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Aug 18, 2026 - World

She fell roughly two storeys before landing safely in the basket, where a firefighter caught her. She was later taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Aug 18, 2026 - World

Australian PM Anthony Albanese criticized several states over the weekend for declining to join his government's national gun buyback program, arguing that inconsistent state licensing systems were undermining the effort to get firearms off the streets.

Aug 18, 2026 - World

Iran and Oman, both coastal states on Hormuz, have for weeks been discussing the future of navigation through the strait, with Tehran saying the geographical coordinates of the route envisaged by both countries "have been agreed upon".

Aug 18, 2026 - World

Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said late Monday that "a number of children" had been wounded and said an investigation was underway.

Aug 18, 2026 - World

Japan and the Organization of American States have signed a deal to award Haiti a $3 million grant to help it register voters as the troubled country prepares to hold general elections for the first time in more than a decade