Nepal-Tibet flash floods: These two women are among nearly 300 Indians missing
Early on Wednesday, Sudipto Bhattacharya received what would be the last message from his wife. It showed a departure stamp in her passport: immigration at the Nepal border was done. We are waiting to enter China, she wrote, at 07:57 (02:27 GMT). Six…
Russia intensifies Donetsk attacks as Ukraine backs EU asset push
A view of a destroyed building of a research institute following an attack, which local Russian-installed officials called a Ukrainian strike, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on August 26, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict.…
Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute
New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80…
Norway King Harald: A look back at the King who broke with tradition
Norway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89 after he was taken to hospital for treatment for a rare blood condition. The palace in Oslo said he passed away peacefully at 06:35 local time (04:35GMT) on Friday at the national hospital. Daniel…
Treasury yields tread water with ahead of Warsh’s Jackson Hole keynote
Visitors in the Jackson Lake Lodge ahead of the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Treasury yields were little changed early…
Syria President appoints Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as presidential adviser
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the dissolution of his Kurdish forces under an integration deal with Damascus. The education ministry…
Selena Gomez pushes back against ‘frivolous’ fraud claims
The investors claim they were told that «Selena Gomez, one of the most famous women on earth, with a billion-dollar brand and a platform unmatched in social media, would be actively building the company as its head of marketing». Gomez’s attorney…
Iran: Diplomacy ‘isn’t impossible’ — but Mideast wars must end
U.S. Navy sailors work on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as it transits the Arabian Sea to support U.S. military operations in the war with Iran Aug. 20, 2026. U.S. Navy | Via Reuters Iran’s foreign minister said on…
Norway’s King Harald V dies at 89, his son becomes King Haakon VIII
King Harald V of Norway, has died at the age of 89, according to an announcement by the palace Friday morning. Harald was Europe’s oldest monarch. As a child, he went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland…
Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89
More recently he was treated with cortisone for a rare blood condition, haemolytic anaemia, which causes the number of red blood cells in the body to be reduced. He entered hospital on 17 August and his son became regent, taking over his activities. This…