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Why is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visiting Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tensions?
Al Jazeera 6 Aug 2026

Why is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif visiting Saudi Arabia amid Gulf tensions?

Islamabad seeks economic backing while balancing new defence commitments and a volatile regional security landscape.

UN alarmed by rise in executions and death sentences in Iran
The National 6 Aug 2026

UN alarmed by rise in executions and death sentences in Iran

At least 56 people have been executed in Iran on national security-related charges in the past five months, including 27 in cases linked to protests at the start of the year, UN h…

Communication with Iranian supreme leader 'very difficult', Pezeshkian says
The National 6 Aug 2026

Communication with Iranian supreme leader 'very difficult', Pezeshkian says

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said communication with supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of his predecessor Ali Khamenei, is “very difficult”, in an inte…

Myanmar leader visits Thailand in bid to bolster international legitimacy
Al Jazeera 6 Aug 2026

Myanmar leader visits Thailand in bid to bolster international legitimacy

Min Aung Hlaing stressed that his government was focused on ending the civil war and restoring peace.

Israeli attacks on Syria major risk for stability: Fidan
Hürriyet 6 Aug 2026

Israeli attacks on Syria major risk for stability: Fidan

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has described the Israeli attacks in southern Syria as a major risk for the stability and sovereignty of the country, reiterating his calls on the int…

Erdoğan meets Bahçeli as anti-terror bill in focus
Hürriyet 6 Aug 2026

Erdoğan meets Bahçeli as anti-terror bill in focus

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Aug. 6, a day after a government-backed draft law aimed at supporting the dissolu…

Hormuz deal ‘close’: What’s the latest on each side’s positions?
Al Jazeera 6 Aug 2026

Hormuz deal ‘close’: What’s the latest on each side’s positions?

US officials say they would not accept any arrangement on the waterway that would leave Iran in control.

Encountering the Ghost of Ted Hughes in His Childhood Home
Lit Hub 6 Aug 2026

Encountering the Ghost of Ted Hughes in His Childhood Home

During my tempestuous teenage years, I was attracted to the work of Sylvia Plath. I voraciously read her poems, as well as The Bell Jar and Paul Alexander’s 2003 biography, Rough …

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature
Lit Hub 6 Aug 2026

Considering the Many Forms a Family Can Take in Japanese Literature

Growing up, my mother and I often joked that I was a thirty-year-old in a ten-year-old’s skin. That happens when you’re an only child with a tendency toward bookishness—you spend …

You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you
The Verge 6 Aug 2026

You can now ask Google Maps’ AI to order food for you

The AI-powered “Ask Maps” tool in Google Maps can now perform a broader range of personalized and conversational requests, including ordering food, finding hotels, and providing s…

Israel reports troop deaths as Lebanon talks underway in Rome
Hürriyet 6 Aug 2026

Israel reports troop deaths as Lebanon talks underway in Rome

Israel said on Aug. 6 that two reservists were killed in combat in southern Lebanon a day earlier, its first military fatalities there since June 28, while U.S.-backed negotiation…

French embassy in Congo faces backlash over visa video
Le Monde 6 Aug 2026

French embassy in Congo faces backlash over visa video

The newspaper 'Le Canard enchaîné' uncovered a video produced by the French embassy in Brazzaville that many social media users condemned as racist. Published in June and deleted …