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Natural Disasters Affected More Than 92,000 People Across Afghanistan in 2026, Killed 97: UN

Natural disasters

Natural Disasters Affected More Than 92,000 People Across Afghanistan in 2026, Killed 97: UN

August 17, 2026

KABUL, Afghanistan, August 17 (ANI): Natural disasters have affected more than 92,000 people across all 34 provinces...

Defense Cooperation to Further Deepen as COAS Gen. Dhiraj Seth Arrives in Nepal Coas

Coas

Defense Cooperation to Further Deepen as COAS Gen. Dhiraj Seth Arrives in Nepal

August 17, 2026

NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 16 (ANI) — As India and Nepal continue to strengthen their close defense...

SpaceX Launches Globalstar, Classified U.S. Space Force Missions 38 Minutes Apart in Record-Setting Feat Globalstar 2-R

Globalstar 2-R

SpaceX Launches Globalstar, Classified U.S. Space Force Missions 38 Minutes Apart in Record-Setting Feat

August 17, 2026

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (ANI) — American aerospace company SpaceX achieved a major operational milestone by launching two...

Ukraine Hits Russian Aerospace and Energy Targets in Major Deep-Strike Operations: Zelenskyy Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine Hits Russian Aerospace and Energy Targets in Major Deep-Strike Operations: Zelenskyy

August 17, 2026

KYIV, Ukraine, Aug. 16 (ANI) — Ukraine on Saturday launched a series of long-range operations targeting key...

Israel Claims It Killed Senior Hezbollah Commander in Southern Lebanon Katz

Katz

Israel Claims It Killed Senior Hezbollah Commander in Southern Lebanon

August 17, 2026

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16 (ANI) — The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday that it had killed...

6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Gulf of Tomini; Third to Strike Indonesia Tomini

Tomini

6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Gulf of Tomini; Third to Strike Indonesia

August 16, 2026

GULF OF TOMINI, Indonesia, Aug. 15 (ANI) — Indonesia was struck by yet another earthquake Saturday, making...

Five UAE Humanitarian Aid Convoys Deliver 683 Tons of Assistance to Gaza Under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 UAE Aid

UAE Aid

Five UAE Humanitarian Aid Convoys Deliver 683 Tons of Assistance to Gaza Under Operation Chivalrous Knight 3

August 16, 2026

Al Arish [Egypt], August 16 (ANI/WAM): Five UAE humanitarian aid convoys entered the Gaza Strip this week,...

US Corporate AI Spending Accelerates, but Earnings Impact Remains Limited: Goldman Sachs

AI spending

US Corporate AI Spending Accelerates, but Earnings Impact Remains Limited: Goldman Sachs

August 16, 2026

New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption on U.S. corporate earnings...

India’s Chemicals Sector Targets Up to $81 Billion in Exports by 2030: NITI Aayog Report Niti Ayog

Niti Ayog

India’s Chemicals Sector Targets Up to $81 Billion in Exports by 2030: NITI Aayog Report

August 16, 2026

New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): India’s chemicals industry could target exports of up to $81 billion...

PM Modi, Ram Nath Kovind attend President Murmu’s Independence Day ‘At Home’ reception I-day

I-day

PM Modi, Ram Nath Kovind attend President Murmu’s Independence Day ‘At Home’ reception

August 16, 2026

New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday hosted the traditional ‘At Home’ Reception...