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Instagram and Facebook could change forever if Meta loses child privacy trial

Meta has been hit with successive losses in court over how its platforms have targeted and harmed young users, but a jury trial set to begin on Tuesday may pose the biggest threat yet to its operations.

August 18, 2026 9:50 am
 

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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo becomes deadliest in country's history

The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, government data showed on Sunday, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country’s history.

August 17, 2026 5:53 pm
 

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Search teams comb rubble in Colombia nearly a week after quake

Search teams worked ​through the rubble of collapsed buildings in western Colombia on Sunday, nearly a week after a ‌powerful earthquake devastated cities and towns across the country’s west, killing hundreds and leaving many more missing, injured or homeless.

August 17, 2026 4:51 pm
 

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Thousands evacuate after Indonesia quake kills 53, aftershocks hamper rescue efforts

Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 ​earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday.

August 17, 2026 3:36 pm
 

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Trump instructs Pentagon to reduce military exercises with South Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to substantially reduce joint military exercises with South Korea, he said on Sunday in a social media post that also mentioned Seoul’s refusal to take part ​in actions against Iran.

August 17, 2026 2:22 pm
 

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In Spain's Ceuta, hundreds of migrants stage protest and demand asylum

Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco.

August 17, 2026 12:34 pm
 

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Twelve killed and at least 10 injured in Polish bus crash in Hungary

A dozen people were killed and at least 10 seriously injured after a Polish bus carrying 57 pilgrims veered off a ​motorway in eastern Hungary, in an accident that a survivor described as “unimaginable”.

August 17, 2026 11:29 am
 

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Trump's envoys meet mediators, Israel strikes Gaza

Donald Trump’s envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, ​a diplomatic source said, aiming to advance the U.S. president’s Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave.

August 17, 2026 10:26 am
 

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Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence

Iran’s parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that ​would criminalise interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the ‌Islamic Republic, including U.S. or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country, Iran’s Shargh newspaper reported.

August 17, 2026 9:24 am
 

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Belgium's biggest wildfire on record heads towards Germany

Firefighters battled with the aid of Dutch helicopters on Sunday to contain Belgium’s biggest wildfire, which has already burned 3,000 hectares of land and which local authorities said was heading towards the German border.

August 17, 2026 8:00 am
 

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Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence

Iran’s parliament approved on Sunday the general principles of a bill that would criminalise interviews and other communications with media deemed hostile to the Islamic Republic, including U.S. or Israeli media and outlets financed by either country.

August 17, 2026 6:00 am
 

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Taliban mark five years in power

The Taliban marked five years in power on Saturday, seeking to portray their government as ​in control even as aid and rights groups warned of escalating crises.

August 16, 2026 6:00 pm

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