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Evans, who was working as a safety adviser for the agency, was killed after a missile struck the Hotel Sapphire where he was staying as part of a six-person team on Saturday. — Reuters pic

Reuters safety adviser killed, two journalists injured in Ukraine's Kramatorsk

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversees a performance test of drones during a visit to the Drone Institute of North Korea's Academy of Defence Sciences at an undisclosed location in North Korea, August 24, 2024. — Reuters

Kim Jong Un oversees successful test of North Korean drones in precision strike capability

Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, U.S., August 25, 2024. — Reuters pic

No breakthrough in Gaza ceasefire talks as negotiations stall in Cairo, sources say

French judicial authorities on Sunday extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport. — AFP

Russian-born Telegram founder Pavel Durov's detention in Paris extended

Rescue teams and residents search for victims buried in mud after a flash flood hit the Indonesian village of Rua located at the foot of Mount Gamalama, in Ternate, North Maluku on August 25, 2024. — AFP pic

Flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Maluku claims at least 13 lives, more missing

Demonstrations flared up in several cities in Indonesia last week as anger mounted over what outgoing President Joko Widodo’s critics say is an attempt to further consolidate his power as he prepares to make way for successor Prabowo Subianto in October. — Reuters pic

Indonesia’s election rules overhauled after protests against Jokowi’s alleged power grab

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will warn Britons next week that the changes needed to fix Britain’s many problems will take time, saying ‘things will get worse before we get better’ in a speech he describes as a chance to level with the public. — Reuters pic

UK PM Keir Starmer to warn that ‘things will get worse before we get better’

Jordan’s flag carrier Royal Jordanian suspended flights to Beirut on Sunday due to the current situation, the state news agency reported without giving an exact time frame for the suspension. — Reuters pic

Royal Jordanian suspends Beirut routes as rockets and drones flood the skies

People wade through flood waters after collecting relief materials in Feni, south-eastern Bangladesh. — AFP pic

River waters recede in low-lying Bangladesh, 300,000 still in shelters after deadly floods

Smoke billows from an area targeted by an Israeli airstrike between the southern Lebanese border villages of Zibqin and Yater today. — AFP pic

‘Whoever harms us, we harm him’: Israeli PM Netanyahu says after Hezbollah strikes back with rockets and drones

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin “spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant” to discuss defence against Lebanon-based Hezbollah that has launched cross-border airstrikes to avenge the killing of its top commander. — AFP pic

US military chief reaffirms ‘ironclad’ commitment to defend Israel from Iran and partners

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet fires flares as it flies to intercept a hostile aircraft that launched from Lebanon over the border area with south Lebanon on August 25, 2024. — AFP pic

Israel declares 48-hour state of emergency amid airstrikes from Lebanon-based Hezbollah 

A massive and corrosive sulphur oxide gas cloud from a new volcano eruption in southwestern Iceland is travelling towards the UK where residents have been told to take cover due to potential health hazards. — AFP pic

Want burning eyes, tight lungs? If not, stay indoors, Brits told as acidic cloud from Icelandic volcano travels down

A damaged vehicle is cordoned off by the police after a two-vehicle crash in Engadine, Sydney, Australia August 25, 2024. — Reuters pic

Four injured in latest Sydney stabbing attack, suspect in police custody

Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov is seen in a file photograph speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain on February 23, 2016. — Reuters

What to know about Pavel Durov, the Telegram CEO arrested in France for links to crimes using the app like promoting terror

CCTV footage shows a man wearing a keffiyeh with a Palestinian flag draped around his waist leaving the scene where two cars outside a synagogue burst into flames after a gas canister likely exploded, in La Grande-Motte, southern France on August 24, 2024. — AFP pic

Man in keffiyeh, Palestinian flag held as French synagogue fire suspect after explosion Macron calls ‘an act of terror’