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King Charles III to visit Vatican next week 17 Oct 2025 - 04:18 pm
Britain's King Charles III meets Anangu Traditional Owners at the Australian High Commission in London on October 16, 2025, for a celebration to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the hand-back of Uluru-Kata Tjuta. (Photo by Jack Taylor / POOL / AFP)
Mongolian PM out after four months in office 17 Oct 2025 - 01:02 pm
Mongolian Prime Minister Gombojav Zandanshatar looks on as he attends a vote on his dismissal during a plenary session at the parliament in Ulaanbaatar on October 17, 2025. Photo by Byambasuren BYAMBA-OCHIR / AFP
Bomb destroys well-known Italian journalist's car, no deaths 17 Oct 2025 - 12:58 pm
Italian Carabinieri stand guard in front of the residence of Italian journalist of TV investigative television news show 'Report', Sigfrido Ranucci, after a bomb destroyed vehicles parked in front of his house in Pomezia near Rome, on 17 October 2025. Photo by Emanuele VALERI / ANSA / AFP
Japan's Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama dies at 101 17 Oct 2025 - 12:55 pm
Former Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama answers questions during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on July 29, 2015. Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP
Trump says to meet Putin after 'great progress' in call 16 Oct 2025 - 09:11 pm
(FILES) US President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025.
Palestinian PM says Gaza needs $67 billion for reconstruction 16 Oct 2025 - 07:31 pm
An aerial view shows the Al-Maqussi Towers district, heavily damaged by massive Israeli bombardment over the past two years, in northwestern Gaza City on October 15, 2025 (Photo by AFP)
IMF chief says acted 'as soon as conditions allowed' on Senegal debt 16 Oct 2025 - 05:01 pm
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a press conference during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Father of Air India crash pilot seeks independent probe 16 Oct 2025 - 04:58 pm
An investigation team inspects the wreckage of Air India flight 171 a day after it crashed in a residential area near the airport, in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP.
Expo in Japan records over 25.5 million general visitors 16 Oct 2025 - 03:26 pm
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Picasso painting vanishes en route to Spanish exhibition 16 Oct 2025 - 03:24 pm
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Shake truck helps Californians prepare for massive quake 16 Oct 2025 - 02:44 pm
A man experiences a 7.0 earthquake in the Earthquake Simulator, in Fullerton, California on October 15, 2025. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Indonesia's Papua: USGS 16 Oct 2025 - 02:43 pm
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Pope slams millions facing hunger worldwide as 'collective failure' 16 Oct 2025 - 02:31 pm
Pope Leo XIV delivers a speech during the World Food Day event in Rome on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Fatal bear attacks in Japan hit record number 16 Oct 2025 - 01:53 pm
This handout photo taken on October 7, 2025 and released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press shows CCTV camera footage of a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP
Greece lawmakers back plan to allow 13-hour work day 16 Oct 2025 - 01:46 pm
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One of world's oldest dinosaurs discovered in Argentina 16 Oct 2025 - 01:02 pm
Handout picture released by Argentina's CONICET shows fossil bones of a Huayracursor jaguensis on October 10, 2025. (Photo by CONICET Press Office / CONICET / AFP) 
Romania's Foreign Minister meets Ambassador of Qatar 16 Oct 2025 - 12:28 pm
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Last member of the first successful Everest expedition dies 16 Oct 2025 - 12:25 pm
In this picture taken on May 28, 2023, Kancha Sherpa, a team member of the 1953 Mount Everest expedition which placed Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit of the world's highest mountain, looks on during an interview on the eve of International Everest Day, at Namche Bazar in Solukhumbu district, northeast of Kathmandu. Photo by ROBIC UPADHAYAY / AFP