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Last updated: August 31, 2026, 05:01 AM PHT
Last updated: August 31, 2026, 05:01 AM PHT
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1Eight killed and others missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 04:02 AM PHT -
2Ferry Carrying Hundreds Capsizes Off the Coast of Cyprus
Leo Sands and Ben Hubbard — August 31, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
3Iceland rejects EU accession talks after divisive referendum campaign
Miranda Bryant in Reykjavík — August 30, 2026, 10:57 PM PHT -
4'A giant leap forward': Nasa launches powerful new space telescope
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 02:53 AM PHT -
5Man killed by falling sign at Christian festival named as church pays tribute
Harry Cockburn — August 31, 2026, 02:42 AM PHT -
6Manhunt after shooting at Swiss rave kills woman, 22, and injures five
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 01:49 AM PHT -
7Zambia opposition leader Brian Mundubile charged with treason
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 01:18 AM PHT -
8Google Maps renames Lake Ontario after Trump’s decree on ‘Lake America’
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:57 AM PHT -
9Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for comment about Michigan synagogue attack
Associated Press — August 30, 2026, 09:14 PM PHT -
10News live: number of Australians missing in Nepal floods rises; Penny Wong announces $3m additional aid for disaster
Guardian staff — August 31, 2026, 04:54 AM PHT -
11Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE
Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz — August 31, 2026, 04:51 AM PHT -
12Aon nears $17 billion deal to buy insurance broker USI, WSJ reports
US Top News and Analysis — August 31, 2026, 04:46 AM PHT -
13All-time great Aaron Donald comes out of retirement to rejoin stacked LA Rams
Tom Lutz — August 31, 2026, 04:42 AM PHT -
14Video: Raging floodwaters sweep away lorry in the Philippines
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 04:31 AM PHT -
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16US forces strike Iranian launchers on Larak island in Strait of Hormuz
FRANCE 24 — August 31, 2026, 04:27 AM PHT -
17Australian boxing great Tony Mundine dies aged 75
Australian Associated Press — August 31, 2026, 04:25 AM PHT -
18Iran live updates: US forces strike 2 Iranian rocket launch sites
ABC News: Top Stories — August 31, 2026, 04:22 AM PHT -
19Three rescued, two still missing as French fishing vessel sinks in Channel
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 04:20 AM PHT -
20US strikes Iran’s Lark Island in first attack in weeks
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 04:15 AM PHT -
21Butcher of Bosnia Ratko Mladic still hailed as a hero by some Serbs
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 04:12 AM PHT -
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24Real Madrid cruise past Malaga 4-0 to maintain Mourinho’s perfect start
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 03:50 AM PHT -
25Nepal Turns to Mass Burials, as Thousands Remain Missing from Floods
Sajal Pradhan, Mujib Mashal and Atul Loke — August 31, 2026, 03:46 AM PHT -
26Trump criticizes NBC over election comment as Treasury denies some NYT, WSJ and Bloomberg reporters G20 credentials
US Top News and Analysis — August 31, 2026, 03:40 AM PHT -
27Trump ‘border czar’ denies Milo Yiannopoulos was deported quickly to spare him from ICE detention
Edward Helmore — August 31, 2026, 03:36 AM PHT -
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29Israeli settler rabbi says Palestinians should leave the occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 03:33 AM PHT -
30Captain and crew arrested after at least eight die in northern Cyprus ferry disaster – as it happened
Harry Cockburn and Yohannes Lowe — August 31, 2026, 03:18 AM PHT -
31Former Israeli soldiers pose as Pro-Palestinian supporters in the US
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 03:06 AM PHT -
32Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates
Edward Helmore — August 31, 2026, 02:57 AM PHT -
33Iceland Votes to Steer Clear of European Union Talks
Amelia Nierenberg and Egill Bjarnason — August 31, 2026, 02:54 AM PHT -
34‘Do you miss Mogadishu?’ Inside Sweden’s far-right campaign
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 02:51 AM PHT -
35Prisons ‘one major event from disaster’ after U-turn on early release scheme
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent — August 31, 2026, 02:50 AM PHT -
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38Devastation from the Nepal-China Floods in 30 photos
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 02:34 AM PHT -
39Nepal-Tibet deaths from flash flooding rise amid race to free workers in tunnel
Angelique Chrisafis and agencies — August 31, 2026, 02:34 AM PHT -
