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Pakistan: Rights lawyer granted bail after calling the army 'terrorists'
28, August, 2023

A prominent Pakistani human rights lawyer who was arrested on terror charges has been granted bail. Imaan Mazari-Hazir was arrested by plain-clothed officers who entered her home at about 03:30 local time on 20 August after she made a speech criticising the powerful military.

Four killed by flood on Moscow sewer tour
21, August, 2023

At least four people have died after they were trapped underground by flood waters during a guided tour of Moscow's sewer system, local media reports. City Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the deaths without saying how many had died, and said authorities were still searching for seve

West Bank: Israeli woman shot dead in attack on car
21, August, 2023

A suspected Palestinian shooting attack on a car near Hebron in the occupied West Bank has killed an Israeli woman and left a man seriously wounded. Two dozen bullets were reportedly fired from a passing vehicle on a highway close to the settlement of Beit Hagai. The woman has

Hurrican Hilary: California braces for imminent arrival of storm
20, August, 2023

The US state of California is bracing itself for tropical storm Hilary, which is already bringing fierce winds and flooding to Mexico's Pacific coast. It is lashing the Mexican state of Baja California with winds of 70 mph (119km/h). One man died there trying to cross a stream in hi

Russia's spacecraft crashes into Moon
20, August, 2023

Officials say that Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon after spinning out of control. It was Russia's first Moon mission in almost 50 years. The craft was due to be the first ever to land on the Moon's south pole, but failed after encountering pro

Ukraine's drone attack injures five at Kursk railway station
20, August, 2023

A Ukrainian drone has struck a railway station in the Kursk region, injuring five people, Russia says. Another drone is said to have landed in the Rostov region - which shares a border with Ukraine, like Kursk - but no injuries were reported. Russia also said it stopped a dron

Ukraine war: Russian missile strike kills seven and injures 144 in Chernihiv
20, August, 2023

Seven people, including A six-year-old girl was among the seven people, were killed when a Russian missile struck a theatre in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday morning. Fifteen children were among 144 people wounded, the police said. At least 25 people were in hospit

Germany: Catholic diocese clergy and staff in Cologne used work computers for porn
19, August, 2023

Clergy and staff of the Archdiocese of Cologne tried to browse pornography on work PCs, its archbishop has confirmed. German media said around 1,000 attempts to view restricted sites were logged when the organisation ran a month of tests on its IT security systems. At least on

Haiti: Thousands flee homes as gang violence surges in Port-au-Prince
19, August, 2023

Soaring gang violence that has killed more than 2,400 people so far this year has made thousands of Haitians to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince. The UN said 5,000 fled the Carrefour-Feuilles district of the capital this week after gang members took control. Local aid g

Canada wildfires: 15,000 homes told to evacuate
19, August, 2023

About 15,000 homes have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia, as firefighters battle raging wildfires that have set homes ablaze. Officials said a "significant" number of buildings caught fire in West Kelowna, a city of 36,000 people, and more than 2,400 h

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