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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, August 19, 2026, in Washington
United States / 20 August 2026
Trump halts all talks with Iran and ramps up ‘economic warfare’
20 August 2026
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to the media at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, August 20, 2026
Middle East / 20 August 2026
Australia ‘outraged’ over Israeli decision not to open criminal probe into killing of Gaza aid worker
20 August 2026
U.S. Army soldiers try to dismantle a floating bridge during a training exercise on a river in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, August 20, 2026
East Asia / 20 August 2026
North Korea dismisses US-South Korean war games reduction
20 August 2026
Economics / 20 August 2026
US national debt hits record high of $40 trillion
20 August 2026
Hui Ka Yan, also known as Xu Jiayin, founder of property developer Evergrande stands trial at the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, August 20, 2026
China / 20 August 2026
Top Chinese property developer gets life in prison for fraud
20 August 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on during his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026
Ukraine / 20 August 2026
Zelensky sacks a top advisor amidst corruption probe
20 August 2026
Tyler Robinson, who is accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing
World / 19 August 2026
World in brief August 19 2026
19 August 2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses a lawsuit against Meta during a press conference. At right is New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport
World / 19 August 2026
Meta trial in US focuses on social media’s impact on children
19 August 2026
Decommissioned Syrian air force planes are seen at the Abu Duhur military air base east of Idlib, which was bombed by Israel on Tuesday
World / 19 August 2026
Israeli troops raid Syria and kidnap two a day after bombing air base near Turkey
19 August 2026
The International Criminal Court in The Hague
World / 19 August 2026
International Criminal Court denounces latest US sanctions
19 August 2026
Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates
World / 19 August 2026
UAE cuts off trade with Iran in response to alleged missile attack
19 August 2026
Mikhailo Fedorov
World / 19 August 2026
Sacked defence minister demands Ukraine hold new elections
19 August 2026
A boy plays football with a robot at the conference in Beijing
World / 19 August 2026
China’s robotics edge showcased at World Robot Conference
19 August 2026
People walk past Shifa International Hospital, where imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan will be transferred for a medical examination following Pakistan's Supreme Court order, in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 18, 2026
Round-up / 18 August 2026
World in brief: August 18, 2026
18 August 2026
Mourners arrive to attend a ceremony marking 40 days since the burial of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran, August 18, 2026
Middle East / 18 August 2026
Iran’s top diplomat accuses Israel of sabotaging US ceasefire deal
18 August 2026
Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based Palestinian-American landlord of one of the homes besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week, talks to the media at his parent's home upon his return from the U.S., in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, south of Nablus, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026
Middle East / 18 August 2026
Palestinian American travels to occupied-West Bank home to join fight against Israeli settlers
18 August 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (centre) speaks during a cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, August 18, 2026
Geopolitics / 18 August 2026
South Korea’s president talks up the US alliance after Trump cuts war games
18 August 2026
People dressed in protective gear lower into a grave the coffin containing the remains of Jeannine Katusabe, who died of Ebola, during a burial service in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, August 11, 2026
Central Africa / 18 August 2026
Congo’s fast moving Ebola outbreak has killed over 2,300
18 August 2026
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema shares a light moment with journalists after casting his vote at a polling station in Lusaka, Zambia, August 13, 2026
Southern Africa / 18 August 2026
Zambian President Hichilema re-elected for second term
18 August 2026
Lev Shlosberg, 2nd right, senior member of the Yabloko party, stands in the defendant's box prior to a verdict in the case against him is delivered, in a court in Pskov, Russia, August 17, 2026
Eastern Europe / 18 August 2026
Russian court jails Ukraine war critic for 11 years
18 August 2026
A road is flooded due to heavy rain in Geoje, South Korea, August 17, 2026
Round-up / 17 August 2026
World in brief: August 17, 2026
17 August 2026
A man rides on his motorbike past a billboard with a message that reads in Farsi:
Middle East / 17 August 2026
Iran claims victory over the US and Israel
17 August 2026
Displaced Palestinian Children carry food portions in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, August 14, 2026
Middle East / 17 August 2026
Israeli minister calls for 30 to 40 Palestinians to be killed in Gaza nightly
17 August 2026
People clear debris from a mosque that residents said was damaged in a drone strike in Khartoum, Sudan, August 12, 2026
Northeast Africa / 17 August 2026
African Union makes new push for Sudan ceasefire
17 August 2026
A man walks past a building that collapsed during an earthquake in Reo, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, August 17, 2026
Southeast Asia / 17 August 2026
Thousands in Indonesia await aid after quake kills 54
17 August 2026
US Army armoured vehicles gather to cross a river at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, August 17, 2026
Korean Peninsula / 17 August 2026
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back South Korea war games
17 August 2026
South Asia / 17 August 2026
Temple stampede and hotel fire in eastern India kill 14
17 August 2026
Firefighter work to extinguish wildfires at Hautes Fagnes near Waimes, Belgium
World / 16 August 2026
World in Brief August 16 2026
16 August 2026
A motorist fills up their car at a petrol station in Colorado, August 12, 2026
Cost-of-Living Crisis / 16 August 2026
US oil reserves sink to 40-year low
16 August 2026
Hezbollah scouts carry the coffins of a Hezbollah member Ali al-Haj Hassan, his wife and his four children, who were killed on Saturday by an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut
World / 16 August 2026
Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon kill at least 11
16 August 2026
From left: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sign a trilateral defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026
Middle East / 16 August 2026
Erdogan says Egypt could soon join the ‘Mecca Pact’
16 August 2026
Taliban government supporters attend celebrations marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's return to power, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2026
Central Asia / 16 August 2026
UN warns of rights crisis as Taliban marks 5 years of power in Afghanistan
16 August 2026
An election worker holds a ballot as counting starts in Lusaka, Zambia, August 13, 2026
Southern Africa / 16 August 2026
Observers report intimidation and violence during Zambian elections
16 August 2026
A rescuer inspects earthquake damage at a neighborhood in Mbay, Nagekeo regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, August 16, 2026
Southeast Asia / 16 August 2026
Rescue teams dig through rubble and debris after quake kills more than 50 in Indonesia
16 August 2026
Cars make their way through flooded road after heavy rain in Oamishirasato, Chiba prefecture, Japan, August 14, 2026
Round-up / 14 August 2026
World in brief: August 14, 2026
14 August 2026
Sailors and Marines line the deck of aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as it deploys from San Diego, January 3, 2021
Middle East / 14 August 2026
US threatens ‘indefinite’ blockade of Iran
14 August 2026