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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
UN Women has urged greater support for women-led aid in Afghanistan, warning that more than half of the country’s women’s organizations could cease operating within the next year.
A preliminary US investigation found that a failed engine fan blade sent debris through a Ryanair-operated aircraft’s window on July 10, causing cabin depressurization before the plane returned safely to Thessaloniki.
Romania shut the second reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear plant after drought lowered the Danube to record levels, tightening electricity supplies in Romania and neighbouring Moldova.
Record rainfall in eastern Japan killed at least four people, prompted evacuation orders affecting more than 400,000 and stranded about 7,000 passengers at Narita airport.
Sudanese military and government sources say the RSF and allied forces advanced into Kurmuk in Blue Nile state, a strategic town near the Ethiopian border.
Britain recorded its hottest day of 2026, with a provisional 38.1C reading at Kew Gardens as a major heat dome pushed temperatures across parts of Europe toward 40C.
A federal judge in Boston dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students, finding the government had not plausibly shown an ongoing civil-rights violation.
A Southern passenger train derailed between Haywards Heath and Lewes on August 13, closing several routes; officials said all passengers were off the train and no deaths or critical injuries were reported.
