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Amid Niger’s political crisis, citizens of the West African nation are going about their daily life, as ECOWAS’ decision on a military intervention is still pending. (Aug. 18) (AP video: Sam Mednick)

August is Clear the Shelters month, but for advocates like Keith Olberman, the push for dog adoptions is year-round.

Lawmakers in the traditionally conservative state of Tennessee are going back the statehouse to consider changes to the state’s gun laws and other public safety matters. The special session was called after a Nashville school shooting earlier this year…

Russian air defences shot down a Ukrainian drone over central Moscow early Friday and some fragments fell on an exposition center, officials said. (Aug. 18)

Las Vegas police said David Holtslander’s dog darted into the intersection and when he tried to secure the animal, he stepped in front of a car.

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Firefighters on Friday were trying to put out a peatland fire on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that was growing in size near a dense residential area. (Aug. 18)

An exhibition that opened at Amsterdam City Hall on Thursday offers a vision of the war in Ukraine as experienced by children caught in the devastating conflict. (Aug. 17) (AP video/Ahmad Seir Nassiri)

Iran’s foreign minister has traveled to Saudi Arabia, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran’s top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente with Chinese mediation.

Here’s the latest for Friday, August 18th: Maui’s emergency management chief resigns; Wildfire evacuations in northwest Canada; Second suspect arrested in shooting of Texas deputy sheriff; Passenger jet returns to airport after flames shoot out of engi…