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Official drought declaration across 71 percent of England exposes differing national framings
The UK Environment Agency and National Drought Group declared 71.3 percent of England in drought on August 11 2026, up from nearly half in late July and covering 45 million people. Southern England recorded its driest…
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Australia and Vietnam expand defense ties amid shared supply-chain and regional concerns
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese President and Communist Party General Secretary To Lam met in Canberra on August 11. They committed to…
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Ukraine seeks discounted rail grain route through Moldova as Black Sea exports face Russian strikes
Ukraine is negotiating with Moldova to ship grain by rail through Moldova to Romania’s Constanta port as an alternative to Black Sea routes disrupted…
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Syrian court hands death sentence to Assad in absentia while Russia holds the fugitives
The Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus convicted former president Bashar al-Assad, his brother Maher, cousin Atef Najib and six others of murder, torture and…
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Gilman release reveals humanitarian pardon amid health crisis but no exchange
Russia released former US Marine Robert Gilman on August 11 after President Putin approved a humanitarian pardon. Detained since 2022 in Voronezh on assault…
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Turkey enacts conditional amnesty for PKK militants contingent on full disarmament
Turkish parliament passed a 12-article law suspending prosecutions and sentences for certain PKK-related offenses for five or ten years, pending National Security Council verification…
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Trump order cuts vaccines to 11 shots, pushes MMR split amid expert pushback
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 10, 2026, titled “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations,” limiting federal support to 11 core childhood…
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Trump counters Iran’s reparations demand with US compensation claims over IRGC attacks
President Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran must pay compensation to families of Americans killed or wounded in IRGC attacks linked to Qassem…
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Three Muslim powers sign Mecca pact treating attack on one as attack on all
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7 in Makkah. The pact treats an armed attack on one…
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Colombian outlets stress local response while distant coverage tallies deaths and neighbors warn of aftershocks
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck San José del Palmar in Colombia’s Chocó department on August 10 at about 7:34 a.m. local time, at a…
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