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US tech company Meta is facing lawsuits over allegations of children being harmed by its social media platforms

Nearly $1 billion in damages

Meta will soon face another high-stakes trial in US

A portrait of Russia's President Vladimir Putin hangs above the military base of Hmeimim in Latakia province in western Syria in 2024

Key ally under Assad

Syria says reached deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases

Argentine football star Lionel Messi arrives at the Islas Malvinas International Airport in Rosario after the death of his father Jorge Messi aged 68

Following cancer battle

Lionel Messi bids farewell to father who guided his glittering career

A bridge in Pozo de Gamboa, Mexico from which five bodies were found hanging, as seen on August 7, 2026

Grim images from the past

Bodies hanging from bridge revive violence in once-calm town in Mexico

Israel has rejected outright a new US-backed plan that would see its forces pull back in Gaza as Hamas disarms

Endorsed by Hamas

Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan in new break from Trump

Kurds have regularly demonstrated for the release of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan

Kurdish PKK criticises Turkey bill on fate of its fighters

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026

Blockade continues

Iran Guards say won't reopen Hormuz without US meeting Tehran's demands

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian strikes had wounded eight people in Odesa overnight

Five dead in new Russia, Ukraine strikes

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a Kremlin meeting

International news ticker

Ukraine says Russia carrying out 'systemic attack' on its railways

Raul Fernandez won the second Grand Prix of his career

Second career victory

Raul Fernandez wins British MotoGP Grand Prix

Argentina prop Tomas Rapetti is tackled during a one-off Test against South Africa in Buenos Aires

During Buenos Aires match

Erasmus hopeful Kolisi hamstring injury not 'too bad'

Dozens of bereaved students, parents and teachers queued at a Buddhist temple in Thailand to pray over the body of a 12-year-old girl, one of eight victims of a home and school shooting.

Students, teachers mourn girl killed in Thailand school shooting

Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in densely populated eastern China, after the storm triggered more than 1,000 flight cancellations, evacuations and a top-level alert

Top-level alert

Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in China after flight cancellations, evacuations

Former South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo (right) and former KFA President Chung Mong-gyu (left) were grilled by lawmakers

South Korea FA apologises after sex scandal adds to controversies

A wildfire has razed 176 hectares in Indonesia's Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, which lies near Mount Bromo in East Java

Battling flames

Indonesia closes national park as wildfire spreads

Argentina star Lionel Messi's father, Jorge Messi (L) and brother Rodrigo at a 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier in Buenos Aires on November 19, 2024

Passed away on Friday

Lionel Messi's father Jorge dies aged 68

Airports in China cancelled flights and some train services had been affected as China's eastern coast prepared for Typhoon Dolphin

Densely populated eastern coast

Flight cancellations, evacuations in China as Typhoon Dolphin looms

Rafael Jodar of Spain celebrates a fourth-round victory over Czech eighth seed Jiri Lehecka at the ATP Montreal Masters tournament

Spanish teen Jodar ousts eighth seed Lehecka at Montreal

A worker assembles a motorcycle at the ZXMoto factory in Chongqing, southwestern China

Ahead of the curve

ZXMoto leads China's charge to dominate the global motorbike market

This aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz on June 27, 2026

Set preconditions

Iran issues demands for reopening of Hormuz

An Afghan goldsmith holds gold at a workshop in Fayzabad, in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province

Northeastern Badakhshan

Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on during a memorial at the Peace Memorial Ceremony, on the 81st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2026

Anniversary of 1945 atomic bombs

Japan nuclear debate unnerves proponents of pacifism

A Flock camera is seen in the Los Angeles suburbs

Grassroots movement

Angers mounts in US over vast network of car license plate cams

Two people stand atop the debris of a building destroyed by the June 24 earthquakes in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on July 17, 2026

Silver medalist

Olympic weightlifter hoists debris for Venezuela earthquake recovery

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is standing for re-election next March

FIFA condemns 'concerted and ongoing effort' to weaken Infantino

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rumen Radev said he did not yet know the type of drone, or where it came from, but stated it was carrying a 'significant' amount of explosives

Near Romanian border

Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline

A new species of tree frog that feeds on insects in coffee groves has been found in Costa Rica

New species of tree frog

Nocturnal 'coffee frog' discovered in Costa Rica

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting at the Palace of Serbia, in Belgrade on August 8, 2026.

'Slap in the face for Russians'

Ukraine warns of tough winter as Russia strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region

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