Thu 13 August 2026: Military escalation continues for days after the Yemeni government announced it is attacking Houthi positions. Yemeni government forces have thwarted an attack by the Houthis on positions along the al‑Mafalis front, south of Haifan, in the southeastern part of Taiz province, as military escalation spikes in several governorates. An official of […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Global youth unemployment is rising amid stagnant economic growth, weak job creation and rapid technological change driven by artificial intelligence, the International Labor Organization said in a report released on Tuesday. “Global youth unemployment is rising as stagnant economic growth and weak job creation increase barriers to job entry for young people […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: The death toll from a ferry accident in Zimbabwe rose to 44 on Wednesday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the incident a state of disaster. The vessel sank on Lake Kariba on Tuesday after it was hit by a strong wave and overturned, according to police. The boat was built to […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Ramzan Kadyrov aggressively promotes Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in public. In reality, the Chechen leader is systematically shielding his population from the draft, utilizing Kremlin funds to hire outside mercenaries while sending political rivals to the front lines. Ramzan Kadyrov loudly champions the Russian invasion of Ukraine while quietly orchestrating […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: The head of the World Health Organization has accused U.S. President Donald Trump with disregarding “decades of evidence” through his efforts to revise the country’s childhood vaccination policies. The warning from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday comes days after Trump signed an order calling for a rethink of school […]
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Thu 13 August 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ Call for probe into recruitment of South Africans to fight for Russia: South African military experts are urging the government to investigate who was behind recruiting under false pretences citizens to fight for Russia. Wingrin said several foreign private companies are using […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: United States President Donald Trump has described Democratic candidates in the midterm US elections as “jihadists” in an apparent reference to Muslim Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed securing his party’s nomination for the Michigan primary elections last week. The pronouncements fuel a proliferating wave of Islamophobic discourse among Republican lawmakers and elected officials in […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his country would “respond in kind” to the seizure of its merchant vessels by EU countries, defining such plans as “nothing more than piracy and robbery.” “If this begins to be implemented in practice, we will be forced to respond in kind,” Putin, attired […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: The vision in the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement “is not limited” to only Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, expressing his desire to bring regional countries under the deal. “Indeed, our vision is not limited to three countries. We want it to expand further and, if […]
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Wed 12 August 2026: Debt restructuring, inflation and copper revenues are emerging as key issues in the vote. Lusaka, Zambia – Zambians vote on August 13 in general elections widely seen as a test of whether years of economic reform have translated into improvements in everyday life. About 8.79 million voters are registered for the poll, […]
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