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The Taliban has intensified its campaign to defeat the US-backed government as foreign forces complete their withdrawal after 20 years of war [File: Abdul Khaliq Achakzai/Reuters]

Major blow to Afghan gov’t as Taliban captures provincial capital

Zaranj, capital of southern Nimruz province, falls to the group in a significant setback for the Afghan government.

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The Israeli military said its air raids were in 'response to continual launches of incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel throughout the day' [File: Jack Guez/AFP]

Israel attacks Hamas sites in Gaza in response to fire balloons

Palestinians say the balloons aim to pressure Israel to ease restrictions on coastal enclave that were tightened in May.

The highly contagious Delta variant now accounts for 99 percent of all COVID-19 infections in the UK [File: Toby Melville/Reuters]

In England, hundreds of vaccinated people hospitalised with Delta

Myanmar's United Nations Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland [File: UN TV Handout via Reuters]

US charges two Myanmar citizens over plot to attack UN ambassador

Protesters in Canada started the 'Poverty Olympics Torch Relay' using a toilet plunger in place of an Olympic torch [File: Barbara Walton/EPA]

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Tsimanouskaya flew to Poland, where she and her husband have been granted humanitarian visas [Darek Golik/Reuters]

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The boat accident included an unusually high number of women and children who have apparently perished [File: Borja Suarez/Reuters]

Boat capsizes off Western Sahara, 42 migrants feared dead

Oscar Sobalvarro, presidential candidate for the main opposition party, and his running mate for vice president, Berenice Quezada, leave the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) after registering as candidates for the November 7 general election [Maynor Valenzuela/Reuters]

Nicaragua’s poll body disqualifies main opposition party

Sema Tiruneh, the Amhara region’s head of peace and security, said preparations had been made, and the offensive would be launched on Saturday [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Amhara official says offensive against Tigray forces imminent

The vessel was a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned petroleum product tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime [File: Johan Victor/Handout/Reuters]

G7: Iran behind tanker attack, ‘threatens international peace’


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The Israeli military said its air raids were in 'response to continual launches of incendiary balloons from Gaza into Israel throughout the day' [File: Jack Guez/AFP]

Israel attacks Hamas sites in Gaza in response to fire balloons

The highly contagious Delta variant now accounts for 99 percent of all COVID-19 infections in the UK [File: Toby Melville/Reuters]

In England, hundreds of vaccinated people hospitalised with Delta

Myanmar's United Nations Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun addresses the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland [File: UN TV Handout via Reuters]

US charges two Myanmar citizens over plot to attack UN ambassador

Protesters in Canada started the 'Poverty Olympics Torch Relay' using a toilet plunger in place of an Olympic torch [File: Barbara Walton/EPA]

The ‘Nolympians’ giving the IOC a run for its money

Tsimanouskaya flew to Poland, where she and her husband have been granted humanitarian visas [Darek Golik/Reuters]

IOC expels Belarus coaches over Tsimanouskaya scandal

The boat accident included an unusually high number of women and children who have apparently perished [File: Borja Suarez/Reuters]

Boat capsizes off Western Sahara, 42 migrants feared dead

Oscar Sobalvarro, presidential candidate for the main opposition party, and his running mate for vice president, Berenice Quezada, leave the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) after registering as candidates for the November 7 general election [Maynor Valenzuela/Reuters]

Nicaragua’s poll body disqualifies main opposition party

Sema Tiruneh, the Amhara region’s head of peace and security, said preparations had been made, and the offensive would be launched on Saturday [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]

Amhara official says offensive against Tigray forces imminent

The vessel was a Liberian-flagged, Japanese-owned petroleum product tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime [File: Johan Victor/Handout/Reuters]

G7: Iran behind tanker attack, ‘threatens international peace’

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball - Men - Gold medal match - France v United States - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - August 7, 2021. Kevin Durant of the United States in action at the rim with Rudy Gobert of France REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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Australia’s COVID cases at record high with millions in lockdown

Country struggles to contain spread of the virus as 60 percent of the population is placed under lockdown.

With about 15 million people in the three states, or 60 percent of Australia's population, under a strict lockdown, the country also reported five coronavirus-related deaths, one of the highest tolls this year [Saeed Khan/AFP]

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