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Explosion kills 5 at South Korean aerospace plant 01 Jun 2026 - 12:28 pm
A vehicle of Korea Electric Power Corporation enters the main gate at the Hanwha Aerospace plant in Daejeon on June 1, 2026, after a reported explosion. (Photo by Yonhap / AFP)
Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dust 31 May 2026 - 03:30 pm
This photograph taken on May 19, 2026 shows a stone quarry near Avinashi village in Rajasthan's Neem Ka Thana town. (Photo by AFP)
Two decades later, impacts from Indonesia mud volcano linger 31 May 2026 - 03:20 pm
A resident affected by the Lapindo mudflow sits on the embankment in the mud volcano area, marking 20 years since a gas exploration accident triggered a mud flow that inundated more than a dozen villages and permanently displaced tens of thousands of people in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java province on May 29, 2026. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)
Australian researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom' 31 May 2026 - 03:15 pm
In this photo taken on May 5, 2026, chief scientific and operations officer Brett Kagan looks at cortical and hippocampal cells on cell culture plates in Melbourne. (Photo by William West / AFP)
Survivors advise rescuers in search for last two stuck in Laos cave 31 May 2026 - 02:02 pm
This screen grab made from handout video footage taken on May 30, 2026, and provided by Adisak Wongsoraya, shows two men (centre L and centre R, with headlamp) being hugged after they were rescued from a semi-submerged cave in Laos' central Xaysomboun province, northeast of the capital Vientiane. Photo by Handout / Adisak Wongsoraya / AFP
India reduces fuel export duties 31 May 2026 - 11:15 am
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China's manufacturing sector contracts in May 31 May 2026 - 11:11 am
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Austrian protest shuts key European highway 30 May 2026 - 08:58 pm
Protesters listen to speakers at the A13 Brenner Highway in the direction of Italy during a demonstration and the blockade of the Brenner Base Tunnel against transit traffic near the A13 Brenner Highway in the direction of Italy, on May 30, 2026, on the Tyrolean Brenner Highway. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP)
4 tourists go missing as car plunges into river in E. Afghanistan 30 May 2026 - 06:09 pm
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Turkiye opposition party hosts rival events 30 May 2026 - 04:11 pm
Turkey's main opposition CHP party's court-installed leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu holds a dove after his speech at the party's headquarters in Ankara on May 30, 2026.(Photo by Adem Altan/ AFP)
Four more men trapped in semi-submerged Laos cave freed: rescuers 30 May 2026 - 12:06 pm
This screengrab made from handout video footage taken on May 29, 2026, shows a rescue team (C, R) about to free one (L) of seven men trapped in a semi-submerged cave. (Photo by Handout / Benz Norrased Palasing / Seascout Diving / AFP)
Truck accident kills 18 in Afghanistan 30 May 2026 - 12:03 pm
A man carries an injured girl to a hospital for treatment after a truck carrying Afghan families overturned in Jalalabad on May 30, 2026. (Photo by Aimal Zahir / AFP)
China's top diplomat says Canada ties 'fully restored' 30 May 2026 - 11:30 am
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand (R) shakes hands with China's Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi ahead of a bilateral meeting in Ottawa, on May 29, 2026. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)
Photo and video journalists in Gaza to receive 'Golden Pen' award 29 May 2026 - 04:59 pm
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Turkiye warns against 'uncontrolled escalation' after drone strike on ship 29 May 2026 - 04:32 pm
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Ex-head of Hong Kong journalist union jailed for obstructing police 29 May 2026 - 03:29 pm
Ronson Chan, a journalist and former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, wearing a black shirt that reads
5.0-magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang 29 May 2026 - 12:57 pm
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Republic of Korea football chief to quit after 'controversies, criticisms' 29 May 2026 - 10:43 am
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