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U.S. President Donald Trump took a secret military flight from Turkey last month in an operation that involved him being moved between aircraft in a catering truck, an extraordinary deception prompted by an Iranian assassination threat, the Washington Post reported.

DefenseExperts say Egypt, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Jordan and Syria could be candidatesTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan, center-left; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center; and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, fifth from right, perform a Friday Prayer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Aug. 7. (Photo from Saudi Press Agency's X post)SINAN TAVSANAugust 11, 2026 19:17 JSTISTANBUL -- Leaders from Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia met in Mecca on Friday and agreed to establish a defense alliance. However, the operational details haven't been announced, leaving room for experts to guess how effective the agreement could be.

Jury selection began on Monday in the murder trial of an ex-street gang leader accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur three decades ago in Las Vegas; Duane "Keffe D" Davis, 63, is charged in Clark County, ⁠Nevada, with orchestrating the killing, but not pulling the trigger. He has pleaded not guilty. He faces a potential life sentence without parole if convicted. Our correspondent Wassim Cornet tells us more.

A Syrian court sentenced ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to death on Tuesday after a trial in absentia, convicting him of crimes including killings, torture, and arbitrary arrest during the country's nearly 14-year war.

US president Donald Trump returned to the issue of childhood vaccinations on Monday, when he signed an executive order on “Delivering gold standard childhood vaccine recommendations for Americans”, which discusses splitting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine – long incorrectly linked to autism – into three separate jabs.

DiJonai Carrington claims her flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham was never intentional but warns "it might happen again" due to her playing style.

At least 2,000 people have died in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, according to the latest data, as health authorities struggle to get help to remote localities due to rebel conflict, bad roads and work stoppages over payment issues.

The A31 remains closed after National Highways confirmed the road surface suffered ‘significant’ damage

The first three-plus years of the AI buildout has been funded by record amounts of equity and debt issued by leading tech companies. Nvidia has a new idea.

Typhoon Dolphin churned deeper inland to the central Chinese province of Hubei on Tuesday, flooding streets, forcing the closure of tourist areas and halting construction projects, as forecasters warned of extreme rainfall across a broad swathe of the country.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday (August 11) calling for fewer childhood vaccinations by limiting the inoculation schedule to 11 immunizations, which he said would give U.S. children. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle gives us his analysis.

Former United striker in conversation with Andy Mitten in Newry, Belfast and Derry

CHESSINGTON has reopened to guests - after being forced to cancel all tickets yesterday at the last minute. The UK theme park announced just an hour into its opening that it would be closing, after a Thames Water outage in the area. Due to this, the theme park wasn't able to reopen. In a statement...

U.S. President Donald Trump secretly flew out of last month’s NATO summit in Ankara, Turkiye, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican president was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post on Monday.

Turkish lawmakers on Monday (August 10) voted through a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants, a key step in the peace process that seeks to end decades of deadly violence.

Amid the extreme heat this summer, France is also grappling with an exceptional drought. Two thirds of ground water levels are currently below normal and around 70% of the country has been placed under 'water restrictions' to help preserve supplies.

A Dublin bus caught fire at a junction near Donnybrook, south Dublin on Tuesday morning.Emergency services responded to the incident shortly after 9am and extinguished the blaze about one hour later at 10.05am. Nobody was injured in the incident.The Dublin Bus E1 vehicle was stopped on the R138 Morehampton Road at the junction with Appian Way in a northbound lane. A passenger on board the bus told The Irish Times they heard a “loud noise” before they were asked to alight. It is understood the fire began at the back of the bus.Significant fire damage is visible on both levels of the vehicle, predominantly at the back of the bus where the engine is located.Smoke from the bus disrupted traffic on several roads in the area.Dublin Bus road cleaning crews were at junction as an acrid smell remai

Connecticut Democrats face a choice between U.S. Rep. John Larson and younger challengers for the 1st Congressional District

There was a report of concern for the welfare of a woman on the M55 in Lancashire last night, just 10 minutes before a body was spotted

Mina Chan, 26, took her own life after online backlash (Picture: Mina Chan) A K-pop superfan and influencer killed herself while on a TikTok livestream after online abuse from other fans. Mina Chan, believed to be 26, was found dead in her Seoul home in the Yongsan District at 5.33am on Wednesday, August 5. Police were called after her friends raised concerns that she was going to self-harm during a live broadcast to her 80,000 TikTok followers. Her sister later confirmed the death on Instagram in an emotional statement, calling the loss ‘heartbreaking’. ‘My beloved older sister, who was always kind and warm to everyone she met, has passed away,’ she wrote. Chan, originally from Japan, became a well-known influencer within the K-pop group Enhypen’s fanbase, often appearing at shows and fan

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is set to address city officials and take questions from the public as he provides an update on a scandal at a station in a multicultural neighbourhood in the northern part of the city.

