Residents took out a rally in Swat on Tuesday to protest the brutal killing of 14 people that included women and children, belonging to Khwazakhela tehsil in Karachi on Aug 14. The incident took place when unidentified persons attacked a minibus with a grenade. The vehicle was carrying about 20 members of a family, who were out to participate in a wedding ceremony. (Dawn)

On August 17, the Crimea Info news agency reported: “Five residents of Crimea and Sevastopol were detained on suspicion of participation in the terrorist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia. This was reported by Interfax with reference to its own source. “The searches were carried out, they were detained on suspicion of participation in the activities of a terrorist organization,” the agency's interlocutor said.

News: Aljazeera reported that, "The idea that the coronavirus pandemic originated accidentally via Chinese laboratory workers has surfaced again”, following a documentary by Danish TV on the 12th of August, 2021in which Peter Ben Embarek, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins

News: On Thursday, 22 July 2021 the Israel Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that Israel has rejoined African Union (AU) as an observer state. He said Thursday was a day of celebration for Israel-Africa relations, noting that Israel currently has relations with 46 African countries. After the announcement was confirmed by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki, it sparked huge controversy with Algeria, Egypt, Libya,