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Nigeria fuel truck explosion kills at least 29 21 Oct 2025 - 11:10 pm
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Tensions flare between Musk and NASA over Moon mission 21 Oct 2025 - 10:59 pm
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Only 986 out of 6,600 aid trucks entered Strip since ceasefire began: Gaza Media Office 21 Oct 2025 - 10:05 pm
Palestinian children gather to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp, located in the central Gaza Strip, on October 21, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Nepal's 'hidden' mountains draw new wave of climbers 21 Oct 2025 - 08:59 pm
In this handout photograph taken on October 15, 2025, a French mountaineer makes his way near the summit of Jannu East, the first ascent of the 7,468 m peak in eastern Nepal. (Photo by Thibaut Marot / AFP)
World Bank estimates Syria reconstruction cost at $216 billion 21 Oct 2025 - 08:24 pm
File: This picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP
Trump not to meet Putin in 'immediate future': US official 21 Oct 2025 - 07:55 pm
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Sanae Takaichi elected Japan PM, unveils cabinet lineup 21 Oct 2025 - 06:51 pm
Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 21, 2025. (Eugene Hoshiko/AP/Pool via Xinhua)
Indonesia targets 82.9 mln beneficiaries for free meal program by March 2026 21 Oct 2025 - 06:34 pm
A staff member loads lunch plates on the first day of a free-meal programme at Muhammadiyah high school in Sidoarjo on January 6, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Driving licence suspension dodgers run out of road in EU 21 Oct 2025 - 04:23 pm
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Over 300,000 migratory birds expected to flock to China's Guangdong 21 Oct 2025 - 01:51 pm
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Italy births down again, fertility at historic low 21 Oct 2025 - 01:13 pm
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Indonesia to repatriate british grandmother on death row in drug case 21 Oct 2025 - 12:53 pm
British national Lindsay Sandiford, who was later sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
GCC Secretary-General meets Chair of UK Parliament's International Trade Committee 21 Oct 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Russia downplays swift meeting to prepare for Trump-Putin summit 21 Oct 2025 - 12:04 pm
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France's ex-president Sarkozy escorted to jail over Libya funding conviction 21 Oct 2025 - 11:32 am
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison in Paris, on October 21, 2025. Photo by julien de rosa / AFP
Slovak court gives 21-year jail term to man who shot PM 21 Oct 2025 - 11:21 am
72-year-old Juraj Cintula stands in the court room in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on October 21, 2025. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzy 21 Oct 2025 - 11:12 am
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Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening: eyewitnesses 21 Oct 2025 - 10:30 am
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