A 16‑year‑old student was shot dead and nine others wounded in a mass shooting at the junior secondary school building of Ateneo de Zamboanga University on
On Monday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan, who is serving a sentence in the central jail at Rawalpindi, must be moved
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner of the country’s presidential election by the National Electoral Commission on Sunday, confirm
A Russian Banderol cruise missile exploded over the Ștefan Vodă District of Moldova on Tuesday after reportedly crossing from Ukrainian airspace into Moldo
On Wednesday, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) announced that it had shot down a long‑range drone operated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over North Kord
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir met with Sudan’s former Darfur governor Minni Minnawi in Juba on Tuesday, a meeting that could signal a new attempt to b
A skirmish that erupted on Tuesday night in the South West State of Somalia has already claimed the lives of several fighters from both sides and two civil
At least 22 people were killed in a brutal mass shooting that unfolded in the town of Kebbe in Sokoto State, Nigeria, on Saturday afternoon. Police reports
A blast at a primary school in Kabul’s Dashte Barchi neighbourhood on Tuesday morning wounded at least eight people, including several children, according
On Monday, local authorities in Nāʻālehu, a small community on Hawaii’s Big Island, confirmed that a 90‑year‑old resident had died following the onslaught
On Friday, a crowd crush at the Ashokdham Temple in Bihar’s Nawada district left at least seven people dead and 19 others injured. The incident occurred d
A fire that erupted in a hotel in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday has left seven people dead and several others wounded, according to local autho
A volunteer‑run humanitarian organization, Emergency, reported on Tuesday that it had rescued 50 migrants from a derelict wooden boat drifting in internati
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) formally announced the draft Prevention of Fraud and Unsolicited Message Service Regulations on 10t
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said at a press conference in London on Tuesday that, despite Russian warnings that allowing Ukraine to use British‑mad
The Federal Government of Somalia announced this week that it will resume domestic and international flight operations for Somali Airlines next month, endi
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani of the Iraqi Kurdistan Autonomous Region reported on Tuesday that the Iranian military used unmanned aerial vehicles to stri
On August 19, 2026, a passenger bus carrying roughly 30 people on a downhill stretch in the Kirehe District of Rwanda’s Eastern Province suffered a sudden
On August 20, 2023, a collapse at the Babuwa gold mine on the border between the Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon killed at least 100 people and
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that, after Iran launched two ballistic missiles toward its territory, it is immediately suspending all
Nigerian troops in Katsina State’s Sabuwa area successfully rescued 14 hostages that had been held captive. According to the on‑site commander, the operati
A failed kidnapping attempt occurred today, August 20, in the town of Bakori, Katsina State, northern Nigeria. In a joint operation involving the Nigerian
The United Kingdom’s Maritime Trade Operations issued a warning on Tuesday, 20 August, reporting that a tanker carrying general cargo was subject to an arm
Merck and Moderna announced this week that their jointly developed melanoma cancer vaccine, designated Melanoma‑mRNA‑Vax, produced positive results in a ph
