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Iceland's referendum on whether to resume European Union membership talks is on a knife edge, with the first 153,197 votes counted showing a margin of just 435 votes separating the two sides. Public broadcaster RUV reported 50.1% voted against the government's proposal, while 49.9% supported it, with 270,000 voters eligible overall.
30 Aug 2026One Nation has claimed a historic by-election victory in the Western Australian seat of Secret Harbour, overturning what was once considered an ultra-safe Labor seat with a massive swing.
30 Aug 2026· 4 sourcesOne Nation has unveiled a suite of energy policies at a Farmers Fightback rally in western Victoria, promising to reinvest in coal and gas, abolish renewable energy zones, and strip VicGrid of its compulsory acquisition powers for the controversial VNI West transmission line. Federal leader Pauline Hanson called for new coal-fired power stations and nuclear reactors but declined to detail how the projects would be funded.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesThe Australian government is exploring two new measures to combat the rise in sexual violence among teenagers: allowing users to opt in or out of social media algorithms, and adopting a recent UK ban on depictions of strangulation and suffocation in pornography. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek confirmed the options are being considered as part of the government’s second action plan to end family and domestic violence against women and children.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesOntario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a large sign reading 'Lake Ontario, Now and Always' on the Canadian shoreline, directly challenging US President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the shared body of water 'Lake America.' The move is the latest in an escalating war of words between the two countries after trade talks collapsed and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on $20bn (C$28bn) of Canadian goods.
30 Aug 2026Forty-one Australians remain missing following catastrophic flooding in Nepal, as overwhelmed authorities resort to posting photographs of unidentified victims on hospital walls and collecting DNA samples to prepare for mass burials before morgues reach capacity, according to reports from Kathmandu.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesSome prominent Australian MPs are calling for a joint international investigation into the death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, drawing parallels to the MH17 probe, as controversy erupts over a visit by Israeli veterans.
30 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesOne Nation has won a thumping victory in the Western Australian state byelection for Secret Harbour, securing 57% of the two-party-preferred vote against Labor, in a result that signals serious threats to the governing party in working-class seats across the country.
30 Aug 2026· 4 sourcesOne Nation has claimed victory in the Secret Harbour state byelection in Western Australia, with candidate Luke Herdegen leading Labor's Georgia Tree 57-42 after preferences with 74.5 per cent of the vote counted.
30 Aug 2026· 5 sourcesResidents in northern Tasmania are preparing to fight a multi-billion dollar company's plans to build an AI data centre near their homes, after the George Town Council approved a 288-megawatt facility under what critics call an antiquated planning scheme.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesA second Australian who was missing after the catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in Nepal has been found alive, officials confirmed, though 42 other Australians remain among the thousands still unaccounted for across the country.
30 Aug 2026· 7 sourcesAnger is mounting in Nepal over the government's handling of devastating flash floods that have killed scores and displaced thousands, with survivors and opposition leaders accusing authorities of a slow and inadequate response.
30 Aug 2026New analysis of Australian Transport Safety Bureau data has found a significant increase in runway incursions and taxiing incidents at Australian airports over the past 22 years, amid a spate of recent runway conflicts in Sydney that has put air safety under the microscope.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesHopes of finding more survivors in Nepal are rapidly diminishing as the rescue operation enters a critical phase, with tensions rising between desperate families and rescue workers on the ground.
30 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesChinese authorities have launched nationwide market inspections after Napa cabbages from the country’s largest cabbage-producing region, Hebei, tested positive for formaldehyde, a known human carcinogen. The discovery was triggered by a viral video from an environmentalist vlogger who filmed cabbages being dipped in a clear liquid, later identified as formaldehyde solution, before transport to southern markets.
30 Aug 2026Ecuador's former president Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to five years in prison after a court in Quito found him guilty of taking bribes in connection with a Chinese state-owned firm's construction of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric dam. Due to his age and disability, the 73-year-old will serve his sentence under house arrest and has indicated he will appeal.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesAl Jazeera has reported that Tunisians are experiencing acute water shortages, with taps running dry across the country. The segment, published on August 29, 2026, underscores the deepening crisis in a nation already grappling with years of drought and limited water resources.
30 Aug 2026Icelanders went to the polls on Saturday in a closely contested referendum on whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union, according to a video report from Al Jazeera. The outcome remains uncertain as ballots are counted.
30 Aug 2026On August 29, 2026, a series of crises erupted or intensified across several continents, with Gaza running out of cancer medicines amid ongoing Israeli strikes, mounting anger in Nepal over the government's response to flash floods, a tight race in Iceland on whether to resume talks to join the European Union, and a worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to multiple video reports from Al Jazeera.
30 Aug 2026Nepali rescuers have pulled four survivors from the rubble of catastrophic floods that devastated the Himalayan border region with China, raising hopes that more than 100 hydropower workers trapped in tunnels may still be alive. The Australian government has deployed a specialist drone team to assist search efforts as the confirmed death toll rises to 1,380 and more than 5,500 people remain missing across Nepal and Tibet.
30 Aug 2026· 9 sourcesProjections show that Horseshoe Bay at Port Elliot, one of South Australia’s most popular regional beaches, could erode by up to 12 metres by 2050 if more than $20 million in engineering works is not carried out, Alexandrina Council has warned. Mayor Keith Parkes said the council could not afford the work alone but could not afford to do nothing.
30 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesAustralia's national plan to end violence against women and children has reached a critical halfway point, with the national cabinet this week acknowledging that rates of intimate-partner homicide and sexual violence remain 'unacceptably high' and agreeing to new priorities. At the same time, more than a dozen crossbench MPs have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, arguing that despite years of inquiries and billions of dollars in spending, governments still cannot adequately demonstrate where the money goes or whether interventions are reducing harm, and are calling for the Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission to be given stronger powers to compel information and track implementation.
30 Aug 2026Niger's military government has announced it is regaining control after an attempted mutiny, according to a statement reported on August 29. The brief announcement provides no details on the scale of the unrest or any casualties, and the situation remains unverified by independent sources.
30 Aug 2026Al Jazeera reported on 29 August 2026 that a Russian strike on a munitions depot near Kyiv triggered deadly blasts. The report, distributed as a headline with no accompanying details in the available source, gave no casualty figures, exact location or timeline.
30 Aug 2026King Haakon VIII of Norway delivered his first speech to the nation on Saturday, paying an emotional tribute to his late father, King Harald V, who died on Friday at age 89 after 35 years on the throne. Speaking from the royal palace in Oslo, Haakon thanked Harald for being 'such a good dad' and acknowledged the 'major task' now ahead of him.
30 Aug 2026A devastating mud tsunami in Nepal has left thousands missing and destroyed critical infrastructure, bringing into sharp focus the risks posed by a warming climate to mountain communities in the Himalayas. Scientists warn that melting glaciers and thawing permafrost are making the ground itself unstable, raising the question of whether some areas will become too dangerous to inhabit.
30 Aug 2026Mojtaba Khamenei, the third Supreme Leader of Iran, has not been seen or heard from since he assumed power in February after a fatal strike killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and most of his immediate family. Six months later, his continued absence has sparked intense speculation about his health, whereabouts, and ability to lead the country at a time of war and economic crisis.
30 Aug 2026Six months after the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Iran, the Islamic Republic’s leadership remains in place and Washington has not achieved its stated objectives, according to a new assessment. The conflict is increasingly viewed as a failure of US strategy, with damaging implications for American interests that are still unfolding.
30 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesFresh evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in American football players has reinvigorated calls for the AFL to do more to protect its athletes from head injuries, with the league reportedly signalling a shift in its stance.
30 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesRepublican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, a former House intelligence committee chair, falsely suggested in a recent fundraising email that he personally witnessed the body of Osama bin Laden after the 2011 raid, when in fact he only saw a photograph of the al-Qaida leader's remains.
30 Aug 2026Desperate families are pinning photographs of missing relatives to the walls of a Kathmandu hospital as rescue teams continue to search for nearly 3,000 people unaccounted for after deadly flash floods swept through the Himalayas, wiping out entire villages in Nepal and Tibet.
30 Aug 2026Controversial far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reports on August 29. The detention is part of a series of immigration-related actions by US authorities, which also include the revocation of a former Iraqi minister's visa.
30 Aug 2026Charles Perrottet has returned to the witness box in ICAC's Operation Rosny after denying he fabricated evidence, and has been asked whether his wife Anita lied to the commission, as the inquiry into links between Liberal Party operatives, fugitive property developer Jean Nassif and Catholic Schools NSW enters its seventh week.
