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Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon after 25 Aug 2025 - 09:50 pm
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Syria calls on UN to act immediately following Israeli incursion into Damascus countryside 25 Aug 2025 - 08:54 pm
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Ship crew on trial in Finland over Baltic Sea cable cuts 25 Aug 2025 - 05:38 pm
The captain of Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S, Georgian national Davit Vadatchkoria attends a trial over sabotage at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland on August 25, 2025. Photo by Roni Rekomaa / Lehtikuva / AFP
UNRWA chief slams 'shocking' global inaction after Israeli strike on Gaza hospital 25 Aug 2025 - 05:35 pm
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Trump slams 'purge' in S. Korea ahead of visit by President Lee 25 Aug 2025 - 05:15 pm
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PNC says Israel's killing of journalists represents war crime, desperate attempt to obscure facts 25 Aug 2025 - 05:04 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, during her funeral on August 25, 2025. Photo by AFP
S. Korea passes law amendment to boost shareholder rights 25 Aug 2025 - 03:28 pm
A general view shows the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) and surrounding buildings in Seoul on August 25, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
New Zealand Post suspends deliveries to US over tariffs 25 Aug 2025 - 03:21 pm
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'Restoring dignity': Kenya slum exchange offers water for plastic 25 Aug 2025 - 03:02 pm
A resident uses digital credit earned from delivering plastic waste to a Human Needs Project (HNP) collection point to pay for laundromat services in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
Japan police apologise for death of innocent man after long detention 25 Aug 2025 - 02:53 pm
A portrait of the late Shizuo Aishima (C) is seen as his sons hold a press conference in Yokohama on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Japan Pool / JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Visma have bikes stolen at Vuelta while Axel Zingle retires 25 Aug 2025 - 02:45 pm
Team Visma-Lease a bike's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (R) crosses the finish line during the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP)
SpaceX delays Starship megarocket launch in latest setback 25 Aug 2025 - 02:37 pm
SpaceX's Starship is seen on the launchpad in Starbase, Texas, on August 24, 2025. (Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)
World's first commercial CO2 'graveyard' opens in Norway 25 Aug 2025 - 02:32 pm
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On WhatsApp, Palestinians in the US look for food for Gaza — and mourn 25 Aug 2025 - 02:25 pm
Almadhoun checks out the scene from Gaza using WhatsApp on July 17. Photo credit: Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post
Portugal counts the cost of its biggest ever forest fire 25 Aug 2025 - 02:24 pm
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Syria president to speak at UN General Assembly: official 25 Aug 2025 - 01:52 pm
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India cricket ends $43.6 mn sponsorship after online gambling ban: report 25 Aug 2025 - 01:25 pm
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Japan PM Ishiba bounces back in polls after election debacle 25 Aug 2025 - 01:08 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech during the welcome reception for the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo on August 20, 2025. (Photo by JIA HAOCHENG / POOL / AFP)