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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, aircraft of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. China said Monday it was extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and substantially raised concerns about the potential for conflict in a region crucial to global trade. (Li Bingyu/Xinhua via AP)

China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan

8th August 2022

FILE – People walk past a billboard welcoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Taipei, Taiwan, Aug 3, 2022. Days after Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in Kabul, China staged large-scale military exercises and threatened to cut off contacts with the U.S. over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China

8th August 2022

Palestinians clamber over the rubble of the house of Subhi Sbeihat after it was demolished by Israeli forces along with the house of Asad Rifai, both suspected of carrying out a deadly May 2022 attack on Israelis in the city of Elad, near Tel Aviv, in Rummana, near the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The Israeli military says their soldiers faced a violent protest during the operation. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

As Israel-Palestinian ceasefire holds, Gaza power plant restarts

8th August 2022

Monkeypox: Can we still stop the outbreak?

7th August 2022

Justin Welby led the opening service of the conference

Lambeth Conference: Welby unites bishops with compromise on sexuality

7th August 2022

Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system fires to intercept a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel near Ashdod, Israel August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

US says it supports Israel’s right to defend itself, urges no more escalation

7th August 2022

A China Eastern Airlines aircraft and Shanghai Airlines aircraft are seen in Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

China shortens suspensions for international flights linked to COVID cases

7th August 2022

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro speaks during a symbolic swearing-in ceremony organized by social, popular, ethnic and ancestral organizations of Colombia, in Bogota, Colombia August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

Colombian President-elect Petro names energy and interior ministers

7th August 2022

US readies new $1 billion Ukraine weapons package

7th August 2022

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia August 5, 2022. Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS

FT says Western governments are alarmed over Turkey’s deepening ties with Russia

7th August 2022

President Buhari pledges support as Nigeria hosts major cultural, tourism, literacy events

7th August 2022

Nigeria’s impressive performance at CWG, actors’ reactions to 2023 elections dominate social media trends

7th August 2022