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Belgium's High Fens wildfire has scorched 3,000 hectares and shows no sign of quick resolution — burning peat is releasing toxic carbon monoxide, two firefighters are in hospital, and stronger winds…
Qatar has publicly flagged two non-negotiables for regional de-escalation: a reopened Strait of Hormuz and a revived US-Iran MoU.…
The White House declared on August 18, 2026 that President Trump's Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing and TrumpRx initiatives are…
Indian Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth secured a rare meeting with Nepal's reclusive Prime Minister Balendra Shah — a leader who…
Balochistan once supplied 82% of Pakistan's natural gas — now it contributes just 20%, and only 6% of the country's exploratory…
Nearly a year after Bangladesh's July 2024 uprising tore open its prison system, 690 fugitives remain unaccounted for — including…
In a single weekend, Israel's military killed an Islamic Jihad supply commander in Khan Yunis and two senior Hezbollah figures in…
Trump's order to scale back US-South Korea joint military exercises has put Seoul's decade-long push to reclaim wartime OPCON of…
Iranian FM Araghchi warned of 'false-flag ploys' to drive a wedge between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan — even as the KRG's own…
