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Zelenskyy details rift with dismissed defense minister
Aug 23, 2026 - World 
Ukrainian president says some of minister's actions were wrong.
Iran's president says U.S. memorandum is best path out of stalled war, and other Middle East news
Aug 23, 2026 - World 
Iran's president on Sunday defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war while the new head of the Islamic Republic's top security body took a more defiant stance, warning of retaliation if neighbors support U.S. threats to further sanction Tehran.
Indonesian police arrest 72 people suspected of starting forest fires
Aug 23, 2026 - World 
Indonesian police on Sunday arrested 72 people suspected of starting some of the recent forest and peatland fires as huge blazes in central and western parts of the country triggered a harmful cloud known as a choking haze.
Could Ukraine hold a wartime election? Zelenskyy says no
Aug 23, 2026 - World 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected calls for wartime elections, saying such political contests at a critical moment in his country's war with Russia would "split Ukraine" apart.
Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister
Aug 23, 2026 - World 
Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada's prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries. Now President Donald Trump is putting that warning to the test with sweeping new tariffs that could show how much economic pain Canada can absorb.


