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Farage Wins Clacton By-Election, but Nearly 10,000 Votes for a Satirist Signal a Hollow Mandate

LONDON, Aug. 16 -- Nine thousand, four hundred and fifty-five people in Clacton voted last Thursday for a man whose campaign helmet is a rubbish bin and whose platform included capping the price of cr... Read More


South Korea proposes talks to formally end Korean WarPublished on: August 16, 2026 1:53 PM

Pakistan, Aug. 16 -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has proposed talks with North Korea to formally end the Korean War, which technically continues because the 1950-53 conflict ended with an arm... Read More


Beyond the red carpet, Takeo wants Tokyo fest to connect filmmakers

India, Aug. 16 -- Festival director Hisamatsu Takeo outlines a bold vision to turn Tokyo into a global networking hub. At a time when Japanese cinema is enjoying renewed global visibility and the cou... Read More


Harsimrat Kaur demands NIA probe into attack on Sukhbir Badal, writes to Amit Shah

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Days after a dagger attack on Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal at a Gurudwara in Maharashtra's Nanded, his wife and party MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday wrote a l... Read More


Renewables can boost RMG competitiveness but "carbon lock-in" persists: CPD

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- Bangladesh's garment sector can meaningfully improve cost predictability and competitiveness by scaling up renewable energy but structural "carbon lock-in" rooted in machinery, finan... Read More


A 'Digital Davos' Meets the United Nations

India, Aug. 16 -- This week, in the shadow of Wyoming's Teton Mountains, a "Digital Davos" will convene. The third annual Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, hosted by SALT and Kraken, will bring together t... Read More


Erdogan Says Egypt Could Join Mecca Pact as Saudi-Led Defence Bloc Reshapes Middle East

CAIRO, Aug. 16 -- The defence pact signed in Mecca last week is already drawing a fourth member, or at least the prospect of one. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Egypt's entry ... Read More


Japan's Defense Minister Visits Yasukuni as China Warns of Neo-Militarism Revival

The shrine, Aug. 16 -- Shinjiro Koizumi, Japan's defense minister, walked into Yasukuni Shrine on Saturday and made no statement to the reporters waiting for him at the gate. He did not need to. In th... Read More


India Reaffirms Russia Ties as US Senate Targets Its Oil Purchases

NEW DELHI, Aug. 16 -- The phrase both governments reached for on Saturday was the same one they have used for years: a specially privileged strategic partnership. It has never had to carry as much wei... Read More


USS Lincoln's 266-Day Iran War Deployment Ends as Sailor Crisis Grips Navy

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- At some point last week, some number of the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln reportedly tried to jump from the aircraft carrier into the sea. The... Read More