40Fernandes hat-trick fires Man Utd in seven-goal thriller with Ipswich
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT -
41Prisoners freed early are returning to jail at rapid rate, governors tell BBC
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 02:33 AM PHT -
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43First images of Maduro in US custody released since his abduction
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 02:28 AM PHT -
44Top officials from Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to meet in Istanbul
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 02:19 AM PHT -
45Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail
Reid J. Epstein — August 31, 2026, 02:17 AM PHT -
46Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel stations sold gas a distributor says went unpaid for
US Top News and Analysis — August 31, 2026, 02:06 AM PHT -
47Hunt Underway After Deadly Shooting at Swiss Rave
Christopher F. Schuetze — August 31, 2026, 01:59 AM PHT -
48Nepal’s flood survivors search for missing loved ones
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 01:57 AM PHT -
49‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing
Helena Horton — August 31, 2026, 01:50 AM PHT -
50NASA launches $4.3bn Roman Telescope to uncover universe’s hidden secrets
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 01:44 AM PHT -
51How did Rashford do on return to Man Utd XI? Player ratings
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 01:32 AM PHT -
52How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas
Zach Montague and Mattathias Schwartz — August 31, 2026, 01:27 AM PHT -
53Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations
Alex Horton, Tara Copp — August 31, 2026, 01:27 AM PHT -
54Trump threatens to report journalist Kristen Welker to broadcast regulator
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 01:22 AM PHT -
55Trump says NBC’s Kristen Welker should face ‘punishment’ from FCC
Edward Helmore — August 31, 2026, 01:16 AM PHT -
56Headteacher saves 900 children from deadly flash flood in Nepal
Harry Cockburn — August 31, 2026, 01:15 AM PHT -
57Fifteen Britons among 261 foreigners missing in China after floods
Raphael Boyd — August 31, 2026, 01:13 AM PHT -
58Why Chelsea need more than a new goalkeeper to be title challengers
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 01:12 AM PHT -
59Trump says NBC journalist to be reported to FCC for ‘punishment’ over endorsement coverage
FRANCE 24 — August 31, 2026, 01:06 AM PHT -
60'His best Test for a year' – England-Pakistan player ratings
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 01:04 AM PHT -
61Death toll nears 800 after Himalayan glacier collapse
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 01:00 AM PHT -
62Venezuela vowed not to ‘hand over’ its oil. Trump aims to grab a windfall.
Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio — August 31, 2026, 12:58 AM PHT -
63See Nepali Rescue Workers Testing Aid Delivery by Drone
Atul Loke and Anupreeta Das — August 31, 2026, 12:55 AM PHT -
64Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 12:48 AM PHT -
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66NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars
Katrina Miller — August 31, 2026, 12:39 AM PHT -
67‘The river has taken everything’: people return to remains of their homes in Nepal
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Devighat — August 31, 2026, 12:39 AM PHT -
68Rival Libya factions sign deal to hold national elections within two years
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:38 AM PHT -
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71Sons of officer who died in A66 crash lead out Man Utd as mascots
BBC News — August 31, 2026, 12:30 AM PHT -
72Cleverly avoids culture war issues in pitch to be next London mayor
Alexandra Topping Political correspondent — August 31, 2026, 12:25 AM PHT -
73This Governor Could Lose His Primary. A Bridge May Be to Blame.
Jenna Russell — August 31, 2026, 12:18 AM PHT -
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76Israeli soldiers participate in Sydney Marathon despite protests
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:09 AM PHT -
77What’s behind Netanyahu’s condemnation of this weekend’s settler pogroms?
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:06 AM PHT -
78Educated? Skilled? Ambitious? Traffickers are looking for you
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:03 AM PHT -
79Rohingya crisis: Aid falls and hope fades
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 31, 2026, 12:00 AM PHT -
80Trump says US will refill its petroleum reserves using Venezuelan oil
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 30, 2026, 11:50 PM PHT -
81He beat Big Tobacco. Will the same playbook work against Meta and social media?
