International & World News – 12 August 2026

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✈️ INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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1. India reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh is an inalienable and integral part of India and nothing change this indisputable reality. Briefing the media in New Delhi yesterday, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that in matters relating to the border areas, India always emphasized in discussions with China that it considers these issues as most serious.

2. NASA has invited the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to join its Moon Base programme, building on the two countries’ partnership under the Artemis Accords. India and US have agreed to advance discussions for cooperation on open scientific data sharing under the Accords.

3. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate the commercialisation and global market access of India’s Geographical Indication (GI) products. The collaboration aims to promote quality standardisation, wider market access and digital enablement of GI products, while strengthening the One District One Product ecosystem.

4. Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station have extended greetings to India ahead of its 80th Independence Day. They held the Indian tricolour and conveyed warm wishes to the people of India.
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🌎 WORLD NEWS 🌍
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1. Hungary’s parliament yesterday elected former Supreme Court chief Andras Baka as the country’s next President.

2. The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck western Colombia yesterday has crossed 200 mark.

3. Lebanon’s parliament abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.

4. Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and several former officials have been sentenced to death by a Syrian court for crimes against humanity, premeditated murder and torture.

5. The death toll from Congo’s Ebola outbreak has surpassed two thousand mark.

6. At least nine people have been killed and dozens injured in Russian overnight attacks across Ukraine. According to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, six people were killed and 19 injured in Zaporizhzhia.

7. The United States will soon make online applications mandatory for several immigration benefits, including green cards, citizenship and asylum, in a move aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs.

8. The newly announced Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia has faced its first serious challenge just days after being signed. Iran‑backed Houthi rebels struck an Aramco refinery in Jazan with a drone, sparking a fire that Saudi authorities later confirmed had been extinguished.

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