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Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 253 km WSW of Tual, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 - 115 km E of Yamada, Japan

North Korea says 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite fails: state media

Japan chief cabinet secretary Matsuno: these missile launches are a threat to not just Japan but also regional security. Japan chief cabinet secretary Matsuno: will soon convene national security committee meeting

Japanese TV warning people in Okinawa to seek shelter after North Korea launches missile

North Korea appears to have fired missile: Japan govt emergency broadcasting system

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 1 km NE of Tiguisan, Philippines

US has approved the possible $500 million sale to Taiwan of infrared search and track systems for F-16 fighter jets, as well as other equipment, the Pentagon said

US State Department approves possible sale of F-16 equipment to Taiwan

South African Foreign Minister: BRICS countries agreed to expand the membership of the group

Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram touches down on the Moon's South Pole

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 15 km E of Pulandian, China

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 209 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India

Pakistan: Teḥrīk-e-Ṭālibān Pākistān claims responsibility for killing a CTD personnel today in the Bara tehsil, Khyber district

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - near the east coast of Honshu, Japan

State Department says it’s imposing visa restrictions on officials of #China “for their involvement in the forcible assimilation of more than one million Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools.”

.@PheuThaiParty’s Srettha @Thavisin will become Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister. The former property tycoon has secured enough votes in the bicameral National Assembly.Vote is still under way, full result to come shortly

South African President: We share similar views with China on the expansion of BRICS

The US Secretary of Commerce is visiting China on August 27 to meet with senior government officials

Pakistan Army: 6 soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with militants near the border with Afghanistan

The Pakistani army announces the killing of 6 of its soldiers in an armed attack near the border with Afghanistan

UNAMA says since the fall of Kabul it has recorded at least 800 cases of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment & enforced disappearance of ex- government employees and security forces by the Taliban government

11 soldiers killed in an attack in Pakistan South Waziristan tribal district, sources say - there is no comment from officials

Chinese Foreign Ministry: Tokyo discharges "nuclear-contaminated water arbitrarily" into the sea

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense held a press conference in the morning. Spokesperson Major General Sun Lifang pointed out in an interview that the national military has carefully and carefully grasped the dynamics of all sea and airspace around the Taiwan Strait through joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods. This is what the Ministry of National Defense has been doing very seriously. .nnSun Lifang said that so far, he has not heard any relevant information confirming the loss of a Chinese nuclear submarine. Such information is circulated from social media, and there is no other official statement to further confirm it. "I have no other comment on it" of the message circulating on social media

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 75 km NE of Sanana, Indonesia

Indian Army Foils Infiltration Bid Along LoC In J&K’s Poonch, Two Militants Killed. Two intruders were killed with the Indian Army scuttling an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday. The bodies of the militants could not be retrieved as they managed to flee across the Line of Control (LoC) before succumbing to their injuries, suffered during a gunfight with the Indian Army. One AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 30 rounds, two hand grenades and some medicines of Pakistani origin were recovered from the scene of the gunfight in the Balakote sector

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 126 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia

Khalid Zadran, Kabul security department’s spokesman, said that two people were killed and one other was injured in a blast that happened on Monday evening in the Darul Aman area of Kabul. nThe security forces arrived in the area, he said.nTOLOnews

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 33 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines