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India's Saransh Jain (L) collides with Sri Lanka's Lahiru Kumara

Hit unbeaten 133

'Smart cricketer' Dinusha helps Sri Lanka draw second India Test

A memorial cemetery on the outskirts of Srebrenica, where Bosnian Serb forces killed 8,000 Muslim men and boys in 1995

Symbol of ethnic clensing

Srebrenica: Massacre that outraged the world

Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo

Seven-year budget proposal

Germany-led 'frugal' EU states demand budget plan cuts of 'several hundred billion'

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic was dubbed 'the butcher of Bosnia'

'Butcher of Bosnia'

Ratko Mladic: Serb crusader dubbed 'epitome of evil'

Ratko Mladic (2R), seen here in 1994, was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity

Served life sentence in the Hague

'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic dead: Serbian state media

Symbolfoto

Discovered in sunken vehicle

Body found in Moselle tributary in Talange, France

(FILES) Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama waves at a photo session during a press preview of her exhibition titled "My Eternal Soul" at the National Art Center in Tokyo on February 21, 2017. Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, known as the "polka dot queen", has died aged 97, a statement from her company said on August 27, 2026.

Simple motifs of obsessive repetition

Japan's 'polka dot queen' artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97

India's Saransh Jain (L) collides with Sri Lanka's Lahiru Kumara

Defiant Dinusha helps Sri Lanka draw second India Test

CCTV screenshot of the incident shared by Albufeira Em Alerta on social media.

Tourist hotspot

16 hurt in drink driver's rampage in Portuguese town Albufeira, Luxembourg resident among victims

Residents of Nepal's Devighat town say only one of roughly 150 houses along the banks of the Trishuli River remained intact

Flood-ravaged districts

Swallowed by silt: Survivors recount Nepal flood horror

Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo

Austria, Denmark, and Finland invited

Germany's Merz hosts 'frugal' leaders ahead of EU budget battle

Twisted ceiling frames, charred walls and a shaft of sunlight piercing a partially collapsed roof were all that was left of a neonatal ward after a devastating hospital fire killed 14 infants in Pakistan

Acrid stench, charred walls reveal devastation of Pakistan infant ward fire

King Harald V of Norway pictured with Queen Sonja at the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize award in December 2024

Europe's oldest reigning monarch

Norway holds its breath as King Harald's health deteriorates

The largest share of heat-related deaths occurred in the over-75 age group

Series of punishing heatwaves

Germany reports record 15,800 heat-related deaths this summer

Kenya's Sabastian Sawe defended his London Marathon title in a new world-record time of 1hr 59min 30sec

Broke mythical two-hour barrier

World record holder Sawe withdraws from Berlin Marathon

An Israeli settler attacks a left-wing activist who came to protect Palestinians at the illegal Israeli outpost of Jannatah

Around 30 people joined

Driven by faith, activists stand up to fellow Jews to protect Palestinians

Taiwan has ramped up military spending in recent years

Local production

Taiwan lawmakers approve $7.6 bn drone budget as China threat grows

Flash floods in Nepal left a path of destruction

Glacial collapse

How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster

A Japanese customer at a 'cat cafe' in Tokyo

Fact-finding survey

Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene, welfare concerns

De Berger Séi op 1.860m am Schigebitt Alpe d'Huez.

Three in critical condition

French Alps cable car accident leaves 23 injured

Nvidia briefly lost the crown of the world's top-valued company to Apple as semiconductor stocks take hit

Diversification efforts

Nvidia to buy AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn: report

A tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through villages and towns on Wednesday, leaving hundreds missing

Ongoing efforts

Desperate families search for missing after Nepal floods

Speculation mounts over who will succeed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (L on vehicle)

Succession speculation

Palace intrigue in Uganda as succession battle heats up

Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city, has seen a drastic reduction in homelessness after adopting the 'Housing First' model

Ten years in the making

'Housing First' approach gets Swedish city's homeless off streets

Morning Roundup

Deadly flood hits Nepal and Tibet, diesel prices fall, and grain harvests impacted by drought

Suspect detained

Two dead, 10 wounded in France car ramming

(FILES) Kashmiri craftswomen weave silk carpets at a factory in Srinagar on May 6, 2026. It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.

Wars and upheavals

Once a top export, prized Kashmir carpet fades

(FILES) A handout photo from the Taiwan Coast Guard taken and released on July 8, 2026 shows a Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel (R) sailing near a China Coast Guard ship in waters south of Kinmen. China deployed a record number of coast guard, scientific research and other ships in Taiwan's waters in July 2026, the island's coast guard told AFP, as Beijing dials up pressure on Taipei.

Preparing submarine warfare?

China deploys record number of ships around Taiwan as pressure grows

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