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4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

Diplomat Times - August 20, 2026

Utsunomiya, Japan — Four workers died Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police...

North Korea fires around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

Diplomat Times - August 20, 2026

Tokyo, Japan — North Korea launched around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in the...

BNP’s veteran leader Mirza Fakhrul I Alamgir elected Bangladesh’s 23rd President

Diplomat Times - August 20, 2026

Dhaka, Bangladesh — Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a senior leader of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been elected as Bangladesh’s 23rd president,...

A Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 14 in Ukraine’s Kyiv region

Diplomat Times - August 20, 2026

Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack...

7 Killed in helicopter crash in Kenya, Including Ecuador intelligence chief and tv executive

Marietta Reformado - August 20, 2026

Samburu county, Kenya — Seven people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northern Kenya on Wednesday, including Michele Sensi-Contugi, director general of Ecuador’s National...