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News pulse 2026-08-17 · Reuters: Indonesia's National Narcotics Board, police, and customs arrest 10 Myanmar nationals after seizing 2.6 metric tons of liquid methamphetamine from a Tanzanian-flagged vessel in waters off the Riau Islands.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Reuters: Russia launches drones and missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, following a weekend pause in strikes, killing five people and injuring at least 10. The attacks damage civilian infrastructure at at least 16 locations and cause fires in five districts.
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World brief 2026-09-11: In retaliation to British sanctions on goods from Israeli settlements earlier this week, the Israeli government orders a team of British soldiers who train and advise Palestinian Authority security forces in the West Bank to leave the country.
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News pulse 2026-09-10 · Israel National News: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas senior leader Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
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World brief 2026-09-12: Yemeni government forces strike Houthi positions near the port of Mokha, Taiz Governorate, and along the Mokha–Dhubab road, reporting that they destroyed vehicles and weapons and killed Houthi fighters after the group captured the city.
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News pulse 2026-09-12 · Japan Today: May el-Toukhy's film Woman Unknown wins the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, while Lee Chang-dong's Possible Love and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA win the competition's Grand Jury Prize and Special Jury Prize, respectively.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa.
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World brief 2026-09-10: Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason.
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News pulse 2026-09-01 · Reuters: Four people are killed and more than ten others are injured when a car crashes into a gathering of government and military supporters in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran. Traffic police arrest the driver and say the incident was unintentional.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · Reuters: Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., United States, to protest against the Trump administration's alleged efforts to rollback voting and civil rights, 63 years after the March on Washington rally by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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News pulse 2026-09-05 · Reuters: Peru declares a 60-day state of emergency in five supermax prisons, authorizing police and military forces to control the facilities and surrounding airspace and communications to disrupt criminal organizations operating from prisons.
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News pulse 2026-08-27 · Noveau Media: Four people are killed after an unconfirmed civilian or military airplane is shot down with a surface-to-air missile near Minembwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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News pulse 2026-09-04 · AP: The Pakistani military says it has killed 48 Baloch separatists in a series of raids on hideouts over the past 72 hours in Balochistan, Pakistan.
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World brief 2026-09-10: Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason.
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News pulse 2026-08-28 · CNN: Serbia justice minister Nenad Vujić says that convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić will be buried with state and military honors following his death at the United Nations Detention Unit at the Hague.
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News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Times of Israel: The IDF also confirms that they have killed four Nukhba force commanders from the Al-Qassam Brigades wing of Hamas in an airstrike on a cafe yesterday in Gaza City.
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News pulse 2026-09-07 · The Independent: North Korea and Russia opens the Yakov Novichenko Bridge at its border, the first road bridge connecting the two countries.
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News pulse 2026-09-15 · BBC News: Oman's maritime security centre reports that two sailors are reported to be missing after the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the Musandam Peninsula.
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News pulse 2026-08-17 · AP: Three people are killed when a private helicopter crashes on Sifnos, South Aegean, Greece.
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News pulse 2026-08-25 · AP: Hungary foreign and deputy prime minister Anita Orbán files a criminal complaint against the government of former prime minister Viktor Orbán (no relation) over its purchase of 300 billion Ft (US$965 million) in ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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News pulse 2026-09-08 · Al Jazeera: Indonesia reopens its airport in Jakarta and four others after previously being closed due to ashes from Anak Krakatoa.
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News pulse 2026-09-11 · France 24: Indonesia works with Indian authorities to repatriate five baby orangutans found in an Odisha forest after suspected trafficking. Odisha Police and India's Wildlife Crime Control Bureau examine how the apes, which are native to Borneo and Sumatra, reached India.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-08-19 · The Jerusalem Post: The IDF says that the Air Force have targeted two Hamas commanders, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks, along with Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. A perspective from London.
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Today's map pulse: News pulse 2026-09-14 · Entertainment Weekly: American actress Jean Smart wins a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in Hacks, becoming the first actress to win for every season of a show. A perspective from Los Angeles.
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