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Arts and culture
Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought. (Arab News) (Al Jazeera)
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Disasters and accidents
Fourteen people are killed and three others are critically injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a prison bus outside of Mariental, Namibia. (BBC News)
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Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed and 103 others are injured when a train derails between Alexandria and Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (The National News) (BBC News)
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/08/30/train-derailment-in-egypt-kills-three-and-injures-dozens/#:~:text=Seven%20train%20cars%20derailed%20on%20a%20service%20en%20route%20to%20Alexandria&text=Seven%20cars%20of%20a%20train,to%20state%2Downed%20Egypt%20Railways.
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c627yqd3zwpo
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Law and crime
A man drives a car into a crowd outside a bar in Évreux, France, after a dispute, killing one person and injuring five others, including two critically. (The Guardian)