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Mladic died while serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity

Amid EU concerns

War criminal Mladic's body returns to Serbia with military honours

Ein französischer Bürgermeister hat für Tigermücken ein offizielles Überflugverbot für seine Kommune erlassen.

Mayor orders flight ban

Tiger mosquitoes face prosecution in French town Saint-Just Saint-Rambert

Hissen Ibrahim Abdelmadjid, 15, suffered back burns

Independent fact-finding mission

UN's Sudan probe says foreign fighters fuelling conflict

Scientists warn El Nino will exacerbate the heat of a planet already warming from burning fossil fuels

El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns

France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron were welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France upon arrival at 10 Downing Street

At Downing Street

British, French leaders talk migrants, EU relations

Police intervened when demonstrators and foreigners clashed in Durban

Amid weeks of protests

Violence erupts at S.Africa anti-migrant protest

The floodwaters, carrying huge quantities of mud and rocks, rushed through river valleys with tremendous force

Desolate aftermath

Nothing left: Nepal flood survivors face loss and uncertainty

Ghanaian coffinmakers Derrick Anang and his brother Lawrence made a fish-shaped coffin, made in homage to a deceased fisherman

In Ghana, larger-than-life coffins tell the stories of the dead

Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against Cafe Basimta operating on Shabbat, the weekly Jewish day of rest, as secular activists stage a counter-protest in support of the cafe, in central Jerusalem, on August 15, 2026

Near ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood

Cafe at centre of Israel culture clash agrees to shut on Sabbath

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission in 2024 completed a flyby closer than planned to Mercury

High-risk manoeuvres

Spacecraft bound for Mercury begins 'tricky' arrival

A bomb-disposal robot was used after an explosives-laden drone was found near a plane overnight in Leipzig

Weak countermeasures

Europe struggles to respond as Russia escalates shadow warfare

This handout satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/GOES shows Hurricane Lowell (L), Hurricane Karina (C), and a Tropical Storm Marie (R) over the Pacific Ocean on September 2, 2026, at 15:30 UTC

Climate change as contributing factor

Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Nino

The ALSU oil tanker was believed to be empty when it collided with the Tugberk Imamoglu

Indication of negligence

Initial expert report blames tanker for collision off Istanbul

Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb in 2017, sparking international outrage

Amid public outrage

Malta PM urges 'caution' after acquittal in journalist's murder

US trade has fluctuated widely since Donald Trump returned to the presidency and imposed sweeping tariffs

Imports for booming sector

US trade gap in July hits biggest in over a year on AI buildout

Isolated communities near the flood's epicentre remain cut off, with authorities and the UN working to get supplies into devastated areas

Amid utter destruction

Vast aid challenge after 'Himalayan tsunami' devastates Nepal

In Kyiv Jaishankar (L) said 'Every passing day of conflict only means more deaths and more destruction'

Calls for peaceful resolution

Ukraine, India discuss Black Sea, food security on FM's 'historic' Kyiv visit

Paris residents sweltered during a heatwave in June

Heatwaves, drought, and wildfires

France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister

Malkovich says he plans to carry on acting

Venice film festival

'No plans to retire', says 'acting god' Malkovich

Nicolas Maduro was captured in a raid by the US military

Head-of-state defence

Venezuela's Maduro seek immunity from US drug charges

The German Aerospace Centre's humanoid robot TORO at the EUREF-Campus in Berlin, Germany

Lack of 'political will and funding'

Europe bids to be robot superpower like US, China

Fed Governor Christopher Waller is among those who have signalled their concern at rising inflation in recent months

Tackling high prices

US Fed official joins growing group open to rate hike if inflation rises

Buyers are being misled about expected energy costs with plug-in hybrids as well as the pollution they create, the International Council on Clean Transportation says

False expectations

Study shows plug-in hybrids polluting far more than expected

The EU in July told Meta to change its platforms' 'addictive' design

Following agreement in US

EU lawmakers demand Brussels force Meta to 'protect' European children

When asked how long the latest Iran strikes would last Donald Trump said 'I don’t think too long'

Ahead of presidential elections

Nigerian opposition lobbyist tapped for White House-linked role, firm says

China is the world's biggest emitter, responsible for over 30 percent of global greenhouse gases

China emissions fell in Q2 as Iran war pared oil use: analysis

Surging borrowing costs complicate Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu's efforts to hammer out a 2027 budget

10-year OAT bonds

France sells bonds at highest rate since 2008 amid deficit worries

Gloria Steinem spent decades traveling across the United States and around the world advocating for women's rights

Lived 'true to her independent spirit'

US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92: foundation

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