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Here's what to know about the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh; over 100 killed 19 Jul 2024 - 08:28 pm
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. Bangladesh woke on July 19 to survey destruction left by the deadliest day of ongoing student protests so far, which saw government buildings torched by demonstrators and a nationwide internet blackout put into effect. (Photo by AFP)
India's Reliance sees profits drop over underperforming energy division 19 Jul 2024 - 07:59 pm
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Bangladesh protesters storm prison as police fail to quell unrest 19 Jul 2024 - 07:18 pm
Burnt building of Bangladesh bridge authority is pictured after students set it on fire amid the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh capital bans rallies after government buildings torched 19 Jul 2024 - 06:32 pm
Students take part in the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Heavy rains kill 5, leave 8 missing in northern China: state media 19 Jul 2024 - 03:31 pm
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Vietnamese leader Nguyen Phu Trong has died: party 19 Jul 2024 - 03:21 pm
Vietnam's newly elected Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong waves during a press conference after the closing ceremony of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 1, 2021. Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP
Japan sees 1 mn more tourists post-pandemic, new half-year record 19 Jul 2024 - 02:32 pm
This file photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows tourists walking through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Hong Kong airport says some airlines affected by IT outage 19 Jul 2024 - 02:09 pm
Airport staff manually check-in passengers at Hong Kong International Airport on July 19, 2024, due to a world wide Microsoft outage. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Bangladesh protesters set state TV HQ ablaze as toll mounts, internet cut 18 Jul 2024 - 08:59 pm
Smoke rises from the burning vehicles after protesters set them on fire near the Disaster Management Directorate office, during the ongoing anti-quota protest in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Philippines to build airport on South China Sea island 18 Jul 2024 - 08:12 pm
The USS Gabrielle Giffords receives passing honours by Philippine Navy Officers aboard BRP Gregorio Del Pilar during the 3rd AFP-USINDOPACOM Maritime Cooperative Activity in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Armed Forces of the Philippines' Western Command / AFP)
Sri Lanka introduces financial facilities for revitalizing MSMEs 18 Jul 2024 - 06:44 pm
Tourists climb a rock at Galle Fort in Galle on July 15, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
N. Korea launching more trash balloons: Seoul military 18 Jul 2024 - 06:11 pm
People hold umbrellas as they walk past a statue of King Sejong at the central Gwanghwamun square during rainfall in Seoul on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Two dead, 24 injured in India passenger train derailment 18 Jul 2024 - 05:40 pm
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India passenger train derails, overturning carriages 18 Jul 2024 - 02:22 pm
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'Hope' as 60 rare Siamese crocodiles hatch in Cambodia 18 Jul 2024 - 02:04 pm
An undated handout photo released on July 18, 2024 by conservation group Fauna and Flora shows newly hatched baby Siamese crocodiles in Cardamom National Park, Koh Kong province. (Photo by Hor Leng / Conservation group Fauna and Flora / AFP)
Profile: Xi Jinping the reformer 18 Jul 2024 - 12:40 pm
Xi Jinping meets with representatives from American business, strategic and academic communities at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 27, 2024.
Bangladesh students reject PM olive branch after deadly protests 18 Jul 2024 - 11:48 am
Anti-quota protesters clash with the police in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Death inevitable, says preacher at centre of Indian stampede disaster 18 Jul 2024 - 08:14 am
File photo of the site in Hathras where the deadly stampede took place.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 14, 2026 in Munich, southern Germany. (Photo by Alexandra Beier / POOL / AFP) Rubio tells allies US and Europe 'belong together'
(Files) Indian author Arundhati Roy speaks during a press conference in Seoul on November 25, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP) Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row
Waves crash near the Plage des Basques in Biarritz, as the storm named Nils hits southwestern France coastline on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Gaizka IROZ / AFP) Hundreds of thousands without power after storm lashes France
Indian Air Force's Rafale jets fly during the country's 77th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on January 26, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) India approves initial purchase of 114 Rafale fighter jets: French Presidency

Africa

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (C) speaks as Angola President Joao Lourenco (L), and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (R), Chairperson of the African Union Commission, listen on during the closing press conference of the Second Italy-Africa Summit at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC) in Addis Ababa on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP) 'Extermination' of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair
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An aerial view of the city of Toamasina, on the east coast of Madagascar, struck by Tropical Cyclone Gezani on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Tsiky Sikonina / AFP) Cyclone batters Madagascar's second city, killing 31

Americas

File photo of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at a press conference at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry accompanied by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks on February 12, 2026 in Otay Mesa, California. Carlos A. Moreno/Getty Images/AFP US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni migrants
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (C), commander, and Jack Hathaway (L), pilot, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot (R), and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev (2ndL) walk out as they prepare to travel to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Dragon spacecraft at Space Launch Complex 40 for the Crew-12 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) International crew takes off for space station: NASA feed
An Ariane 6 rocket carrying 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation launches at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, on the French overseas department of Guiana, on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space
This photograph provided by local journalist Trent Ernst shows the middle school and high school building where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Trent Ernst / AFP) Deadly mass shooting in Canada: What we know

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