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Death toll from Pakistan, Afghanistan quake rises to 21 23 Mar 2023 - 05:50 pm
Residents remove debris from the rooftop of damaged a house at Sooch village in Jurm district of Badakhshan Province on March 22, 2023, following an overnight earthquake. (Photo by Omer Abrar / AFP)
Chinese diplomats oppose US military presence in Philippines 23 Mar 2023 - 04:53 pm
Theresa Lazaro (left), Philippines' Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations and Asian Affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs, shakes hands with China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong prior to the start of the Philippines-China Foreign Ministry consultation meeting in Manila on March 23, 2023. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Taiwan recalls ambassador as Honduras switches ties to China 23 Mar 2023 - 01:47 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 15, 2023, a municipal worker cleans the bust of Sun Yat-sen, founder and first provisional president of the Republic of China, beneath the flags of Honduras (L) and Taiwan at a square in Tegucigalpa. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Rahul Gandhi gets 2 years for defamation of Indian PM Modi 23 Mar 2023 - 01:28 pm
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India's main opposition Congress party, addresses the crowd at a public rally held during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra (Unite India March), in Panipat, India, January 6, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Rohingya sceptical of Myanmar refugee return offer 22 Mar 2023 - 05:25 pm
A Rohingya family arrives for a meeting with the Myanmar officials in Teknaf on March 19, 2023. (AFP)
Two dead, one wounded in ongoing Thai shooting 22 Mar 2023 - 01:09 pm
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Dust storms cause air pollution spike across north China 22 Mar 2023 - 01:06 pm
People commute on a street during a sandstorm in Jilin, in China's northeastern Jilin province on March 22, 2023. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
Sri Lanka leader warns hard times to follow IMF bailout 22 Mar 2023 - 12:35 pm
People watch Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing the parliament, on a television in Colombo on March 22, 2023. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Strong quake has people fleeing homes in Afghanistan, Pakistan 21 Mar 2023 - 09:05 pm
People gather outside a mall following an earthquake in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 21, 2023. - A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Google suspends Chinese shopping app amid security concerns 21 Mar 2023 - 07:11 pm
The suspension of the Pinduoduo app, mainly used in China, comes amid heightened US-China tensions over Chinese-owned apps such as TikTok. (AFP/File)
Hong Kong rights activist Albert Ho arrested by national security police 21 Mar 2023 - 12:54 pm
In this file photo taken on March 25, 2021 Veteran pro-democracy activist and solicitor Albert Ho poses in Hong Kong. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Sri Lanka bailout conditional on tackling corruption: IMF 21 Mar 2023 - 12:17 pm
A vendor arranges vegetables as he waits for customers at a market in Colombo on March 21, 2023. - Sri Lanka must not allow entrenched corruption to undermine a bailout for its bankrupt economy, the IMF said on March 21, 2023 after signing off on a $3 billion loan for the crisis-hit nation. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Sunken Philippine oil tanker found: officials 21 Mar 2023 - 11:51 am
In this handout photo received from the Philippine Coast Guard and taken on March 2, 2023, a coast guard personnel collects water sample from of an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Gunmen slay 11 in northwest Pakistan 'family feud': police 21 Mar 2023 - 11:05 am
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No freedom on the horizon for Bangkok 'mall gorilla' 21 Mar 2023 - 10:06 am
This photograph taken through a glass facade on March 9, 2023 shows Thailand's only gorilla, a female named 'Bua Noi' or Little Lotus, looking on from behind the bars of her cage at the Pata Zoo in Bangkok. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP) /
India to splurge $12 billion on airports as travel rebounds 20 Mar 2023 - 11:38 pm
This handout photograph taken on March 20, 2023 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during their visit at Buddha Jayanti Park in New Delhi. (Photo by PIB / AFP)
IMF approves Sri Lanka's $2.9 billion bailout 20 Mar 2023 - 09:46 pm
A Sri Lankan man walks past currency exchange shop in Colombo on March 20, 2023. - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is seeking a 10-year moratorium on its foreign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said on March 20 on the eve of a desperately needed $2.9 billion IMF bailout. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Kazakh ruling party wins snap poll, observers urge reforms 20 Mar 2023 - 08:59 pm
A woman votes at her home during parliamentary elections in Almaty on March 19, 2023. (Photo by Ruslan Pryanikov / AFP)

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This photograph shows a fire in construction waste at a recycling company near the port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
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Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
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File photo WHO calls for additional support to combat Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

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Aerial view after a toll plaza was attacked in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca department, Colombia, on August 8, 2026. (Photo by JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) Bombing attacks mark first day of Colombia's new government
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Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche swears-in before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) US Senate confirms Todd Blanche as Attorney General

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