Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls – The New York Times
- Inside Afghanistan’s Secret Schools for Girls The New York Times
- Afghanistan’s Appeal To The World – OpEd Eurasia Review
- Five Years Ago, I Was in Fifth Grade 8AM Media
- Afghan Women and Girls Face Growing Hardships, Save the Children Says thekabultribune.com
- Pickering Hosts Walk in Support of Afghan Girls’ Right to Education frequencynews.ca
Ukraine’s Record Strikes Push Russians Back to Gasoline Lines – Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine’s Record Strikes Push Russians Back to Gasoline Lines Bloomberg.com
- Putin Hit by Record Disaster as Humiliating Crisis Escalates The Daily Beast
- Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports The Guardian
- Russia's fuel shortage spreads to Moscow as queues return to petrol stations – Bloomberg Українська правда
- EXCLUSIVE: Russia's gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand late in August after drone attacks, sources say Reuters
Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with ‘state honours’ – France 24
- Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic to be buried with 'state honours' France 24
- Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83 The New York Times
- Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’ CNN
- Allan Little: I met dangerously fanatical Mladić early in Bosnian war BBC
- Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide, has died, Serbian TV reports Reuters
Nepal army rescues survivors from hydropower tunnel
Officials say more than 100 people were thought to have been trapped in the tunnel in Rasuwa.
Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America
Canada has rejected the new name of the lake, which straddles both countries, as their row deepens.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow warns UK ‘playing with fire’ over plans to help Kyiv produce missiles – The Independent
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow warns UK ‘playing with fire’ over plans to help Kyiv produce missiles The Independent
- Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets, ‘catastrophic consequences’ over Ukraine Fox News
- UK's Burnham to visit Ukraine with plan to support long-range missile production Reuters
- Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato The Guardian
- Former senior Russian official warns "unknown sources" could attack U.K. factories making drones for Ukraine CBS News
Harald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89 – The New York Times
- Harald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89 The New York Times
- Some facts about the Norwegian royal transition Reuters
- Norway’s crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father’s death AP News
- Norway’s King Harald dies leaving stormy succession over crown princess’s Epstein links The Guardian
- Norway's King Harald dies aged 89 BBC
Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89
Norwegians gather to remember monarch whose death comes amid scandal over links between crown princess and Jeffrey Epstein
Norwegians have gathered in their thousands to pay their respects to King Harald V, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, who has died, aged 89, in Oslo. He was succeeded immediately by his son, King Haakon VIII.
The new king thanked “the government and Norwegian people for their support and sympathy for the royal family at this time”. A period of national mourning was announced as crowds left wreaths and messages outside the royal palace in Oslo.
Continue reading...Russia threatens strikes on UK military targets, ‘catastrophic consequences’ over Ukraine – New York Post
Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as lake poses new flood threat – AP News
- Death toll rises in Nepal-China border disaster as lake poses new flood threat AP News
- Nepal-China flooding latest: Lake formed following landslide has broken its banks CNN
- 'Everything is under mud': At least 389 killed in flash flood disaster in Nepal BBC
- Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded AP News
- 2026 Nepal Debris Avalanche and Flash Flood usgs.gov
U.S., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U.S. – NPR
Flood risk forces halt to rescues in Tibet, as Nepal death toll rises to 469
Lake has formed at epicentre of flood, forcing rescue teams to withdraw, Chinese state media report
China has paused rescue work at the epicentre of the catastrophic flooding in Tibet this week amid fears that a lake formed at the site was at risk of bursting, as the overall death toll in Nepal rose to 469 people, with more than 1,300 missing.
A lake formed by immense piles of debris has begun overflowing towards the area where rescue teams were headed, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Friday.
Continue reading...Record drought grips Europe as rivers and crops dry up
Drought and extreme heat are drying up rivers and farmland across Europe.
Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’
Australian government announces 24 expeditioners based at research station on Macquarie Island will be evacuated over possible ‘prolonged psychological stress’
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A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the second native mammal species known to have contracted the virus.
It comes as the federal government announced it would withdraw researchers from the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island research station due to the “psychosocial risk” of witnessing potential mass seal deaths from H5N1 during the upcoming seal breeding season.
Continue reading...Six months of war between Iran, US leave Arab states facing tough questions
The Iran war is settling into attrition, with no regime collapse and Gulf economies facing growing uncertainty.
Please don’t rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge
It is polite to reposition a guest’s shoes when they arrive, but the emergency services in one city advise just skipping that part
Etiquette, manners and consideration for others are integral pillars of Japanese society but there are times when they might go a step too far, according to one city’s emergency services.
The fire department in the central city of Kanazawa has urged people not to tidy up the shoes that paramedic crews have taken off when entering a house, warning it could hinder their ability to get in or out quickly, particularly when carrying someone on a stretcher.
Continue reading...Identity of high-profile Queensland man drawn into extortion case to remain secret after court ruling
Man – referred to as MM by court – will keep his identity hidden after legal challenge against suppression dismissed
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The identity of a high-profile Queensland man drawn into a Cairns extortion case will remain secret, after the state’s supreme court threw out a legal challenge against a suppression order.
The man – referred to as MM by the court – was drawn into an extortion case earlier this year. He is not a party to the case and is not accused of any offence.
Continue reading...Algeria residents mourn neighbours lost in wildfire aftermath
Residents of Algeria’s northeastern Jijel province are inspecting the aftermath of wildfires.
DRC begins vaccinating front-line healthcare workers against Ebola
Trials for a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain are ongoing as DRC authorities try to control the Ebola outbreak.