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Judge throws out espionage counts against former Google engineer
A federal judge, Vince Chhabria, threw out seven economic espionage convictions against former Google engineer Linwei Ding on the ground that…
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U.S. deports more than 160 people to Haiti
The United States returned 161 people to Haiti on Aug. 20, 2026, in the first deportation since courts cleared a path to end Temporary Protected…
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Myanmar military clears areas for Dawei special economic zone
Myanmar's military has deployed hundreds of troops, supported by air and naval forces, to clear territory around the Dawei special economic zone…
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US sanctions alleged Hezbollah cash courier network
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned ten individuals linked to an alleged cash pipeline that transported up to hundreds of…
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Taiwan proposes 18% increase in defense budget
Taiwan's government proposed an 18% rise in defense spending for 2027 that would lift the budget to T$1.1225 trillion, pushing military outlays above…
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Kurdish forces integrated into Syrian state institutions
Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi announced that the integration of Kurdish military, security and administrative institutions into Syria's state…
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Detroit-based drug and money laundering network dismantled
Federal and local authorities uncovered and dismantled a Detroit-based drug trafficking and money laundering organization that operated in five…
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Houthis strike Najran airport and Aramco facility
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they launched drone strikes on Najran Airport and an Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia's Najran region on August…
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Switzerland and China complete updated free trade deal
Switzerland and China have concluded negotiations on an updated free trade agreement that will expand Swiss access to the Chinese market, allowing…
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Germany identifies suspected 1970 arsonist in Munich Jewish centre attack
Prosecutors in Munich say they have compelling grounds to identify a 25-year-old lone neo-Nazi as the perpetrator of a 13 February 1970 arson that…
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Poland arrests Ukrainian suspect in plot to kill arms official
Poland arrested a Ukrainian man identified as Serhii P. who is accused of planting an improvised explosive device under a car used by a…
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Romanian divers detonate two Gerbera sea drones near Neptun Deep
Romanian military divers detonated two drifting Gerbera maritime drones on August 11, 2026, after a civilian vessel working on the Neptun Deep…
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Pakistan cabinet approves defence laws to formalize chief of defence forces
Pakistan's federal cabinet approved two draft laws — the Defence Forces Act, 2026, and amendments to the National Command Authority Act, 2010 — and…
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11 convicted over attempt to smuggle cannabis into UK
Eleven people were convicted for attempting to smuggle 460kg of cannabis, valued at £13.8 million, into the UK via Birmingham Airport after…
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Vietnam proposes abolishing death penalty for six offences
Vietnam's government has presented a draft amendment to the penal code that would remove the death penalty for six offences, including rioting, the…
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Modi and Sharif listed to address UN General Assembly session
A preliminary United Nations General Assembly schedule shows Brazil will open the general debate on September 22, followed by the US, while Chinese…
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Former Liberian vice president indicted on drug charges
Former vice president Jewel Howard-Taylor has been arrested at Roberts International Airport and indicted on counts including drug trafficking, money…
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Prime minister to shut down illegal waste gangs
The prime minister announced a national enforcement package to close down criminal gangs running illegal waste sites, combining more drones, greater…
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Bahrain welcomes UAE-mediated Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange
The Kingdom of Bahrain welcomed the United Arab Emirates' mediation that produced a new prisoner exchange between the Russian Federation and the…
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Zelensky fires senior official as money‑laundering probe names aide
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed deputy Iryna Mudra after investigators named a deputy head of the presidential office among suspects…
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Erdogan says TĂĽrkiye will continue humanitarian aid to Gaza
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked World Humanitarian Day by saying Türkiye will keep providing humanitarian support worldwide, with special…
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Iran warns Gulf states against aiding US military
Iran's armed forces chief of staff warned Gulf countries that any assistance to the US military would amount to participation in US operations, days…
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Indonesia seizes 2.6 tons of liquid methamphetamine from ship
Indonesian authorities seized about 2.6 tons of liquid methamphetamine from the Tanzania-flagged MV Ocean Porter after intercepting the vessel off…
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Ukraine faces obstacles to holding wartime elections
Ukraine is unlikely to hold credible wartime elections without major changes to security and law. Martial law, in place since Russia's full-scale…
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