Sun 17 August 2025: A total of 22,000 cases registered in province in 2023; in first five months of 2024, figure had already reached 17,000. Healthcare providers in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) treated more than 17,000 victims of sexual violence over just five months last year, according to a United […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Three Republican-led US states said Saturday that they would send hundreds of National Guard troops to the nation’s capital as part of a federal effort to crack down on crime and homelessness. West Virginia announced plans to send 300-400 personnel to Washington, DC, where President Donald Trump deployed 800 members of […]
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Sun 17 August 2025: Former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal has said the kingdom cannot normalise relations with a war criminal obsessed with mass killings, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an interview with CNN, he was asked about normalising ties with Israel. He replied: “How can anybody expect Saudi Arabia to normalise […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: The Israeli military announced on Saturday that, starting Sunday, Gaza residents will receive tents and shelter supplies to facilitate their relocation from combat areas to designated “safe” zones in the southern part of the enclave, Reuters reported. This comes days after Israel said it intended to launch a new offensive to […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: PBS in the US is reducing its budget by 21% due to federal funding cuts, according to CBS News. The PBS board approved the cut on Wednesday, also lowering member station dues by $35 million. This will likely decrease PBS’s revenue from local stations, many of which are grappling with their […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Palestine on Friday warned of an “unprecedented” Israeli assault on churches in the territory as part of a “systematic campaign to eradicate Christian presence,” Anadolu reports. The Higher Presidential Committee of Church Affairs in Palestine pointed to “an unprecedented assault on the churches of the Holy Land, led by a direct attack on […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: Limited access to vaccines and funding gaps are the challenges hampering the fight against mpox in Africa, an official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, as the continent marked a year since mpox was declared a public health emergency of international concern. Patrick Otim, program manager of emergency response […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: More than 300 people have been killed in Pakistan as heavy monsoon rains and flooding continue to wreak havoc across the country, local officials said Saturday. Weeks of torrential downpours have triggered flash floods, sweeping away homes, roads, and bridges. Authorities say the country has received far more rain than usual this […]
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Sat 16 August 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday wrapped up a high-stakes meeting in Anchorage, the U.S. state of Alaska, with progress made but no deal reached. The meeting, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in the city, marked the first visit to the United States by a Russian […]
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Fri 15 August 2025: At least 194 people were killed and 28 others injured in rain-related accidents across Pakistan in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Friday. The northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was the worst hit, reporting 180 deaths, followed by Pakistan-controlled Kashmir with nine fatalities and the northern Gilgit-Baltistan […]
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