A FULL list of Britain’s most stolen cars has been released, with EVs becoming a prime target for thieves.  More than 25,000 vehicles were stolen in the first six months of 2026, according to data from the DVLA. The most stolen car between January 1 and June 30 this year was the Nissan Juke, with...

Part of the M25 has been closed as a major fire has erupted at an industrial estate in St Albans, where a thick plume of smoke is rising over the motorway

Donna and Raymond Nunn got a nasty surprise on a "bucket-list" anniversary trip.

Manchester United star’s future is up in the air after Barcelona loan spell

DISRUPTION is continuing to cause problems for Brits heading to a major UK airport today. If you are flying from London Heathrow Airport today you might want to check your travel route before you head off. It comes after a tunnel at the airport has closed, leaving only one open for trains to head through....

The digital guide's Philippine release comes amid a US appeals court's ruling allowing thousands of lawsuits to move forward against Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google, ByteDance’s TikTok, and Snap Inc’s Snapchat over claims they designed their products to be addictive to young users

Adam's daughter Sunny Sandler is stepping into the limelight in the latest Netflix coming-of-age drama Don't Say Good Luck − and doting dad Adam was there to support her

SHAH ALAM, Aug 11 — A total of 14 Malaysians have been arrested overseas for alleged drug smuggling activities aft...

MTN Nigeria has restored services in parts of Enugu State after a service disruption. Customers affected by the MTN Enugu outage can now reconnect.

Myanmar's military stepped up aerial attacks on civilians before an election held last December and January, and all sides in the country's civil war committed war crimes and serious abuses including torture and sexual violence in the past year, U.N. investigators said on Tuesday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) formally turned over the 2027 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to the House of Representatives during a ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Speaker Daniel Z. Romualdez Hall. READ: House to ensure every peso in 2027 budget benefits Filipinos Joining Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — The family of a man with a mental disability has sought the public’s help in locating him after he went missing in Cajidiocan town, Romblon. The Cajidiocan Public Information Office (PIO) identified the missing man as Fortunato R. Relox Jr., a resident of Barangay Campalingo. According to the Cajidiocan PIO, Relox

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Watch out for trap doors today. Coming up:  🫩 In the W, exhaustion ⁉️ A momentous scoreboard error 🫥 Whoops, hole At its core, the true appeal of sports is shared emotion. Joy in success. Wonder at incredible feats of athleticism. Pain in loss, whether via blowout or nail-biter. Anger at a bad call. Etc.  I couldn’t get the idea out of my head…

Dublin Airport has just had its busiest month since it opened in 1940.

…Urges politicians to emulate former President’s non-violent politics By John Alechenu ABUJA — National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Senator Nenadi Usman, has said Nigeria’s democracy survived the 2015 elections largely because former President Goodluck Jonathan prioritised peace over power. Usman stated this while speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the 2026 Goodluck…

Aug. 11, 2026, 6:22 AM EDT By Know Your Value staff Experience isn’t something to overcome — it’s a force to be reckoned with. And this years “50 Over 50″listees are proving exactly why. On Tuesday, Forbes, Know Your Value and its founder, Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” released its sixth annual“50 Over 50” list. The 2026 annual list spotlights a cohort of 200 women proving that experience is a powerful force for reinvention, leadership and lasting impact, with many reaching new heights and opening new doors well into the second half of their careers. Forbes and Know Your Value highlights women across four categories – lifestyle, impact, innovation and investment – spotlighting entrepreneurs, innovators and artists who are turning decades of experience into bold ideas,

A Comber family is relieved after the rescue of an injured bird found stranded in their yard

Ottawa is drying out today after a series of storms with heavy rain flooded roads across the city.

It’s been said, ‘They don’t make them like they used to.’ and it’s true for many appliances within our households.

Parameswaran was one of the earliest and foremost members of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad. His ideas on the ‘fourth world’ had triggered wide debate and eventually led to his expulsion from CPI(M) in 2004

Kharge also said that the students' protest in Jharkhand is a "separate issue" and asked whether every single issue can be taken on a single day

All the uncollectable entries during the Special Intensive Revision in Telangana, will be removed from the draft rolls set to be published on August 17. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL A 78.3% of the voters existing in the current voters’ list have enrolled themselves during the Special Intensive Revision of the Electoral Rolls in Telangana, the Enumeration phase of which concluded on August 10, 2026 at midnight.As per the numbers shared by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, against the electorate of 3,38,26,448, a total 2,64,86,214 electors filled the enumeration forms either online or physically.73.39 lakh in ‘Uncollectable’ categoryPermanently shifted residents, at 45,18, 961, constituted a huge portion of the remaining 73,39,274 that have been categorised as Uncollectable.A total

President Donald Trump fumes at corporate donors who supported Center for American Progress, after Democratic think-tank publishes report saying his federal law enforcement surges have been ineffective