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 11:48 PM PHT -
82French LGBTQ rights leader hospitalised after ‘despicable homophobic attack’ in Paris
FRANCE 24 — August 30, 2026, 11:41 PM PHT -
83China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
Lily Kuo and Pei-Lin Wu — August 30, 2026, 11:41 PM PHT -
84Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
Chris Osuh — August 30, 2026, 11:35 PM PHT -
85Nepal flood victims fear more bodies are buried under mud
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 30, 2026, 11:31 PM PHT -
86Niger junta puts down mutiny with help from Russia's Africa Corps
FRANCE 24 — August 30, 2026, 11:20 PM PHT -
87Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 to extend perfect start under Xabi Alonso
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — August 30, 2026, 11:19 PM PHT -
88Expedia Faces Off With Cuban Families Over Land Seized Decades Ago
David C. Adams — August 30, 2026, 11:18 PM PHT -
89Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez defends ‘endless’ benefits of her oil deal with Trump
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent — August 30, 2026, 11:08 PM PHT -
90Cash settlements on home insurance claims leaving vulnerable Australians short-changed, Asic says
Luca Ittimani — August 30, 2026, 11:01 PM PHT -
91Ontario's premier says trade war would be 'devastating' for US and Canada
ABC News: Top Stories — August 30, 2026, 10:58 PM PHT -
92Here are the 3 big things we're watching in the stock market in the week ahead
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 10:54 PM PHT -
93U.A.E. To Review Banque Misr, Targeted by Iran Sanctions
Vivian Nereim — August 30, 2026, 10:49 PM PHT -
94Week in pictures: devastating floods in Nepal, death of Dolly Parton and a tornado in France
FRANCE 24 — August 30, 2026, 10:47 PM PHT -
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96Nepal Flood Survivors Return to Devastated Towns
Anupreeta Das, Leila Medina and Atul Loke — August 30, 2026, 10:40 PM PHT -
97Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm into liquidation just months after repurchase erased millions in debt
Simon Goodley — August 30, 2026, 10:38 PM PHT -
98Police release one of two men arrested over fatal house fire
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 10:34 PM PHT -
99Canada installs large Lake Ontario sign in latest jab at US
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 10:25 PM PHT -
100New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks
Eric Berger in New York — August 30, 2026, 10:07 PM PHT -
101How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’
MJ Franklin — August 30, 2026, 09:24 PM PHT -
102Tropical Storm Karina strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific
ABC News: Top Stories — August 30, 2026, 09:16 PM PHT -
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104Trump’s ambassador to Italy is flaunting his wealth, and it’s dividing Italians
Anthony Faiola — August 30, 2026, 09:09 PM PHT -
105I'm a psychologist who studies couples: The happiest couples never fight about this 1 thing (it's not sex or money)
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 09:08 PM PHT -
106Thieves Smash Museum Case for Diamond Necklace Worth Millions in Vienna
Alan Yuhas — August 30, 2026, 09:02 PM PHT -
107‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover
Julie Turkewitz — August 30, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
108What new tariff walls in U.S.-Canada trade war mean for the economy's critical metals
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 09:00 PM PHT -
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110Icelanders reject reopening talks to join the EU despite Trump's Greenland threats
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 08:32 PM PHT -
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113Ferry carrying more than 260 people capsizes off northern Cyprus
FRANCE24 — August 30, 2026, 08:27 PM PHT -
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115WATCH: Woman alleges she was ejected from mountain coaster in Colorado
ABC News: Top Stories — August 30, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
116WATCH: International manhunt for alleged diamond thieves: Police
ABC News: Top Stories — August 30, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
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118The 'choose your own adventure' earnings: Why retailers are handling tariff refunds so differently
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 08:00 PM PHT -
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122The 10 P.M. Dinner Is a Spanish Tradition. Are People Giving It Up?
