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Philippine, Australian troops hold South China Sea drills 25 Aug 2023 - 09:22 am
Philippine and Australian soldiers march in formation while a US marines V-22 Osprey hovers above during military exercise Alon (wave), a joint amphibious landing drill held at a naval base in San Antonio town in Zambales province, north of Manila on August 25, 2023. Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP
What we know - and don't know - about the crash of a Russian mercenary's plane 24 Aug 2023 - 11:58 pm
This photograph posted on a Wagner linked Telegram channel @grey_zone on August 23, 2023, that AFP was able to authenticate, reportedly shows a wreckage of a burning plane near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region. (Photo by Handout / TELEGRAM/ @grey_zone / AFP)
Kenya says TikTok agrees content moderation deal 24 Aug 2023 - 11:25 pm
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BRICS: The six new members 24 Aug 2023 - 10:38 pm
(From left) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Gianluigi Guercia / POOL / AFP)
Pakistan PM honors rescuers who freed 8 people from broken cable car 24 Aug 2023 - 10:08 pm
This handout photo taken and released by Pakistan's Press Information Department on August 24, 2023, shows Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (left) greets a survivor of the cable car accident during a ceremony in honor of rescuers efforts in cable car accident at the Prime Minister office in Islamabad. (Photo by Pakistan PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / AFP)
Nigeria's unemployment rate falls to 4.1% using new methodology 24 Aug 2023 - 09:49 pm
File photo: A view of the central business district is seen from a rooftop in Lagos, Nigeria, on February 10, 2016. (REUTERS)
Putin offers 'condolences' after Russia plane crash kills Wagner boss 24 Aug 2023 - 09:23 pm
File photo: Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) points as he shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2010. (Photo by Alexey Druzhinin / SPUTNIK / AFP)
G7 powers condemn failed North Korean satellite launch 24 Aug 2023 - 08:46 pm
A man walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Zimbabwe police arrest 41 election monitors as votes are counted after widespread delays 24 Aug 2023 - 08:41 pm
Zimbabwean police officers monitor a polling station as a man looks for his name on a voters list during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections in Harare on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)
Indian rover begins exploring Moon's south pole 24 Aug 2023 - 06:30 pm
This handout screen grab taken and received from the live feed of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) website on August 23, 2023, shows the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft seconds before its successful lunar landing on the south pole of the moon. (Photo by ISRO / AFP)
Pakistani court delays ruling on ex-PM Imran Khan's conviction appeal 24 Aug 2023 - 05:50 pm
File photo: Policemen escort Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan (centre) as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
US jobless claims drop to 230,000, lowest in three weeks 24 Aug 2023 - 05:02 pm
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Norway tries to stop costly reindeer escapades into Russia 24 Aug 2023 - 04:00 pm
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King Charles III to visit France in September 24 Aug 2023 - 02:40 pm
Britain's King Charles III (L) and Britain's Queen Camilla (R) arrive in the parade ring in a horse-drawn carriage in Ascot, west of London, on June 24, 2023. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)
Sudan army chief makes first foray outside HQ in months of war 24 Aug 2023 - 02:13 pm
A handout image posted on the Sudanese Armed Forces's facebook page shows army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan posing for a picture with civilians in Khartoum during a tour of a neighbourhood in the capital on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Sudanese Army / AFP)
Greece struggles to tame wildfires raging for a sixth day 24 Aug 2023 - 01:47 pm
Smoke billows from a forest as wildfire rages in Kasiteres near Komotini, on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP)
BRICS to admit six new members next year 24 Aug 2023 - 11:54 am
(From L to R) President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP)
China halts all Japanese seafood imports over 'selfish' Fukushima release 24 Aug 2023 - 10:47 am
A vendor collects seafood at a wholesale fish market in Beijing on August 24, 2023. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP)