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China retaliates with 84% tariffs on US products from Thursday 09 Apr 2025 - 06:04 pm
A screen showing the Shanghai composite index (top), Shenzhen component index (C) and Beijing stock exchange 50 index (bottom) is seen in Jing'an district in Shanghai on April 9, 2025. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Philippines' relying on foreign support to 'make trouble in South China Sea' will backfire: Chinese defense spokesperson 09 Apr 2025 - 05:47 pm
File photo: 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 targets 250,000 tourists per month with new global marketing push 09 Apr 2025 - 05:37 pm
A man rides a motor bike under blossoming Tabebuia rosea trees in Kandy, Sri Lanka, April 2, 2025. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
Nepal sees growth in remittances, forex reserves 09 Apr 2025 - 05:32 pm
A general view shows the urban area of the Kathmandu Valley with Swayambhunath stupa from Ichangu Narayan village, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on November 9, 2020. AFP / Prakash Mathema
Indonesia to build 1,000 houses for journalists 09 Apr 2025 - 05:24 pm
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Lego opens $1-bn factory in Vietnam as it looks to Asia market 09 Apr 2025 - 04:10 pm
Attendees take photos past a full-scale model made with Lego bricks during the inauguration of the Lego factory in Binh Duong Province on April 9, 2025. Photo by Huu Khoa / AFP
Tata Steel to cut 1,600 jobs in the Netherlands 09 Apr 2025 - 04:02 pm
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India readies for US extradition of Mumbai attacks suspect 09 Apr 2025 - 02:02 pm
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Fire in northern China nursing home kills 20: state media 09 Apr 2025 - 09:52 am
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Philippines adds speedy warship to maritime arsenal 08 Apr 2025 - 06:23 pm
This handout photo taken on April 8, 2025 and released by the Philippine Navy-Public Affairs Office shows the newly-acquired corvette from South Korea, BRP Miguel Malvar, docked shortly after arriving at Philippine navy's naval operating base in Subic town, Zambales province, north of Manila. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Navy / AFP)
Australian PM tells voters he's ready for Trump tariffs 08 Apr 2025 - 04:40 pm
Tourists pose for photographs in front of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge on March 31, 2025. Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP
S Korea opposition leader frontrunner in snap presidential election 08 Apr 2025 - 01:58 pm
South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung (C) leaves the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul on November 15, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Indian police arrest 'fake doctor' linked to seven deaths 08 Apr 2025 - 12:40 pm
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Malaysia to send officials to US for tariff talks: PM 08 Apr 2025 - 11:42 am
Malaysia's Trade Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz speaks during a press conference regarding US tariffs in Kuala Lumpur on April 7, 2025. Photo by ARIF KARTONO / AFP.
China slams 'ignorant and impolite' US VP over 'peasants' comments 08 Apr 2025 - 11:37 am
Photo used for representational purposes. U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
VIDEO: Volcano in Philippines sends ash miles into the air 08 Apr 2025 - 09:55 am
Collage of handout photos taken from the Facebook account of Channel Nicor of C.N. Photography on April 8, 2025 shows Mount Kanlaon erupting as seen from a village in La Castellana, Negros Occidental Province, central Philippines. (Photo by Handout / Channel Nicor of C.N. Photography Facebook account / AFP)
7 miners die of gas poisoning at coal mine in northern Iran 07 Apr 2025 - 10:40 pm
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Heatwave hits Indian capital, other parts 07 Apr 2025 - 10:30 pm
A man wears a scarf as he walks past the India Gate on a hot summer day in New Delhi on June 18, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP.

Europe

This handout picture taken and released by The Finnish Border Guard on March 2, 2025 shows the Border Guard ship Turva (front) escorting Cook Islands registered oil tanker Eagle S out to sea near Porvoo (Borga), Finland. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP Finnish court throws out Eagle S cable damage case for lack of jurisdiction
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during the protest on the Milan's highway against the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, on October 3, 2025. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Protests, strikes across Italy for Gaza flotilla
Peninsula Dutch Supreme Court orders government to review policies on weapons exports to Israel
Luxembourg's Grand Duke Guillaume waves from the balcony of the Grand Ducal Palace after being sworn-in as Grand Duke Head of State of Luxembourg in Luxembourg city on October 3, 2025. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP Luxembourg enthrones new grand duke after royal abdication

Africa

Peninsula WFP slashes emergency food aid to Somalia by two-thirds amid severe funding shortfall
Residents sit in a pool of water due to the flooding of the Nile river in the Sudanese village of Wad Ramli north of Khartoum on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood
Peninsula Prime Minister of Morocco affirms responsiveness to youth demands and readiness for dialogue
File photo for representational purposes only. Ghana raises cocoa prices following Ivory Coast hike

Americas

Files Trump's tech visa fee challenged in court
File photo of US President Donald Trump US President calls Israel stop bombing Gaza immediately
A view of the US Capitol building on the third day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 3, 2025. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) US government shutdown to drag into next week
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent listens as US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a bilateral lunch with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Cabinet Room at the White House on April 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US Treasury Department mulls minting $1 coin with Trump's image

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