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S. Korea investigators recommend Yoon be charged with insurrection, abuse of power 23 Jan 2025 - 03:07 pm
Supporters of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (pictured on poster R) attend a rally on a road near the Constitutional Court in Seoul on January 23, 2025, after Yoon arrived at the court for hearings that will decide whether to remove him from office. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Video: Four people die in Cambodia in Lunar New Year gift crush 23 Jan 2025 - 11:32 am
This photo taken and released by Fresh News shows a crowd gathering at the mansion of Cambodian tycoon Sok Kong to receive red envelopes, in Phnom Penh. (Photo by Fresh News / AFP)
Nearly 200 Bangkok schools close over air pollution 23 Jan 2025 - 10:54 am
File picture: The city skyline is pictured amid high levels of air pollution in Bangkok on October 18, 2023. Photo by Alex Ogle / AFP
9-year-old Bangladeshi chess student defeats world number one Magnus Carlsen, claims coach 22 Jan 2025 - 08:50 pm
File photo of Magnus Carlsen
Bangladesh scraps order against anti-government action 22 Jan 2025 - 07:56 pm
File photo: Student leaders and activists address protestors during a demonstration in Dhaka on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
11 people run over by train in India 22 Jan 2025 - 05:49 pm
File photo for representation only. A passenger looks out from a carriage of a long-distance train in India. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Malaysia's Anwar says don't single out China in sea tensions 22 Jan 2025 - 05:39 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim addresses a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
Indonesia rescuers search for survivors as landslide kills 19 22 Jan 2025 - 05:31 pm
Rescue teams, including Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), the army, police, and volunteers, use high-pressure water to search for victims of a landslide triggered by heavy rain two days ago, which has so far claimed 19 lives, in Kasimpar Village, Central Java, on January 22, 2025. (Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP)
'Love for humanity': Low-crime Japan's unpaid parole officers 22 Jan 2025 - 03:45 pm
This picture taken on December 14, 2024, shows retired unpaid parole officer
Indian elephants on epic journey to tycoon's giant zoo 22 Jan 2025 - 12:07 pm
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Indonesia rescuers search for survivors as landslide kills 19 22 Jan 2025 - 11:59 am
People walk through the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rain two days ago in Mudal village, near Pekalongan city in Central Java on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)
Indonesia needs to deepen partnerships with S. Africa, Brazil within BRICS framework: expert 21 Jan 2025 - 07:08 pm
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Bangladesh probe reveals children held in secret jails 21 Jan 2025 - 02:49 pm
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China's power use up 6.8 pct in 2024 20 Jan 2025 - 06:56 pm
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S Korea's central bank slashes forecasts over political crisis 20 Jan 2025 - 04:01 pm
Policemen stand guard in front of the main gate at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 20, 2025, after supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed the building on January 19. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
India's 'digital arrest' scammers stealing savings 20 Jan 2025 - 02:30 pm
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South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection 19 Jan 2025 - 10:49 pm
A Seoul Regional Corrections inmate transport vehicle believed to be carrying the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at Seoul Western District Court on Saturday. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Washington Post)
Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on 19 Jan 2025 - 05:48 pm
(Combo) This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows a man wearing a protective face mask riding a motorcycle on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 26, 2020 (top) and cars on the same street on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)

Europe

File photo- A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/ AFP) NATO says 'planning underway' for new Arctic mission
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File photo WHO appeals for $1bn for world's worst health crises in 2026
Austin tried to reach land on his kayak before it took on water in rough seas, then swam the rest of the way. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd) Teen swims four hours to save family lost at sea off Australia

Africa

Seif al-Islam Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. BREAKING: Son of Libya's late ruler Kadhafi killed, adviser tells media
File photo of the Sudanese transitional sovereignty council head and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Sudan army breaks siege on Kadugli, RSF drone kills eight
General view. Ethiopia. File photo for representational purposes only. Ethiopia's economy projected to grow by 10.2 pct: PM
Sudan Airways members of staff celebrate as they stand at the door of the first domestic flight arriving from Port Sudan, after it landed at Khartoum International Airport following a three-year hiatus, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's Khartoum International Airport receives 1st commercial flight in nearly 3 years

Americas

A full moon rises as the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft, integrated for the Artemis II mission, are seen at the Kennedy Space Center, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) NASA Moon mission launch delayed to March after test
Tourists ride bicycles along a street in Havana on February 2, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) Cuban tourism in crisis; visitors repelled by fuel, power shortages
Costa Rica presidential candidate from the Sovereign People Party, laura Fernandez, gestures to supporters during her victory speech after the presidential election results at the Aurola Hotel, in San Jose on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Marvin Recinos/ AFP) Laura Fernandez wins Costa Rica presidential election
Human rights activist Javier Tarazona (L) greets his brother Jose Rafael Tarazona (R) and his mother Teresa de Jesus Sanchez after his release from prison at La Candelaria church in Caracas on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail

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