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Tourists dice with danger on Hanoi's train street 31 Aug 2025 - 11:28 am
This photo taken on August 18, 2025 shows a train as it passes along a railway track between cafe terraces in central Hanoi. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza 31 Aug 2025 - 11:05 am
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg gestures while talking to media next to a Palestinian flag as a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists prepare to leave on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Lluis Gene / AFP)
Britain's energy grid bets on flywheels to keep the lights on 31 Aug 2025 - 10:48 am
This aerial photograph shows Statkraft's new Greener Grid Park in Liverpool, north-west England on August 7, 2025. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
Yemen's Houthis say PM killed in Israeli strike 31 Aug 2025 - 12:00 am
Yemen's Houthi-led government's Prime Minister Ahmed Al-Rahawi speaks during a press conference in Sanaa on June 22, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais / AFP)
India will not 'bow down', trade minister says after US tariffs 30 Aug 2025 - 11:03 pm
Members of a trades association holding a poster of US President Donald Trump shout slogans during a protest against the recent tariff hikes imposed by the US on India in New Delhi on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
660,000 Gaza children remain out of school for third year: UNRWA 30 Aug 2025 - 10:41 pm
A boy climbs from out of the rubble of a collapsed building that was hit by bombardment in the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on August 30, 2025.  (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Ministerial Committee on Gaza regrets US Department of State's decision denying visas to Palestine delegation at UNGA 30 Aug 2025 - 10:25 pm
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GCC welcomes joint statement issued by 6 EU countries condemning Israeli aggression on Gaza 30 Aug 2025 - 08:01 pm
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Leading political figure shot dead in Ukraine 30 Aug 2025 - 05:22 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko visits damaged areas following a large-scale Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv on August 28, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
At least 11 killed in floods in India-administered Jammu, Kashmir 30 Aug 2025 - 05:20 pm
Partially submerged houses are pictured along the banks of the river Jhelum following heavy rains in Srinagar on August 28, 2025. Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP.
EU urges US to reconsider UN summit visa denial for Palestinians 30 Aug 2025 - 05:17 pm
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Ancient tombs unearthed in Iraq due to drought 30 Aug 2025 - 05:09 pm
Members of the Dohuk Antiquities Department work on a grave unearthed on the banks of Mosul Dam on an archaeological site in the Khanke sub-district of Dohuk Governorate on August 30, 2025. Photo by Ismael ADNAN / AFP.
Indonesia protest blaze kills 3 as anger erupts over driver's death 30 Aug 2025 - 05:01 pm
The West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Council office is seen on fire after it was stormed and looted during a demonstration in Mataram on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on August 30, 2025. Photo by AFP.
India's Modi arrives in Tianjin ahead of summit hosted by China 30 Aug 2025 - 02:58 pm
Cleaning staff work in front of the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Tianjin on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
One dead, five injured as car slams into crowd in France 30 Aug 2025 - 02:47 pm
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Red Cross head says mass evacuation of Gaza City 'impossible' 30 Aug 2025 - 02:16 pm
Displaced Palestinians fleeing in a truck with belongings along the coastal road through the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects flounder 30 Aug 2025 - 02:04 pm
Local residents embrace each other next to a damaged residential building following an air attack in Zaporizhzhia on August 30, 2025. (Photo by Marina Moiseyenko / AFP)
Australia signs deal to send immigrants to Nauru 30 Aug 2025 - 11:34 am
Aerial view of Nauru