Bangladesh expect ‘harder’ Australia challenge in second Test, says coach
After a first Test win in Australia in the series opener, Bangladesh expect a backlash in second match in Mackay.
Russia test-fires missiles off disputed islands days after Putin’s visit angered Japan – The Independent
- Russia test-fires missiles off disputed islands days after Putin’s visit angered Japan The Independent
- Russian Missile Drills Stoke Tensions With Japan WSJ
- Russia Holds Rare Missile Test Near Islands Claimed by Japan Bloomberg.com
- Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan The Guardian
- Regions Calling: Decoding Putin’s Eastern Odyssey The Moscow Times
Express train hits and kills 4 workers at a railway station in Japan – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Express train hits and kills 4 workers at a railway station in Japan ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and VideosSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Footage shows clash with French police on beach as dinghy tries to leave for UK
Film emerges as France says it has stopped 185 small boat ‘events’ in three months since new £660m deal with UK
Footage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities tried to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK.
Men wearing lifejackets appear to throw objects at the police to try to keep them away from their dinghy. The officers then use Pava spray before slashing the inflatable boat with a knife.
Continue reading...Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian home while family asleep
Israeli settlers set fire to a Palestinian home while a mother and her children were sleeping inside.
Europe, Canada condemn Israeli plans for new West Bank settlement
The 'unacceptable' E1 plan carries 'legal and reputational consequences' for those participating, European nations warn.
Thousands of migrants in Ceuta wait in limbo while Spain figures out what to do with them – AP News
- Thousands of migrants in Ceuta wait in limbo while Spain figures out what to do with them AP News
- The Tiny Spanish Territory of Ceuta Is Grappling With a New Migrant Crisis WSJ
- Ceuta plans second eviction after hundreds of migrants return to Trampolín beach Euronews.com
- Migration Spain Ceuta Dayton Daily News
- Spain to build temporary shelters to ease Ceuta migrant crisis Daily Sabah
Australian Hussey open to Ashes Test role as England make approach
Ex-Australia batter Hussey said he was informally approached by Stephen Flemming, England's new red-ball coach.
Zelensky confirms drone attack on oil refinery in Russia’s Perm – The Kyiv Independent
- Zelensky confirms drone attack on oil refinery in Russia's Perm The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine Strikes Major Oil Refinery Deep Inside Russia Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine hits Russia's TANECO oil refinery, oil terminal, military says Reuters
- Major oil refinery, logistics center set ablaze in reported Ukrainian attack The Kyiv Independent
- Ukrainian Drone Attack Hits Lukoil Refinery Deep in Russia Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Dr TikTok: Mental health moves from consulting rooms to social media
Social media fosters empathy and awareness, but cannot replace evidence-based treatment or formal psychological care.
‘Very unusual’: UK Palestine activists could be sentenced as terrorists
Court to rule on whether five activists accused of vandalising a Barclays bank will face terrorism sentencing.
Panama Canal to cut number of ships passing through due to El Niño
The crucial waterway's operator says low rainfall caused by the ocean pattern had led to the decision.
UK reports unexpected deficit of £1.8bn as John Healey prepares for first budget
July data shows total public debt was £2.98tn, or 94% of GDP – up £96bn on a year earlier
The UK government ran a larger than expected £1.8bn deficit in July, underlining the challenges facing the chancellor, John Healey, as he draws up his first budget.
City economists had expected a shortfall of zero for July, a month when Treasury receipts tend to be swollen by self-assessment income tax payments.
Continue reading...Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university – BBC
- Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by university BBC
- The Controversial Academic Who Ignited the Jason Arday Furor WSJ
- American academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism allegations is suspended NBC News
- Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring The New York Times
- Cambridge chancellor criticises 'racist feeding frenzy' around Jason Arday BBC
Car salesman, 26, becomes Belgian prince after being recognized as secret son of king’s brother – New York Post
- Car salesman, 26, becomes Belgian prince after being recognized as secret son of king’s brother New York Post
- Belgian car salesman becomes prince after royal parentage confirmed BBC
- A Prince at 26: Once-Secret Son of Belgian Royal Gains Legal Recognition The New York Times
- Once-secret son of Belgium royal becomes a prince at age 26 ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Bulletin AM briefing on Friday, 21 August The Independent
Japan executes a man convicted of setting fire that killed 5 at a pachinko parlor in Osaka – AP News
North Korea boosts support for Russia to include drone operators, Ukraine says – CNN
- North Korea boosts support for Russia to include drone operators, Ukraine says CNN
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 21, 2026 Institute for the Study of War
- North Korea grows stronger as South Korea reckons with fading US support The Conversation
- North Korea's Kim Yo Jong denies Zelenskiy's claim on additional troops deployment Reuters
- Russia Deploys 8,500 North Korean Troops to Kursk, Including 400 Drone Operators UNITED24 Media
Israeli settler attacks shift focus to West Bank areas under direct Palestinian rule
Report says violence is moving from Israeli-controlled areas to those earmarked for a future Palestinian state
Violent Israeli settler attacks in the two areas of the occupied West Bank under direct Palestinian rule have almost doubled since 2025, as settlers pursue a self-proclaimed “great settlement revolution” in the very heart of the territory earmarked for a Palestinian state.
According to a report by the Israeli human rights organisation Yesh Din, shared with the Guardian, data shows that almost two-thirds of incidents of settler violence so far in 2026 have taken place in the so-called Areas A and B – placed under Palestinian Authority governance in the 1995 Oslo accords.
Continue reading...Hong Kong’s Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial – BBC
- Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists convicted in national security trial BBC
- ‘She’s not afraid of anyone’: the prison writings of one of Hong Kong’s last outspoken democracy activists The Guardian
- Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil fell dark years ago. Now its organizers have been convicted CNN
- Hong Kong Court Convicts Activists Who Organized Tiananmen Vigils WSJ
- Hong Kong hits back at Western ‘slander’ over verdict on Tiananmen vigil leaders South China Morning Post
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen activists guilty in national security trial
Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.