World

Nepal and China discuss glacier disaster data sharing

Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.

August 31, 2026 11:30 am
 

Australia

Weight drugs trigger 'cultural body trauma' for women

Skinny culture is trending again, according to the internet.

August 31, 2026 10:40 am
 

World

US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak island

U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran’s ​Larak island on Sunday, a U.S. official said, marking the first ‌known American strikes on Iran since late July.

August 31, 2026 9:26 am
 

World

War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions

Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., with the supreme leader urging the government to ​address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and blockade.

August 30, 2026 6:00 pm
 

World

Forced birth control in Greenland violated women's rights but didn't constitute genocide

A campaign of forced contraception in Greenland that ran primarily in the 1960s and 1970s violated ​women’s human rights but did not meet the legal definition of genocide, two expert reports concluded on Friday.

August 30, 2026 4:49 pm
 

World

Italian state broadcaster RAI removes veteran journalist

Italian opposition parties have denounced an attack on press freedom after state broadcaster RAI removed a veteran journalist as presenter of its flagship investigative programme, while government allies have welcomed the move.

August 30, 2026 2:17 pm
 

World

Russian strike on Kyiv-area ammunition depot triggers blast

At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone attack ‌on a Kyiv-area ammunition depot sparked a detonation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.

August 30, 2026 12:00 pm
 

World

Iceland counts votes in tight referendum on EU membership talks

Iceland counted ballots late on Saturday after a close-fought referendum on whether to reopen European Union membership talks, with islanders focused on the cost of ‌living, security, sovereignty and control over the country’s fisheries.

August 30, 2026 10:24 am
 

World

Nepal resumes flood rescue, seeks technical help

Nepal resumed search and rescue work after a ​brief weather-related suspension as authorities searched for nearly 3,000 missing people following a devastating flood that killed hundreds and tore through a region bordering Tibet.

August 30, 2026 8:52 am
 

World

Glacier lake flood threat drops after China-Nepal border disaster

The threat ​of a lake formed after a glacier collapse bursting near the China-Nepal border where a devastating ‌flood occurred earlier this week has decreased, Chinese authorities said on Saturday, as its size appears to have shrunk.

August 29, 2026 5:00 pm
 

World

US secures majority control of Venezuelan oil reserves

President Donald Trump on Friday announced an ​unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation’s battered energy ‌industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down U.S. fuel prices.

August 29, 2026 1:07 pm
 

Australia

Advantage Australia in Pacific contest but risks await

Anthony Albanese is heading to the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting against the backdrop of Australia’s strategic ascendancy in the region.

August 29, 2026 11:34 am

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