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Ex-Pakistan premier Imran Khan wants IMF to link talks with Islamabad to independent audit of vote 23 Feb 2024 - 08:33 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4, 2021. Reuters/Saiyna Bashir/File Photo
Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown 22 Feb 2024 - 08:04 pm
Supporters of a party alliance consisting of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, the Balochistan National Party, the National Party and the Hazara Democractic Party chant slogans during protest held outside an Election Commission office in Pishin on February 22, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Russian skier killed in Indian Kashmir avalanche 22 Feb 2024 - 04:50 pm
File photo shows a general view of the ski slopes at Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan 22 Feb 2024 - 03:16 pm
(Files) Spectators watch modified cars compete in a drag race along a street during a car racing event in Kabul on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Avalanche hits popular Indian ski resort; 1 foreign skier killed and 3 rescued 22 Feb 2024 - 02:11 pm
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China plans to send more pandas to US zoo 22 Feb 2024 - 01:14 pm
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Two dead after cargo ship hits bridge in southern China 22 Feb 2024 - 09:07 am
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows the fractured Lixinsha Bridge in Nansha District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Xinhua/Lu Hanxin
Pakistan parties reach power-sharing agreement, Khan loyalists left out 21 Feb 2024 - 05:38 pm
Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) party protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's general election results, at a national highway in Moro, Sindh province on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Shahid ALI / AFP)
Indian farmers resume Delhi protest push after talks fail 21 Feb 2024 - 05:17 pm
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Japan Airlines admits subsidiaries cheated on driving tests 21 Feb 2024 - 01:09 pm
A Japan Airlines (JAL) plane taxis past as officials remove the remaining debris of a JAL passenger plane from the runway area at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on January 5, 2024. Photo by Richard A. BROOKS / AFP
China issues highest weather alert as temperatures plunge 21 Feb 2024 - 12:49 pm
People visit the Temple of Heaven after snowfall in Beijing on February 21, 2024. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Operations cancelled as South Korea doctors' strike grows 21 Feb 2024 - 09:46 am
Trainee doctors attend an emergency meeting at the Korean Medical Association building on February 20, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
China to tackle noise pollution at airports 20 Feb 2024 - 04:36 pm
Passengers are pictured at the waiting hall of Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Feb. 17, 2024. Xinhua/Li An
Rescue teams reach remote site of Afghanistan landslide 20 Feb 2024 - 04:27 pm
A general view shows snow laden terrain at Keraman village in the Dara district of Panjshir province on February 19, 2024. Photo by AFP
Measles cases rose 79 percent globally last year: WHO 20 Feb 2024 - 03:22 pm
(Files) A boy accompanied by his father receives a dose of the measles and rubella vaccine from medical personnel at a community health center in the Lidice neighborhood of Caracas, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Founder of Japanese dollar-store chain Daiso dies at 80 20 Feb 2024 - 01:34 pm
This photo taken on March 7, 2019 shows Hirotake Yano, the Japanese 100-yen shop pioneer and founder of the Daiso chain. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
25 killed in Afghanistan landslide caused by snowfall 19 Feb 2024 - 08:22 pm
Afghan men shovel snow from the rooftop of a house following snowfall in Fayzabad, Badakhshan province on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
Philippines seizes hundreds of giant clam shell pieces 19 Feb 2024 - 03:50 pm
This handout photo taken on February 14, 2024 and released on February 19 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel gathering seized giant clam shells on a beach at a village in Bugsuk island, Palawan province. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP