00:00World news headlines for today, Saturday, 16 August 2026 Backhand Index pointing down
00:06Top Global Headlines
00:08Indonesia Earthquake Disaster
00:11A magnitude 7.7 quake struck off Floris Island early Saturday, killing at least 38 to 51 people,
00:20toppling buildings in East Nusa Tangara, and prompting tsunami warnings and mass evacuations.
00:26Rescue teams are reaching remote villages, as the toll is expected to rise.
00:31Middle East Tensions
00:33Lebanon says Israeli strikes in the South killed at least 11.
00:38Israel also accused Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire.
00:42Iran remains defiant on the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump tells Americans to accept high gasoline prices.
00:49Qatar denied holding Iranian pilots after a general's release demand.
00:54Korea Peninsula
00:56North Korea's Kim and Russia's Putin reaffirmed ties on Korean Liberation Day.
01:02South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the demarcation line.
01:08South Korea's President Lee urged talks to replace the armistice with peace.
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01:20Politics and security
01:22Trump in the news, touts falling crime rates while campaigning for New York Republicans ahead of midterms.
01:29Also signal the 2028 bid, we are going to win.
01:33Europe, Germany, France and UK working on their own format for talks on Ukraine, NYT.
01:40Romania shot down a drone breaching its airspace.
01:43Belgium fighting record wildfire with EU aircraft sent and villages evacuated.
01:49Australia, gun buyback to start in November, PM Albany says.
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02:01Other notable news.
02:03Colombia, hopes fade as more bodies recover days after powerful quake.
02:08Africa, Zimbabwean boat accident death toll rises to 68.
02:14UN urges support for Afghan women amid tightening Taliban curbs.
02:19Migration, Morocco arrests 111 migrants headed for Spain's Ceuta.
02:25Tech slash business, US urges Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips.
02:29NVIDIA plus Wall Street firms partner on $500 billion AI financing venture.
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02:43UN and humanitarian
02:45Who warns Ebola outbreak in DRC is now the third largest on record.
02:51UN says thousands remain displaced three weeks after earthquakes in Venezuela.
02:56UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon returning to core functions as violence decreases.
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