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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
Zimbabwean police said at least 44 people died after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba, while rescuers continued searching amid uncertainty over how many passengers were aboard.
Russia pardoned and released Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old former US Marine imprisoned since 2022, after US officials raised concerns about his deteriorating health.
A firefight in Nigeria’s Kebbi State killed 10 police officers, 17 suspected armed-group members and two civilians, according to police.
Hungary elected former supreme court judge András Baka as president on August 11, 2026, replacing Tamas Sulyok.
Lebanon’s parliament voted on August 11, 2026, to end capital punishment and replace death sentences with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
The Ebola death toll in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 2,000, with 4,381 confirmed cases reported across five provinces as of August 11, 2026, according to Al Jazeera.
A Syrian court has sentenced former president Bashar al-Assad and former security official Atef Najib to death after convicting them of premeditated murder, torture and crimes against humanity, Al Jazeera reported on August 11, 2026.
Rescuers searched collapsed buildings in western Colombia on August 11 after the magnitude-7.4 earthquake’s toll rose to at least 132 dead and 570 injured, with more than 2,700 people reported missing.
