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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)
Pakistani police arrest scores more Imran Khan supporters 20 Mar 2023 - 06:39 pm
Supporters of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, gather during a protest in Karachi on March 19, 2023, demanding release of arrested party workers in recent police clashes. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Nepal's PM secures vote of confidence in Parliament 20 Mar 2023 - 05:21 pm
File Photo: Nepali PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal. (Dipesh Shrestha/AFP)
Thailand dissolves Parliament ahead of May elections 20 Mar 2023 - 03:48 pm
(Files) This file picture taken on March 4, 2023, shows Thai national flags on the side of the Parliament complex in Bangkok, the meeting place of the National Assembly of Thailand. (Photo by Amaury Paul / AFP)
Philippines to announce new bases US soldiers can use: officials 20 Mar 2023 - 12:18 pm
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Traces of missing Thai radioactive matter located in foundry 20 Mar 2023 - 11:30 am
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Millions of rotting fish to be removed from Outback river 20 Mar 2023 - 11:25 am
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP
Pakistani police storm home of former PM Khan, arrest 61 19 Mar 2023 - 11:08 pm
Riot police stand guard outside a court before the arrival of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Pakistani police file terrorism charges against ex-PM Khan 19 Mar 2023 - 05:06 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters run as police fire tear gas to disperse them outside a court in Islamabad on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
Kazakhstan kicks off snap parliamentary polls 19 Mar 2023 - 03:17 pm
A woman votes at her home during parliamentary elections in Almaty on March 19, 2023. - Photo by Ruslan PRYANIKOV / AFP
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile 19 Mar 2023 - 12:42 pm
People watch a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 19, 2023. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
19 killed in Bangladesh bus crash 19 Mar 2023 - 10:56 am
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Peninsula NATO condemns Iranian targeting of Turkiye
A truck troller is parked to block the road leading to the US Consulate in Karachi on March 2, 2026. Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP US Department of State orders non-emergency staff to leave Pakistan, Cyprus

Africa

Peninsula Egyptian President warns of impact of rising regional tensions on security and stability
US Palaeontologist Paul Sereno poses at the Fossil Lab of the University of Chicago, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Keith Ladzinski / Fossil Lab, University of Chicago / AFP) Scientists discover giant bird-like dinosaur in Niger desert
Peninsula Egyptian President discusses regional developments with Sudanese Prime Minister
A clinician fills a syringe a dose of the long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Lenacapavir injection before administering to a client, during its launch marking the first phase of the national rollout at the Riruta Health Centre in Nairobi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Kenya administers first HIV prevention shots

Americas

A view of buildings during a blackout in Havana taken on March 4, 2026. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP) Cuba says working to restore power after big blackout
Peninsula Two more candidates nominated for next UN secretary-general
US President Donald Trump departs the stage after hosting a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) Trump says U.S. attack on Iran capable of going "far longer" than 4 to 5 weeks
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