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GCC Secretary-General: Gulf economies demonstrate strong fiscal resilience during current crises 01 Oct 2026 - 08:26 pm
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'All types of weapons' on agenda if Russia's Kaliningrad attacked: Putin 01 Oct 2026 - 08:00 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses the audience during the Valdai Discussion Club meeting in Moscow on October 1, 2026. (Photo by Igor IVANKO / AFP)
Louvre launches appeal as part of new fundraising drive 01 Oct 2026 - 06:38 pm
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Nepal rescuers recover eight bodies after Himalayan avalanche 01 Oct 2026 - 05:00 pm
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Two Russian drones hit major bridge in Kyiv 01 Oct 2026 - 03:47 pm
This photograph shows a Russian drone flying above Kyiv on September 30, 2026, amid the Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
London's Bayeux Tapestry show to offer audio tour for blind people 01 Oct 2026 - 03:41 pm
Workers and volunteers, rest before preparing to pack the Bayeux Tapestry in a crate for transfer to the British Museum, at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, in Bayeux, northwestern France, on September 18, 2025. Photo by Lou Benoist / Pool / AFP
Finland investigates suspected break-ins at MPs homes 01 Oct 2026 - 03:20 pm
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Trump unveils $200 bn in US energy investments by South Korea 01 Oct 2026 - 02:27 pm
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Seoul says no decision on Alaska gas investment announced by Trump 01 Oct 2026 - 02:15 pm
US President Donald Trump listens to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
Medical helicopter crash in California kills 2: US media 01 Oct 2026 - 01:14 pm
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'Loud thud': sperm whale sinks yacht in South Pacific 01 Oct 2026 - 12:24 pm
This handout image taken on September 26, 2026 and released by the New Zealand Defence Force on October 1, 2026 shows a yacht sinking after a sperm whale struck and cracked the hull in the remote South Pacific. Photo by HANDOUT / NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE / AFP
Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Nino 01 Oct 2026 - 07:59 am
A fisherman washes at the fishing terminal in Panama City in the early hours of the morning on September 24, 2026. (Photo by Martin Bernetti / AFP)
US government's new AI chatbot pulls back from debunking Trump 01 Oct 2026 - 07:52 am
US President Donald Trump is reflected in a teleprompter as he attends an event to unveil the new America.gov website, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, on September 29, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP)
Singapore ranks 5th in Global Innovation Index 2026 01 Oct 2026 - 05:00 am
People sit next to a pond outside ArtScience museum at Marina bay in Singapore on September 8, 2026. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
Greece steps in with fuel subsidies to shield consumers from soaring energy costs 01 Oct 2026 - 04:00 am
This photograph shows a digital board displaying fuel prices near a filling station in Athens on September 30, 2026. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)
Thai economy stable in August, says central bank 01 Oct 2026 - 03:00 am
Commuters drive past commercial and residential buildings during the early evening rush hour traffic in Bangkok on September 4, 2026. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
University of Cape Town returns to global top 150 as African universities surge in world rankings 01 Oct 2026 - 02:00 am
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Kuala Lumpur, Singapore top world's most polluted cities 01 Oct 2026 - 01:00 am
A worker pushes a wheelbarrow through a public cemetery blanketed in thick smoke haze caused by forest and land fires in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan province on September 30, 2026. (Photo by REINA / AFP)