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Nepal's flood death toll passes 950 as those missing surge.
Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority recorded 939 deaths and 3,925 missing as of 31 August 2026. Chinese authorities added 16 deaths and 546 missing in Gyirong County, pushing the combined toll above 950 dead and 4,400 missing across Nepal and Tibet.
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Nepal principal saves 1,600 pupils minutes before flood hits
Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School sits about 100 metres from the Trishuli River in Rasuwa District, Nepal.
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Thailand school shooting toll rises to nine as 12-year-old dies
The death toll from Friday's shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School rose to nine on Saturday after a 12-year-old girl died in hospital. At least 30 people were wounded in the attack; as of Saturday evening, 14 remained hospitalised and seven were in a critical condition.
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'Dubious pretexts': US rejects China's South China Sea reserve
The label is "nature reserve". The practical effect, Washington says, would be to lock Filipino fishermen off waters their families have worked for generations.
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Erdogan visits Saudi Arabia as trade with Turkey hits $7.2bn
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Riyadh with defence, renewable energy and investment on the table, after an informal Saudi boycott that followed the Khashoggi killing and with two-way trade back to US$7.22 billion.
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Brazil police accuse airline owner over crash that killed 62
Brazil's federal police have formally accused 16 current and former Voepass employees, the airline's owner among them, over the ATR 72-500 crash that killed all 62 people on board.
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Floods leave 723,000 Mozambicans facing acute hunger
Flooding in early 2026 affected an estimated 723,000 people across southern and central Mozambique, killed more than 146 and submerged 313,051 hectares of cropland. With about 82 per cent of the UN response plan still unfunded, the lean season is the next test.
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Trump-backed US congressman loses Tennessee primary
Charlie Hatcher, the former Tennessee agriculture commissioner backed by Governor Bill Lee, has beaten incumbent Andy Ogles by 6.6 points in the Republican primary for a redrawn 5th District where 82 per cent of voters were new to the seat.
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Nigeria says 308 abductees freed in security operation
Nigeria's government says security forces have freed 308 people abducted in separate attacks across Niger and Kwara states. The figure comes from the presidency and has not been independently verified.
Colombia warns of terrorism risk ahead of Friday inauguration
Moderna trials a first vaccine for the Ebola strain in DR Congo
Greece contains Athens wildfire on day five after two crew die
India's Cockroach movement won. Now Modi is courting Gen Z
Venezuela Assembly confirms 6,125 dead from June earthquakes
DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak becomes its deadliest with 1,707 dead
Tourist plane crashes near Nazca Lines, killing all 13
57 dead as 50,000 cross into Ceuta after sea pushback ban
Kumamoto quake toll hits 30 as heat slows rescue
France and Spain evacuate 300,000 as wildfires spread
FIFA seeks $4.2bn from private investors in $20bn venture
Mall blast kills two after Kumamoto quake empties building
South Korea builds free national AI chatbot to cut US dependence
Tour de France shortens its final stage as wildfires divert police
Berlin police shoot dead suspect in Pride parade van attack
EU sanctions 14 Chinese firms over Russia war supply links
Wildfire Traps a Freight Train in Canada as Smoke Chokes Cities
World Cup 2026 schedule, results, bracket and group tables
Trump Threatened Nuclear Strikes on Iran, Then Offered a Two-Week Ceasefire
Iran Rejects Ceasefire as Trump's Hormuz Deadline Hits Tuesday
