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Residents in Baghdad took a dip in the Tigris River as they tried to cool off in the soaring temperatures

Russian drone attacks destroyed two educational facility buildings in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Powerful Typhoon Khanun was approaching Japan's southwestern island of Okinawa, lashing the region with strong winds and high waves. (Aug

Work was underway on Monday to remove a Soviet-era emblem from Kyiv's Motherland monument. (Aug 1) AP

The death toll from a massive suicide bombing that targeted an election rally for a pro-Taliban cleric rose to 54

A 60-year-old municipal worker, who was cutting grass near a throughfare, was killed in Russian shelling early morning. (Jul 31)

At least 5 people have been killed and 7 wounded during clashes in Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

A door at the French Embassy was set ablaze as thousands pro-coup protesters marched through the streets of Niger's capital

Russian authorities said Sunday that Ukrainian drones damaged two office buildings a few miles from the Kremlin and a pig

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched the JUPITER 3 broadband communications satellite into orbit on Friday. (Jul 31) AP