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Fierce winds force Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona 01 Sep 2025 - 03:53 pm
A boat carrying Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and activists, part of a civilian flotilla aiming at breaking the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, leaves the port of Barcelona, on August 31, 2025. Photo by Lluis GENE / AFP
International media protest over journalist deaths in Gaza 01 Sep 2025 - 12:48 pm
A journalist holds the blood-covered camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, a journalist who freelanced for AP since the start of the war and who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo by AFP
Australian police say fugitive gunman is being helped 01 Sep 2025 - 12:36 pm
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Thousands protest in Indonesia as military deployed in capital 01 Sep 2025 - 11:58 am
A protester walks with an Indonesian flag in front of a police headquarters that was set on fire and looted during demonstrations in Surabaya on August 31, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800 01 Sep 2025 - 11:56 am
Afghan injured children receive treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Aimal Zahir / AFP)
Japan, South Korea had hottest summer on record in 2025 01 Sep 2025 - 11:51 am
People with umbrellas walk in the scorching sun in Tokyo on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
US court blocks deportation of Guatemalan children 01 Sep 2025 - 12:37 am
Relatives of minors deported from the United States gather outside of the Returnee Reception Center while waiting for their arrival at the Guatemalan Air Force Base in Guatemala City on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Johan Ordonez / AFP)
Pakistan, Armenia establish diplomatic relations 31 Aug 2025 - 11:32 pm
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Indonesia cuts lawmaker perks as president tries to quell protests 31 Aug 2025 - 10:40 pm
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto speaks about a recent wave of nationwide protests during a press conference alongside political party leaders at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)
Putin and Modi in China for summit hosted by Xi 31 Aug 2025 - 09:00 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, his wife Peng Liyuan and foreign leaders pose during a family photo of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Kazakov / POOL / AFP)
80 killed in Gaza, including 31 aid seekers since dawn Sunday 31 Aug 2025 - 08:23 pm
Graphic content / A Palestinian man carries an injured child from inside a building that was targeted in an Israeli strike in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Directors who quit US health agency warn it is 'destroying' protections 31 Aug 2025 - 06:33 pm
Susan Monarez, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kayla Bartkowski / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Unified traffic violation system across GCC nears completion 31 Aug 2025 - 04:28 pm
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Pope urges end to 'pandemic of arms' 31 Aug 2025 - 02:42 pm
Pope Leo XIV salutes as he addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St.Peter's square on August 31, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Indonesia protests put spotlight on paramilitary police force 31 Aug 2025 - 01:58 pm
Police raise their shields during a protest in front of the Regional Police headquarters in Surabaya on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Indonesian finance minister's home looted as protest anger grows 31 Aug 2025 - 01:48 pm
Protesters rides a motorcycle in front of a police headquarters that was burned and looted during demonstrations in Surabaya on August 31, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Activists throw paint on Barcelona's Sagrada Familia over Spain fires 31 Aug 2025 - 01:18 pm
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New wave: Sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port 31 Aug 2025 - 12:33 pm
Floaters are raised out of the water during a demonstration of Eco Wave Power electricity generation technology using the power of ocean waves in the harbor at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California, on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)