezbollah and will not start a war on its behalf.
Former Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov reported plans to create a new defense technology investment fund, which at the start would focus on battlefield robotics, the development of jet-powered interceptor drones, and low-cost AI-enabled missiles.

Twelve days before the disaster, China's World Meteorological Centre told Nepali officials in an email, seen by Reuters, that a monsoon depression was forecast for the area from August 14 to 19.

China warned on Monday there was a “major risk” of further glacier collapses and landslides along the border with Nepal as the death toll from last week’s deadly mudslide rose to close to 1,000. The Ministry of Water Resources said there was an ongoing threat along the Cuojian River in Nepal, a waterway that flows into the Purepuqiang River in Tibet, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Downstream in Tibet there was also a risk that further landslides would cause a new barrier lake to form,.