Jonathan Wolfe — August 30, 2026, 07:07 PM PHT -
123Russian strikes on food warehouses pose threat of shortages in Ukraine
Anastacia Galouchka — August 30, 2026, 07:05 PM PHT -
124Top Wall Street analysts suggest these 3 dividend stocks for consistent income
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 06:42 PM PHT -
125Long Lines for Gas in Iran Show War and U.S. Blockade Squeezing Supply
Shirin Hakim, Leily Nikounazar and Yeganeh Torbati — August 30, 2026, 06:12 PM PHT -
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128Who Will Rule the 2026 U.S. Open?
Natalie Kitroeff, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Lena Richards, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dahlia Haddad, Dan Powell and Marion Lozano — August 30, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
129The World Is a Room With a Piano Waiting to Be Played
Roger Rosenblatt — August 30, 2026, 06:00 PM PHT -
130Harry Potter: Versailles turns into wizarding school for a day
FRANCE24 — August 30, 2026, 05:25 PM PHT -
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133Vuelta: Pogacar’s terrifying crash, serious injuries and abandonment
L'Equipe TV — August 30, 2026, 05:03 PM PHT -
134Before Nepal’s Floods, Hindu Pilgrims Sought the Divine at Mount Kailash
Lauren McGaughy, Georgia Gee and Sejal Govindarao — August 30, 2026, 05:02 PM PHT -
135Ed Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race
Reid J. Epstein — August 30, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
136He Was a Top Lawn Care Influencer on YouTube. Then Everything Went Haywire.
Jon Ronson — August 30, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
137Far Right Is Poised to Win in a German State, but Fight Over Power Won’t End There
Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley — August 30, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
138An aging population in China inspires a new industry: Adult children for hire
Huiyee Chiew, Lyric Li — August 30, 2026, 05:00 PM PHT -
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140Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted – but at what cost?
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 03:58 PM PHT -
141Trump announces deal with Venezuela to secure more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
US Top News and Analysis — August 30, 2026, 03:27 PM PHT -
142Pacific Islands Forum meeting in turmoil after several leaders pull out of Palau summit
Krishani Dhanji and Australian Associated Press — August 30, 2026, 03:22 PM PHT -
143Renee was at Gyirong Port minutes before flood struck, now her family want to travel from Australia to help search
Cait Kelly in Kathmandu — August 30, 2026, 02:21 PM PHT -
144We all share a 15-acre Georgian mansion for the price of a two-bed house
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 02:04 PM PHT -
145People fleeing Sudan civil war face ‘dire and deteriorating’ conditions in refuge city
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg — August 30, 2026, 02:00 PM PHT -
146The People of Hirosaki, Japan, Try to Move a Castle by Hand
Hisako Ueno and Javier C. Hernández — August 30, 2026, 01:28 PM PHT -
147WhatsApp group chat used to send millions in cash, funding crime and extremism
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 12:59 PM PHT -
148In Scotland, Luxury Hotel Gleneagles Offers a Posh Summer Camp for Grown-Ups
Veronica Chambers and Owen Richards — August 30, 2026, 12:01 PM PHT -
149Trump hails 'historic' deal for US to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela's oil
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 12:01 PM PHT -
150Search Continues for 2,400 Missing in Nepal Floods Amid ‘Immense’ Devastation
Binod Ghimire and Mujib Mashal — August 30, 2026, 11:58 AM PHT -
151Number of missing in Nepal and Tibet rises to 3,000 as bad weather hampers search
Donna Ferguson and agencies — August 30, 2026, 09:25 AM PHT -
152Ex-White House teleprompter operator to pay $172,000 to settle CFTC probe
ABC News: Top Stories — August 30, 2026, 07:21 AM PHT -
153Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians, Drawing Sharp Rebukes
Aaron Boxerman and Pranav Baskar — August 30, 2026, 07:13 AM PHT -
154They fell in love – then had to check they weren't brother and sister
BBC News — August 30, 2026, 07:03 AM PHT -
155Soldiers in Niger Attack Presidential Palace and Airport, Shaking Junta
Saikou Jammeh — August 30, 2026, 06:14 AM PHT -
156Palestinian woman and NBC News team reportedly attacked in West Bank
Edward Helmore — August 30, 2026, 05:55 AM PHT -
15737 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence
Siobhán O’Grady, Yurii Shyvala and Johanna-Maria Fritz — August 30, 2026, 05:47 AM PHT