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Partial Solar Eclipse 2026: Europe’s First Totality in 27 Years Falls on Almost No One

The partial solar eclipse of 2026 brings up to 96 per cent cover to Britain, the deepest since 2015, while totality itself lands on…

Diurna Editorial Team · 12 August 2026, 11:38 PM

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Trump’s Approval Rating Falls to 33% as His Own Party Concedes the Economy

The Trump approval rating has slipped to 33 per cent in the Economist/YouGov poll, his worst in either term, with independents backing him at…

Diurna Editorial Team · 12 August 2026, 11:20 PM

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Bab el-Mandeb Attack Changes the Hormuz Crisis: Shipping Faces a Second Front

Crew died on the Tihamah in the first Bab el-Mandeb attack on shipping since the Iran war began, shutting the escape route for vessels…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

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IAEA Clears Syria Nuclear Site After Israeli Threat: What Happens to Site 99 Now

Yellowcake from a reactor Israel bombed in 2007 sat for two years at a Syria nuclear site. A bombing threat, not a treaty, is…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

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Assad Death Sentence Raises a Bigger Question: Will Russia Hand Him Over?

A Damascus court convicted Bashar and Maher al-Assad of crimes against humanity. The Assad death sentence is real, but Moscow decides if it ever…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

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Colombia Earthquake: Why Rescuers Still Cannot Reach Choco as Toll Tops 200

The Colombia earthquake has killed more than 200, but the confirmed dead are in cities far from the epicentre. Nobody has reached Choco, and…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

India

India-China Border Row: Why India Just Renamed 27 Places in Arunachal Pradesh

For nine years China named places in Arunachal Pradesh and India objected. New Delhi has now named 27 of its own, and warned Beijing…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:59 PM

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Trump’s 50-Year Hormuz Bill: Why Iran’s Reparations Demand Is Blocking a Strait Deal

Tehran wants payment before the strait reopens. Trump wants fifty years of damages back. The Hormuz reparations fight now has no exit and no…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 7:58 PM

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Modi Vance Call Lists Trade, Defence and Minerals, but Skips the Tariff Bill

The Modi Vance call named five areas of cooperation on Saturday. Neither government mentioned the Senate bill that could tax Indian goods at 100…

Diurna Editorial Team · 11 August 2026, 11:13 AM

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Saudi Arabia Braces for Coordinated Houthi, Iraqi Militia Attacks on Ports and Energy Sites

Saudi Arabia expects coordinated Houthi and Iraqi militia attacks on ports, airports and energy sites, after a strike in Najran wounded 11 civilians.

Diurna Editorial Team · 8 August 2026, 8:27 AM