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Russia pounds Kyiv as both sides eye new talks

KYIV: Russia pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Ukraine sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow overnight as the warring sides kept up a barrage of attacks despite the latest US push to end the conflict. Russia said...

Firefighters work at the site of a shopping centre hit by a missile attack in Kyiv on Thursday. — Reuters

US eyes indefinite Iran naval blockade

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Two ADNOC vessels attacked in Hormuz

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two, first fatalities in over a week

Mourners react at the funeral of a Palestinian man Huthaifa Kawari, who was killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. - Reuters

Iran says Strait of Hormuz is under its control, Fars news reports

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Iran says no progress on reviving interim peace deal with US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, Iran, August 11, 2026.

Erdogan eyes expansion of regional defence pact

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

New attacks on shipping as war talks hit impasse

Damage on the cargo vessel Tihamah near Murad, Yemen, August 10, 2026.

Hormuz shipping traffic falls to one-week low

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US fired on ship that tried to break blockade

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US and Iran close to 'some sort' of deal

People walk in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday. — Reuters

Israeli forces continue to demolish homes West Bank

Smoke rises as Israeli forces blow up the house of Palestinian Farouk Ramadan, near Nablus in the West Bank. — Reuters

Libya says Zawiya refinery may halt operations after attacks

A fire in a storage tank burns as firefighters work to control the blaze, at an oil refinery in Zawiya, Libya. — Reuters

Colombia scrambles to find survivors as quake kills 132

Rooms of a building are exposed after a building collapse, following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia August 10, 2026.

Hundreds of Syria Kurds head back to border town

People wave to Kurds who make their way to their hometown of Ras al Ain in Hasakah, Syria. — Reuters

Iran ties Hormuz reopening to US concessions on several demands

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