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Haiti receives nearly 200,000 forced deportees, UN says after brutal gang killing

Residents protest against insecurity after a fatal overnight raid by an armed gang, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Kenscoff, Haiti, August 24, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder
Residents protest against insecurity after a fatal overnight raid by an armed gang, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Kenscoff, Haiti, August 24, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder

France says four nationals missing after Nepal flood

A man looks at pictures of missing people following flash floods and a mudslide, at the Trauma Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
A man looks at pictures of missing people following flash floods and a mudslide, at the Trauma Center in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

At least 49 people killed in armed cattle raid in South Sudan

Over 90,000 affected by Himalayan landslide, Red Cross says

A woman affected by flash floods and mudslide, arrives at the Maithali Barrack, an army training center, at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A woman affected by flash floods and mudslide, arrives at the Maithali Barrack, an army training center, at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Romania probes cause of Black Sea cargo ship sinking

Reactions to the death of Norway's King Harald

People gather outside the Royal Palace, following the death of Norway's King Harald, in Oslo, Norway, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
People gather outside the Royal Palace, following the death of Norway's King Harald, in Oslo, Norway, August 28, 2026. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Iran’s disfigured supreme leader remains invisible six months into an existential war

Questions over the condition and role of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei are growing increasingly fraught, with Iran facing critical decisions over a war that has set the Middle East aflame while trashing the country’s already fragile economy.
Questions over the condition and role of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei are growing increasingly fraught, with Iran facing critical decisions over a war that has set the Middle East aflame while trashing the country’s already fragile economy.

Two killed in oil tanker fire off South Korea, Yonhap reports

Eswatini receives two more third-country deportees from US, government says

Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court in Mbabane, Eswatini, August 22, 2025. Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional. REUTERS/Zakhele Mabuza
Protesters hold placards as lead applicant and lawyer Mzwandile Masuku addresses them outside the court in Mbabane, Eswatini, August 22, 2025. Activists are challenging a secretive agreement with former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to accept third-country deportees, which they argue is unconstitutional. REUTERS/Zakhele Mabuza

Demolition of modernist arts complex in Tbilisi sparks outcry

A drone view of the complex known as \"Rike Tubes\", designed by the Italian architectural firm Studio Fuksas and built to house the Rike Park Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall, but never put into use and now being demolished, in Tbilisi, Georgia August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
A drone view of the complex known as \"Rike Tubes\", designed by the Italian architectural firm Studio Fuksas and built to house the Rike Park Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall, but never put into use and now being demolished, in Tbilisi, Georgia August 21, 2026. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze

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