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U.S. to withdraw forces from Iraq by Sept. 30
U.S. forces are on track to complete a full withdrawal from Iraq by Sept. 30, officials said, ending a presence that began with the 2003 invasion…
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US core inflation rises 0.2% in July
US consumer prices showed modest underlying inflation in July, with core CPI (excluding food and energy) up 0.2% month over month and 2.5% year over…
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IPID alleges KwaZulu-Natal police took payments from tow-truck operators
Len John, deputy director of IPID investigations in KwaZulu-Natal, told the Madlanga Commission that some South African Police Service members…
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Tanzania and China shift partnership toward skills
In Dar es Salaam on August 12, 2026, Chinese and Tanzanian officials and educators outlined a strategic move from infrastructure-led cooperation to…
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Federal agents arrest 362 previously deported migrants in California
Federal authorities launched Operation Guardian Angel, using real-time federal warrants to take custody of criminal foreign nationals from county…
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Lebanon parliament passes general amnesty law
Lebanon's parliament approved a broad amnesty law that reduces death and life sentences to 17 prison years (about 12 years and nine months served)…
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Japanese asset managers launch long-term JGB funds
Asset managers including Mitsubishi UFJ, Daiwa and Amova are offering investment trusts focused on long-dated Japanese government bonds as 30-year…
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Trump-Iran dispute raises oil prices to $87
Oil prices jumped about 5 percent to $87 per barrel after a dispute between President Donald Trump and Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and…
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Supreme Court upholds ruling ordering Nippon Steel to pay damages
South Korea's Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court order requiring Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel to pay a total of 80 million won to…
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Comac C919 begins first international commercial flight
The Comac C919, a narrow-body jet made by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar on an Air…
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Riot leases 191 megawatts to Anthropic in $9 billion deal
Bitcoin miner Riot Platform agreed to lease 191 megawatts at its Rockdale, Texas campus to AI developer Anthropic in a 20-year compute deal expected…
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Toronto jeweller consents to extradition to U.S.
Rolan Sokolovski, a Toronto jeweller accused by the U.S. Department of Justice of acting as a "de facto bank" for an alleged drug trafficking ring…
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Pakistan petrol dealers to shut pumps from August 15
Petroleum dealers in Pakistan announced a nationwide closure of petrol pumps from August 15 after issuing a 72-hour ultimatum demanding an eight…
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Canada trade minister meets U.S. trade representative in Washington
Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc is scheduled to meet U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m…
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Gold futures rise above $4,400 as inflation data loom
Gold December futures opened at $4,446.90 per troy ounce on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, up 0.6% from Monday, and were trading at $4,445.30 as of 7:40…
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Pakistan and US renew five-year higher education partnership
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) renewed a five-year agreement for FY2026-27…
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Victims' families sue over parole board clemency policy
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation and a coalition of victims' families filed a petition on July 15 in Sacramento Superior Court seeking to enjoin…
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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death
A Syrian court has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes and crimes against humanity…
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Violent crime falls in major US cities in first half 2026
An Axios analysis of the Major Cities Chiefs Association survey covering 66 large U.S. communities found violent crime categories down in the first…
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Afghan girls attend private madrasas amid Taliban education bans
Four 16- to 17-year-old girls described attending a privately run madrasa in Kabul that opened two years ago after the Taliban suspended government…
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GM to sell EV battery joint venture stake to Samsung SDI
General Motors is poised to sell its half of a planned $3.5 billion electric-vehicle battery joint venture in Indiana to partner Samsung SDI…
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U.N. hears allegations Russia tortures Ukrainian prisoners
At an informal U.N. Security Council meeting, former Ukrainian detainees, Ukrainian officials and U.N. human rights monitors accused Russia of…
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Massachusetts governor signs law protecting librarians' book selections
Massachusetts governor Maura Healey signed a law at the Franklin Public Library that requires school and public librarians, or other educators…
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to address US Indian-Americans
Mohan Bhagwat, sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), will address the Indian-American community at the 'Universal Oneness…
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