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BSF on ‘high alert’ as Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees country
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BSF on ‘high alert’ as Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees country

Guwahati, Aug 5: The Border Security Force (BSF) has issued a “high alert” along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border following the escalating unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh on Monday.This development comes amid reports of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and her subsequent departure...
South Korea: Heat related illnesses surge to 1,546 cases
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South Korea: Heat related illnesses surge to 1,546 cases

Seoul, Aug 5: The nationwide heat wave has led to a surge in the number of patients with heat-related illnesses to 1,546 while causing the deaths of over 257,000 livestock, the interior ministry said on Monday. The previous day, temperatures in Yeoju, 64 kilometres southeast of Seoul, reached 40...
Australia raises terror threat level to
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Australia raises terror threat level to 'probable'

Canberra, Aug 5: Australia's official terror threat level has been raised from "possible" to "probable," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced. Speaking at a press conference in Canberra, Albanese said that the National Security Committee (NSC) decided to raise the threat level after being...
Kim Jong-un attends ceremony commemorating tactical ballistic missile weapon system
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Kim Jong-un attends ceremony commemorating tactical ballistic missile weapon...

Seoul, Aug 5: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony to commemorate the transfer of a new type tactical ballistic missile weapon system, which serves as the "pivot military hardware" in the armed forces, state media reported on Monday. Kim attended the ceremony, which took place on...
TN BJP head, fisher representatives to meet EAM Jaishankar after mid-sea attack by Sri Lankan Navy
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TN BJP head, fisher representatives to meet EAM Jaishankar after mid-sea attack...

Chennai, Aug 5: Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai will meet Union Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar in New Delhi on Monday, along with fishermen representatives. This visit is to petition the Union Minister about the regular attacks on Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan...
Iraq PM says regional de-escalation depends on halting aggression in Gaza
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Iraq PM says regional de-escalation depends on halting aggression in Gaza

Baghdad, Aug 5: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that de-escalation in the Middle East depends solely on halting the aggression in Gaza and preventing its expansion into Lebanon. The Prime Minister made the remarks during a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony...
Bangladesh on boil again: 95, including 14 policemen, dead in fresh wave of violence
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Bangladesh on boil again: 95, including 14 policemen, dead in fresh wave of...

Guwahati, August 5: Fresh violence erupted in neighbouring Bangladesh, claiming the lives of over 95 people, including 14 police officers, as of August 5.According to emerging reports, the clashes broke out on Sunday morning between protestors demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh...
US: Death Valley records hottest month ever in July
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US: Death Valley records hottest month ever in July

Los Angeles, Aug 3: Death Valley, one of the hottest locations in the world at the height of summer, just experienced the hottest month on record this July, with an average 24 hour temperature of 108.5 degrees Fahrenheit (42.5 degrees Celsius), said US Death Valley National Park officials. Park...
Death toll in residential building collapse in Russia rises to 10
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Death toll in residential building collapse in Russia rises to 10

Moscow, Aug 3: The death toll from the partial collapse of a residential building in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil has risen to 10, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The Ministry said on Friday that rescuers have found 10 bodies and 15 people have been rescued from under the rubble,...
US military helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan
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US military helicopter makes emergency landing in Japan

Tokyo, Aug 3: A US military helicopter on Saturday morning made an emergency landing in a rice field in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, south of Tokyo, local media reported. No injuries have been reported in the incident which took place in Ebina city, national broadcaster NHK reported citing...
UK: Eight arrested, three policemen injured in violent protests in Sunderland
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UK: Eight arrested, three policemen injured in violent protests in Sunderland

London, Aug 3: Three policemen were injured while eight protesters were arrested for a range of offences, including violent disorder and burglary in Sunderland, northeast England. On Friday, three officers sustained injuries during the protests, which were "utterly deplorable", the Northumbria...
Two killed, 12 missing after flash flood, mudslide in China
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Two killed, 12 missing after flash flood, mudslide in China

Chengdu, Aug 3: Two people were killed, eight injured and 12 others went missing after a flash flood and mudslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday, local authorities said.The flash flood and mudslide took place early in the morning in Ridi Village, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,...
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