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n this aerial photo relased by Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, smoke billows as a wildfire razes through a peatland forest in Bulungan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia
Round-up / 21 August 2026
World in brief: August 21, 2026
21 August 2026
People take part in a protest against rising prices, declining purchasing power and shortages of basic goods in Tunis, Tunisia, August 20, 2026. Banner in French showing Preident Kais Saied reads ‘Leave’
North Africa / 21 August 2026
Protests continue in Tunisia demanding the ousting of the president
21 August 2026
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's sister Uzma Khan (centre) speaks as Khan's personal physician Faisal Sultan (centre right) listens during a press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, August 21, 2026
Central Asia / 21 August 2026
Imran Khan's family accuse Pakistan of violating court order
21 August 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with technology leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, August 19, 2026
Iran War / 21 August 2026
US doubles down on vow to ‘squash’ Iran's economy to bring regime change
21 August 2026
Search media content Congo families mourn as Ebola outbreak accelerates, in photos Health workers tend to an Ebola patient at the Rwampara Treatment Center in Ituri, Congo, June 18, 2026
Central Africa / 21 August 2026
DR Congo to receive tens of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses
21 August 2026
Cranes load a cargo ship at Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City, January 30, 2026
Central America / 21 August 2026
Panama Canal to cut number of ships transiting due to El Nino
21 August 2026
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