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45,000 perform Friday prayers in Al Aqsa Mosque 22 Aug 2025 - 08:13 pm
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UK Foreign Secretary describes Gaza famine as moral outrage, man-made catastrophe 22 Aug 2025 - 07:25 pm
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Danish students to be allowed to use AI for English exams 22 Aug 2025 - 06:14 pm
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Saudi Arabia expresses deep concern over declared famine in Gaza 22 Aug 2025 - 05:22 pm
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Philippines, Australia aim to sign new defence pact in 2026 22 Aug 2025 - 04:15 pm
Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro (R) and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles (L) pose for a photo after signing the statement of intent for the enhanced defence cooperation in Makati, Metro Manila on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP)
UN declares famine in Gaza, first ever in Middle East 22 Aug 2025 - 03:19 pm
Palestinian women and children hold out their empty pots in front of a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 21, 2025. Photo by AFP
10 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in China 22 Aug 2025 - 01:43 pm
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21 countries condemn Israeli settlement plan in West Bank as violation of international law 21 Aug 2025 - 11:28 pm
This picture taken from a position on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip shows destroyed buildings in the besieged Palestinian territory at sunset on August 21, 2025. (Photo by Jack Guez / AFP)
Modi, Macron agree to strengthen 'strategic partnership' 21 Aug 2025 - 10:20 pm
File: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron after a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 3, 2017. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters/File)
OIC to address ongoing Israeli violations in extraordinary meeting on Monday 21 Aug 2025 - 09:25 pm
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Frank Caprio, 'The nicest judge in the world,' dies at 88 21 Aug 2025 - 08:47 pm
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World's oldest person celebrates 116th birthday in UK 21 Aug 2025 - 04:53 pm
A handout photograph released by Hallmark Care Homes and taken on August 21, 2024, shows Ethel Caterham celebrating her 115th birthday in Lightwater, south west of London. Photo by george archer / Hallmark Care Homes / AFP
Vance says Europe must bear 'lion's share' of Ukraine's security 21 Aug 2025 - 02:20 pm
US Vice President JD Vance meets with members of the National Guard at Union Station in Washington, DC on August 20, 2025. (Photo by AL DRAGO / POOL / AFP)
Ten hurt, 90 arrested as match abandoned following fan violence in Argentina 21 Aug 2025 - 11:53 am
A fan of Universidad de Chile prepares to throw a stone during the Copa Sudamericana round of 16 second leg football match between Argentina's Independiente and Chile's Universidad de Chile on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Alejandro PAGNI / AFP)
Indian heritage restorers piece together capital's past 21 Aug 2025 - 10:22 am
This photograph taken on June 20, 2025 shows an employee working to preserve an old book inside the paper conservation lab of the conservation department at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), in New Delhi. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with 614 drones, missiles: Kyiv 21 Aug 2025 - 10:03 am
People take shelter at a metro station during Russian air attacks in Kyiv on August 21, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman Pilipey / AFP)
Surging tourism is polluting Antarctica, scientists warn 21 Aug 2025 - 08:14 am
This handout picture, released on August 20, 2025, by the University of Santiago USACH, shows a view of Antarctica during a study led by a team of Chilean scientists of the University of Santiago with researchers from the Netherlands and Germany. (Photo by Jose Jorquera / University of Santiago USACH / AFP)
Russia announces capture of three cities in East Ukraine 21 Aug 2025 - 12:09 am
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 20, 2025, shows a Ukrainian emergency worker in action following an air attack, in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Emergency Service / AFP)