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Two Filipino sailors killed in Saudi tanker incident in Hormuz
Two Filipino sailors were killed after a Saudi tanker was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, shipping company Bahri said on Wednesday, September 2. Bahri said its…
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Climate change makes disasters like Nepal floods more frequent
Kathmandu: When a wall of water, rocks and mud tore through her remote village in Nepal last week, Pema Tamang and her neighbours fled uphill to a Buddhist shrine that had been…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rattles Milford Sound in New Zealand
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck near Milford Sound on the evening of Wednesday, September 2, with more than 6,000 people reporting shaking across the lower South Island. The shallow quake, about 40km…
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Telangana man dies in Russian strikes on Ukraine
Hyderabad: A 42-year-old man from Hasnabad village in Telangana’s Jagtial Urban mandal was killed in Russia’s strikes on Ukraine on Tuesday, September 1. According to reports, the deceased, Vavila Sudarshan, had travelled…
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‘They turned a wedding into a funeral’: Iran after US strike
Iran’s embassy in India said a US strike had “turned a wedding into a funeral”, after Iranian authorities reported that an attack near the southern city of Sirik killed five people and…
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Two tankers catch fire after hitting mines in Hormuz: IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two oil tankers caught fire after hitting mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, September 2, amid a widening military confrontation between Tehran and Washington.…
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Nepal floods: Death toll rises to 1,127; rivers swell amid rain
Kathmandu: The death toll from Nepal’s devastating flash floods rose to 1,127 on Wednesday, September 2, as rescuers are racing to find thousands still missing a week after the Himalayan disaster, police…
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Nepal floods: Two Indian-origin couples from Texas missing
Houston(US): A non-profit organisation said four Indian-origin people from Texas have been missing since the catastrophic Nepal-Tibet flash floods and launched an emergency tracking desk, releasing USD 100,000 in relief funds. Deepak…
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USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after West Asia deployment
Laem Chabang: The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier arrived in eastern Thailand early Wednesday after its gruelling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying about…
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Bessent urges G20 countries to adopt Trump’s tariff playbook
Asheville(US): US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he’s urging some of his G20 counterparts to take a page from the Trump administration’s playbook of using tariffs and other measures to crack down…
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US FBI seizes over USD 560K in cryptocurrency donation for Hamas
The FBI has seized more than USD 560,000 in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas, the Justice Department said Tuesday in announcing a disruption of financing for the militant group. In addition to…
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Over 2,000 immigrants arrested in New York: US DHS
New York: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 2,197 immigrants across the state of New York from late July to…
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Iran begins ‘regretful’ response after US strikes kill 5 at wedding
Iran said it had begun a “regretful response” against the United States in the early hours of Wednesday, September 2, hours after US forces launched a fresh wave of strikes across southern…
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Iran condemns US attacks, says Tehran’s response justified
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Tuesday, September 1, denounced the United States’ “ill intentions” against Iran, adding that Iran was justified in its retaliatory strikes on Sunday, August 30. “The…
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Sudan’s RSF met with Israel during the Sudan War: Report
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) senior officials met with Israel during the Sudan War against the backdrop of an already established security and intelligence partnership, according to an investigation by Africa Intelligence.…
