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Vietnam licenses Musk's satellite internet firm Starlink 15 Feb 2026 - 09:24 am
Motorists cross railway tracks on the motorbikes after a train passed on the popular train street in Hanoi on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Amaury Paul / AFP)
5.3-magnitude quake hits SE of Pondaguitan, Philippines -- USGS 14 Feb 2026 - 09:50 pm
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Cambodia records 1st human case of bird flu in 2026 14 Feb 2026 - 09:28 pm
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GCC Secretary-General highlights council’s key role in tackling migration 14 Feb 2026 - 06:03 pm
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Philippine president welcomes resumption of direct Quanzhou-Cebu flights 14 Feb 2026 - 05:40 pm
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Qatar Chamber calls for expanding partnerships between Qatari, Saudi investors 14 Feb 2026 - 04:13 pm
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China to scrap tariffs for most of Africa from May: Xi 14 Feb 2026 - 01:11 pm
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Rubio tells allies US and Europe 'belong together' 14 Feb 2026 - 12:54 pm
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)
Vietnam police find frozen tiger bodies, arrest two men 14 Feb 2026 - 12:45 pm
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BNP wins Bangladesh election, Tarique Rahman poised to be PM 14 Feb 2026 - 11:45 am
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman and election candidate Tarique Rahman (L) greets his supporters in Dhaka on February 13, 2026. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
'Extermination' of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair 14 Feb 2026 - 10:49 am
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)
Snowboarding monk in spotlight after S. Korea's Olympic glory 14 Feb 2026 - 10:36 am
This picture taken on on February 12, 2026 shows Venerable Hosan, head monk of Bongsunsa Temple, posing for a photo with his snowboard during an interview at the temple in Namyangju. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row 14 Feb 2026 - 09:40 am
(Files) Indian author Arundhati Roy speaks during a press conference in Seoul on November 25, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Fledgling radio station aims to be 'voice of the people' in war-shattered Gaza 14 Feb 2026 - 08:55 am
A Palestinian girl searches for things to rescue at a garbage waste dump in Gaza City on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni migrants 14 Feb 2026 - 08:32 am
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
International crew takes off for space station: NASA feed 13 Feb 2026 - 02:11 pm
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)
Hundreds of thousands without power after storm lashes France 13 Feb 2026 - 12:55 pm
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)
North Korea warns of 'terrible response' if South sends more drones 13 Feb 2026 - 10:45 am
These images taken on January 4, 2026 and released as a combo image by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on January 10, 2026 shows wreckage of a drone that North Korea claims originated from South Korea, and brought down by specialised electronic warfare assets after violating North Korean airspace. Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP