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Houthis claim to have killed 45 in attacks on Yemeni government forces 

06 August 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|Conflict Yemen’s Houthi rebels have killed at least 30 people in missile attack...

Why is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visiting Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tensions? 

06 August 2026

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to arrive in Saudi Arabia for a two-day visit, wh...

What came into force with the EU’s AI Act this week 

06 August 2026

On August 2, the next phase of Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Act came into force as the European Union frames this ...

DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800 

06 August 2026

News|Ebola Dozens of Congolese health workers at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak have gone on strike to demand paymen...

Hormuz deal ‘close’: What’s the latest on each side’s positions? 

06 August 2026

Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “on the verge of being finalised” after both countries ...

Cambridge professor Jason Arday quits amid plagiarism allegations 

06 August 2026

Jason Arday has resigned from his post as professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge, following the announcem...

Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream? 

06 August 2026

A popular Mexican TikTok influencer has been shot dead by men on a motorbike near the northern city of Culiacan while he...

Sheikh Hasina vows to return, but will Bangladesh accept fugitive ex-PM? 

06 August 2026

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Two years after she was ousted and forced to flee to India following a student-led uprising, forme...

US-Israel war on Iran upends Europe’s summer holiday travel patterns 

06 August 2026

London, United Kingdom – Nadia Waleed had set off from London with her husband and three daughters for a holiday in Ba...

Sudan war threatens ancient Meroe pyramids, a UNESCO Heritage Site 

06 August 2026

Sudan’s war is endangering the ancient pyramids of Meroe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as fighting and a lack of secu...