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Trump says to raise tariff on India over Russia oil purchases 04 Aug 2025 - 06:26 pm
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks across the South Lawn upon return to the White House in Washington, DC on August 3, 2025 after spending the weekend at his Bedminster residence. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
Philippines' Marcos in India as navies hold joint drills 04 Aug 2025 - 03:46 pm
In this handout photograph taken on August 4, 2025 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB), Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos (2L) walks alongside India's Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita (C) as he inspects the honour guards upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi. Photo by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) / AFP
Torrential rain in Taiwan kills five over past week 04 Aug 2025 - 01:52 pm
This handout taken on August 3, 2025 and released by the Kaohsiung Fire Department shows a landslide that swept away a section of road, which caused a car transporting five people to plunge into a ravine, in a mountainous area of Kaohsiung. Photo by Handout / Kaohsiung Fire Department / AFP
South Korea removing loudspeakers on border with North 04 Aug 2025 - 01:43 pm
This handout photo taken on August 4, 2025 and provided by the South Korean Defence Ministry shows South Korean soldiers removing loudspeakers that were set up for propaganda broadcasts near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in an undisclosed location in South Korea. Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP
Palestine's Foreign Ministry urges UN Security Council to enforce immediate ceasefire in Gaza 04 Aug 2025 - 01:37 pm
Palestinians leave a food distribution point run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) group with bags and wooden pallets, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on August 3, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Five years after Beirut port blast, Lebanon president promises justice 04 Aug 2025 - 01:33 pm
A picture shows a view of the destroyed Beirut port silos on August 1, 2025, as Lebanon prepares to mark the 5th anniversary of the August 4 harbour explosion that killed more than 250 people and injured thousands. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)
UN to boost air parcel security a year after DHL depot explosions 04 Aug 2025 - 01:22 pm
This photograph shows the logo of DHL, a US founded multinational courier company, in Paris on July 30, 2025. (Photo by Martin LELIEVRE / AFP)
Tycoon who brought F1 to Singapore pleads guilty in graft case 04 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm
Malaysian hotel tycoon Ong Beng Seng (C) leaves the State Court in Singapore on August 4, 2025. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
17 heat records broken in Japan 04 Aug 2025 - 11:49 am
People cross a street on a hot day in Tokyo on August 4, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.
‘Israeli occupation policies have surpassed famine thresholds in Gaza’ 04 Aug 2025 - 08:58 am
Palestinians leave a food distribution point run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) group with bags and wooden pallets, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip yesterday. (AFP)
Spanish economist says EU gains little from new tariff deal with US 04 Aug 2025 - 08:00 am
An aerial view shows a farmer loading soybeans from grain bins into a truck so they can be sold on August 01, 2025 in Dwight, Illinois. (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Afghanistan installs automated weather forecast stations 04 Aug 2025 - 07:00 am
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Kenya rangers urge tourists to refrain from disrupting animal migration in Masai Mara 04 Aug 2025 - 05:00 am
Wildebeest migration crossing Mara river at Serengeti National Park - Tanzania.
Photo for representational purposes only. Source: Unsplash
Maldives registers 43 pct increase in fish exports in H1 2025 04 Aug 2025 - 04:00 am
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Film on Japan's infamous WWII germ warfare unit to debut on Sept. 18 04 Aug 2025 - 03:00 am
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Indian army officer booked over thrashing airline staff at airport 04 Aug 2025 - 02:00 am
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Sri Lanka to launch first vocational training program for prisoners 04 Aug 2025 - 01:00 am
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Armed groups continue to violate ceasefire agreement: Syria's Interior Ministry  03 Aug 2025 - 11:34 pm
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