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Latest reporting, briefings and public-interest updates from the world desk.
Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary order on August 21, 2026, allowing construction on President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project to continue while the Supreme Court considers the administration’s emergency appeal.
A London High Court judge ordered Prince Harry and six co-claimants to pay £9.54 million by August 28 toward Associated Newspapers’ costs after their unlawful-information-gathering case was dismissed.
Five Palestine Action activists convicted of damaging a Barclays branch in Burnley will not receive sentences based on a terrorism connection, a judge ruled on August 21, 2026.
Authorities recovered the remains of 19 migrants along the Arizona-Mexico border in July 2026, taking the year’s total to 73 and marking the area’s highest monthly figure in two years.
Australian police allege an Australian-Russian citizen joined Ukraine’s military while seeking to pass information to Russian intelligence.
Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was transferred from Adiala jail to a private Islamabad hospital on August 20 after the Supreme Court ordered specialist medical evaluation amid concerns about his eyesight and broader health.
The U.S. sanctioned 10 people on August 20, alleging they operated a commercial-flight cash-courier network that supplied Hezbollah and evaded financial restrictions.
The United States has introduced new economic restrictions aimed at Cuba’s mining and construction sectors, adding pressure to an economy already facing blackouts and medical shortages.
