Demi Vollering won her second Women's Tour de France title on Sunday, dethroning defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot who dropped out on Saturday, France 24 reported in a developing account
Thirty-three people who were abducted by armed men while travelling through north-western Zamfara state were safely rescued by Nigeria's army, the military says
Nigeria's run at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations ended with a 1-0 quarter-final loss to Cameroon on Sunday evening, Aug. 9, 2026, decided by a 19th-minute free-kick from Myriam Maeva Nyadjou Wamen.
The African Democratic Congress said in a press statement issued Saturday, August 8, 2026, it rejected and faulted the interim report of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on the alleged fake, so-called Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, describing the report as "predictable and inadequate."
A drone exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline in Bulgaria near the Romanian border Saturday, as Kyiv denied targeting Bulgaria and Sofia summoned the Ukrainian ambassador.
President Trump told Axios on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in a brief phone call that 'We are low keying it' with Iran, signaling he will allow economic pressure and a naval blockade to mount rather than order a new major military offensive, even though Iran is holding up a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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Rewa BJP MP Janardan Mishra is reported to have made remarks described as intemperate in favor of ethanol, including the quoted question 'Will pure petrol come from your father's house?'
