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Dual Russian-American citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Thursday (15 August) after a Russian court found her guilty of treason for donating money to a charity supporting Ukraine.

Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with Russian state television.

Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday (16 August) in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave.

Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault, but the risks are piling up as its troops make plans to hold territory and Russia recovers its footing.

The presidents of Brazil and Colombia called Thursday (15 August) for fresh elections in Venezuela -- a proposal quickly rejected by the opposition, who slammed the strongman for blocking a "political transition."

The emergency committee of World Health Organisation (WHO) convened in Geneva yesterday (14 August) agreed that the latest outbreak of Mpox did constitute a public health emergency of international concern PHEIC).

A German military base next to Cologne airport was temporarily sealed off on Wednesday (14 August) and soldiers there were told not to drink tap water as authorities investigated possible sabotage, the military's Territorial Command said.

China has resubmitted plans to build a new large embassy in London, a contested project that could test how the new Labour government handles relations with the world's second largest economy after years of diplomatic tensions and disputes.

The US Navy's deployment of new extremely long-range air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China's advantage in aerial reach, experts say, part of an intensifying focus on projecting power amid high tensions in the region.

Ukraine's forces advanced further into Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday (14 August) as Kyiv said its gains would provide a strategic buffer zone to protect its border areas from Russian attacks.

Hamas said on Wednesday (14 August) it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the Palestinian group afterwards.

An ethical hack of solar panels in the Netherlands has revealed their vulnerability to cyberspace attacks, prompting calls for more rigorous safety assessments by the industry.

Finance Ministers from five German-speaking countries met at Lake Constance where they doubled-down on the need to mobilise private capital and reduce public debt, ahead of EU discussions on how to spur growth and investment.

Germany has issued an arrest warrant against one Ukrainian national who is suspected to have been involved with the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an investigative report by German media revealed.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is convinced that Edmundo González will be sworn president on Jan. 10, 2025, despite the official proclamation of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, as the winner of July's elections. 

Following the recent US court ruling on Google’s market dominance, Washington may be aligning more closely with the Brussels approach to tech competition regulation, hinting at possible enforcement measures.

The rise in gas prices in Europe that has been attributed to Ukraine's recent invasion of Kursk is expected to add to Russian revenues from selling fossil fuels, further widening the gap between such revenues and the total amount of EU support to Kyiv.

Eastern Germany could be on the brink of a tectonic shift in the upcoming state elections, with the far-right AfD and the left-populist BSW predicted to make unprecedented gains, fuelling fears of future ungovernability in large parts of the country.

The EU reacted "extremely" quickly to Greece's request for EU aid to fight wildfires that reached the outskirts of Athens, an EU Commission spokesman said on Tuesday, describing a response that began 12 hours after the government had asked for help.

Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near a pipeline Russia uses to supply European countries with gas has not disrupted supplies, network operators and gas companies said on Tuesday (13 August).