30 Aug 2026· 18 sourcesNearly 400 people have been evacuated from a residential area near Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on a military weapons warehouse triggered a chain of massive explosions, killing at least 37 people and destroying dozens of nearby homes and buildings, Ukrainian authorities have confirmed.
30 Aug 2026· 4 sourcesAt least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone strike on a warehouse in the Kyiv-area village of Myla sparked a massive detonation, marking one of the highest single-incident death tolls in months as Moscow's air attacks on the capital entered a third consecutive day.
30 Aug 2026The death toll from a Russian strike on a warehouse near Kyiv has risen to at least 38, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow announced plans for 'massive strikes' against Ukraine's infrastructure before winter. The attack, one of the deadliest to hit Ukraine this year, damaged dozens of residential buildings and was followed by a fresh drone and missile barrage on Kyiv that killed at least 12 more people.
29 Aug 2026· 7 sourcesA dramatic account of a farmer’s extraordinary survival in Nepal opens with Sidar Tamang racing through his village blowing a whistle and searching for children — including his own sons — before the situation turns catastrophic. The reports, published by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Brisbane Times, have so far revealed only the opening moments of the ordeal.
29 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesThe death toll from a Russian drone strike on a weapons depot near Kyiv has climbed to 37, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the storage of explosives next to a residential area as 'absolutely unacceptable' and announced a criminal negligence investigation.
29 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesThe remains of hundreds of people have washed downstream following catastrophic floods in Nepal, overwhelming a city’s capacity to handle the growing number of bodies on its riverbanks, according to reports.
29 Aug 2026· 2 sourcesVoters in the Western Australian seat of Secret Harbour have gone to the polls in a byelection widely seen as a critical test of One Nation's political strength, with counting now underway and both major parties bracing for a result that could reverberate nationally.
29 Aug 2026· 8 sourcesIndustrial action by maintenance workers for Victoria’s High Capacity Metro Trains has forced the cancellation of dozens of services through the Metro Tunnel, disrupting commuter timetables as workers down tools.
29 Aug 2026· 3 sourcesNorway’s King Harald V has died at the age of 89, according to a report by Al Jazeera, which described him as “the whole country’s grandfather.” His death marks the end of a reign that spanned decades and made him one of Europe’s most beloved constitutional monarchs.
29 Aug 2026The death toll from devastating floods along the Nepal-Tibet border has climbed to 626, with nearly 3,000 people still missing, as rescue workers and military personnel continue searching through debris. Chinese authorities announced today that the immediate risk of further flooding from a glacial lake that formed after a glacier collapse has decreased, as satellite images show the reservoir slowly draining.
29 Aug 2026Reactions to the death of Gen Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, have highlighted what victims describe as a shockingly pervasive glorification of his legacy, even as the man himself has died.
29 Aug 2026Al Jazeera's August 29 video newsfeed leads with the death of Norway's King Harald V at age 89, alongside reports of an Israeli airstrike in Jenin that killed three Palestinians, a warning that Gaza could be "gone for good," and before-and-after imagery showing catastrophic flash flooding in Nepal.
29 Aug 2026A surge in piracy near Somalia has seen at least 13 ships attacked since the start of the year, including two cargo vessels seized in the Gulf of Aden within four days last week, as the US-Iran war and Houthi blockades in the Red Sea region divert international naval forces away from counter-piracy operations.
29 Aug 2026US President Donald Trump has announced a deal granting the United States majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's proven oil reserves, calling it "the biggest oil deal in world history." Venezuelan Interim President Delcy Rodríguez confirmed the agreement in a televised national address, saying it would target production of 1.5 million barrels per day from 17 strategic oilfields over 25 years and generate billions in revenue for her country.
29 Aug 2026· 5 sourcesIcelanders are voting Saturday in a referendum on whether to resume European Union accession talks, with the outcome too close to call as the latest opinion poll put the No campaign at 51.6% and an earlier poll showed the Yes camp ahead. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir brought the vote forward amid turbulent international affairs, but the campaign has centred on Iceland's fishing industry and national sovereignty rather than security concerns.
29 Aug 2026· 5 sources