Tue 11 August 2026: US President Donald Trump reportedly carried out a highly secretive plane switch during his visit to Türkiye last month after American intelligence received what officials described as a credible threat linked to Iran. According to reports by The Washington Post and The New York Times, Trump was publicly expected to leave […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: Rescue teams in Colombia are continuing a desperate search for survivors after the country was struck by its strongest earthquake of the century, leaving at least 132 people dead and causing extensive destruction across several regions. The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck on Monday, with some of the worst damage reported in […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: More than two-thirds of England is now officially in drought after the country recorded its driest July since records began in 1836. The East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs were moved into drought status on Monday. They join around half of England […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: A criminal court in Damascus on Tuesday sentenced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia after convicting them of crimes against humanity and other offenses, the SANA news agency reported. The Fourth Criminal Court also sentenced Assad’s cousin Atef Najib, the former head of the […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Seventy years after South Africa’s women’s march, the struggle is not over: Nowhere is that tension more visible than in South Africa’s continuing crisis of gender-based violence. South African police recorded 9,782 reported rapes between January and March 2026, along with 12,590 […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: President Cyril Ramaphosa has met with the family of the late Captain Daniel Perez, following the South African Government’s intervention to facilitate the release of his remains by Hamas. The President met with the Perez family on Monday and expressed his condolences following the return of the remains of Perez, who […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: The number of US aerial refueling aircraft stationed at Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel has declined, nearing levels seen during a previous ceasefire, Israeli Channel 12 reported Monday. “The Americans continue to reduce the number of refueling aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport” near Tel Aviv, the broadcaster said. The number […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: US President Donald Trump’s media conglomerate has reported a net loss of $238m in the second quarter of 2026, against revenue of $1.7m. In its latest filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) attributed most of the shortfall to $190.4m in […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: Israel is holding the bodies of around 1,700 Palestinians for possible use in future exchanges, despite no Israeli captives being held by Hamas, the Haaretz daily reported Monday. The figure was raised during recent discussions within Israel’s security establishment, the newspaper said, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Shin […]
Continue Reading
Tue 11 August 2026: You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity. This magic number feels like a medical rule, handed down by doctors across the globe. But where did it come from? And is it even true? Let’s step back to Japan in 1964 Believe it […]
Continue Reading
