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Improving ties with US key to bringing Afghanistan back into international fold, Zalmay Khalilzad says
The National 14 Aug 2026

Improving ties with US key to bringing Afghanistan back into international fold, Zalmay Khalilzad says

Improving ties with the US is key to bringing Afghanistan back into the international fold, Washington's former envoy to the country has said. Zalmay Khalilzad told The National t…

Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series
The Verge 14 Aug 2026

Google’s best new camera feature is only for the Pixel 11 series

Arguably the coolest new photo feature for the Pixel 11 lineup is Google’s new Camera Looks, which process image data differently at the sensor level to produce photos that don’t …

UK diplomats no longer get hardship bonus for being posted to Buenos Aires
BBC 14 Aug 2026

UK diplomats no longer get hardship bonus for being posted to Buenos Aires

Civil servants are entitled to extra money for working in difficult or dangerous cities around the world.

France welcomes Mali's pardon of intelligence agent serving 20-year jail term
Le Monde 14 Aug 2026

France welcomes Mali's pardon of intelligence agent serving 20-year jail term

Yann Vézilier, who had been stationed at the French embassy in Bamako, was arrested a year ago on charges of being a spy and undermining state security.

Mutual defence: The alliances that preceded Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi pact
Al Jazeera 14 Aug 2026

Mutual defence: The alliances that preceded Turkiye-Pakistan-Saudi pact

The pact says an armed ⁠⁠attack on any one of the ⁠⁠three countries would be ⁠⁠regarded as an ⁠⁠attack against them all.

Taliban pressured by insurgents after 5 years in power
DW 14 Aug 2026

Taliban pressured by insurgents after 5 years in power

The Taliban managed to retake power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. Now, they face armed factions who challenge the Taliban rule and strain their central claim of providing sec…

Politico: Zelensky can’t find a Ukrainian ambassador to the US
Meduza 14 Aug 2026

Politico: Zelensky can’t find a Ukrainian ambassador to the US

Zelensky is struggling to find a new ambassador to the United States after several candidates turned down the post, senior Ukrainian officials and lawmakers told Politico.

Kushner to Visit Middle East Over Gaza Ceasefire
Channel8 English 14 Aug 2026

Kushner to Visit Middle East Over Gaza Ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week as Washington seeks to advance a stalled plan for

Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads
Lit Hub 14 Aug 2026

Miranda July, Jamel Brinkley, and More on Their Favorite (Re)reads

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Ed Park I am eternally dipping into the world of Charles Portis (especially The Dog of the South and Tru…

Conditions on USS Lincoln raise questions as new aircraft carrier heads towards Middle East
The National 14 Aug 2026

Conditions on USS Lincoln raise questions as new aircraft carrier heads towards Middle East

The USS George Washington is heading to the Middle East amid reports of deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln during the war with Iran. The Wall Street Journal, quot…

Nicole Kidman reveals real reason she returned for Practical Magic 2
Digital Spy 14 Aug 2026

Nicole Kidman reveals real reason she returned for Practical Magic 2

It's been almost three decades but the wait for Practical Magic 2 is nearly over, as the movie hits cinemas next month. Set 25 years after the events of the original, the sequel f…

The X-Files creator Chris Carter wanted to make a more horrific movie
The Verge 14 Aug 2026

The X-Files creator Chris Carter wanted to make a more horrific movie

The version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe that premiered in 2008 was not exactly the movie co-writer / director Chris Carter intended to make. Carter wanted to bring agents Mu…