NASA's new flagship astronomical observatory was launched into space from Florida on Sunday on a mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology.
At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike hit an ammunition depot in the Kyiv region, triggering powerful secondary explosions President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, vowing to punish suspected negligence in the second such incident in two months.
Niger said it had regained control of a key military airbase in the capital Niamey after an attack by mutinous soldiers on Saturday (29 August). Explosions and gunfire were reported in the capital, including around the military airbase and the presidential complex.
Icelanders have voted to stay outside the European Union, rejecting a government-backed proposal to reopen membership negotiations and keeping the country’s long-running debate over EU membership unresolved, according to the latest counting figures.
A 22-year-old woman has been killed and five other people injured, some seriously, after shots were fired at a rave in Aarau, northern Switzerland, police said on Sunday.
The death toll from last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet rose to 750 on Sunday, with 3,044 people still missing, as fresh rainfall pushed up river levels and forced rescuers to move to higher ground.
Groundwater has fallen by as much as 150 to 200 metres in some parts of Kabul, according to a senior water official, as families in Afghanistan’s capital struggle with dry wells and increasingly unreliable supplies.
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez has hailed a sweeping energy agreement with the United States as an “historic” deal, saying it will run for 25 years and aim to lift crude production to more than 1.5 million barrels per day.
The United States has announced more than $3.6 million in humanitarian assistance for Nepal following devastating floods that have killed at least 734 people and left thousands unaccounted for.
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the United States to the UK after authorities said he violated U.S. immigration law by overstaying his permitted stay.
Türkiye has accused Israel of spreading “lies and slanders” against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the latest escalation of tensions between the two regional powers over Gaza and Syria.
Russian strikes on the Kyiv region overnight killed 37 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Zelenskyy added that the Ukrainian capital was under "virtually nonstop attack" from drones.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for greater unity across the Islamic world, saying Türkiye is seeking to strengthen alliances and reduce divisions amid growing instability in the region.
The U.S. is to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, President Donald Trump announced on Friday. He said that Washington had secured control of more than 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s reserves through a partnership with private business.
Walmart has reached a settlement with the U.S. government over allegations that its pharmacies unlawfully dispensed opioid prescriptions, helping fuel the country's opioid epidemic.
Greenland’s opposition parties have called for Denmark to be held accountable before the International Court of Justice over a decades-long campaign in which women and girls were fitted with contraceptive devices, often without their consent.
Icelanders will vote on Saturday, 29 August, on whether to resume negotiations with the European Union, in a referendum that could reopen the country’s long-debated membership question.
Iran is setting conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including an end to the war, the lifting of the U.S. blockade and sanctions. At the same time, Washington is stepping up economic pressure on Tehran through what the White House calls “Operation Economic Outcast.”
Mail sorting centres used by Nova Poshta, Ukraine's largest private postal company, were destroyed in Russian strikes overnight, the firm said. Elsewhere, four people were injured after drones struck an apartment building in Sevastopol, Crimea, according to the Moscow-installed governor.
The United Nations refugee agency is planning further reductions to its workforce and budget in 2027 as it adapts to severe funding pressures, even as global displacement is forecast to reach a record high.
Türkiye has dramatically increased diesel imports from the United States and India this month as Russian supplies have been diminished and Middle East energy flows disrupted.
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