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At least 115 injured in Iran port blast: new toll on state media 26 Apr 2025 - 01:51 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
VIDEO: 'Massive' blast in south Iran port: state TV 26 Apr 2025 - 01:27 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows thick black smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
Iran, US hold new round of high-stakes nuclear talks 26 Apr 2025 - 12:19 pm
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Crowd claps as funeral of Pope Francis begins at Vatican 26 Apr 2025 - 11:25 am
A general view of Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
EU considers changing minimum corporate tax rate 26 Apr 2025 - 11:08 am
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St Peter's Basilica bells toll ahead of pope funeral 26 Apr 2025 - 11:04 am
Attendees and nuns stand in front of St Peter's Basilica as they wait for late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake 26 Apr 2025 - 10:30 am
A damaged house is pictured after the earthquake that struck the city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on April 25, 2025. Photo by Antony QUINTERO / AFP
Gaza rescuers say 4 dead, 30 missing under rubble after Israeli strike 26 Apr 2025 - 10:18 am
Palestinian medics transport the body of a victim following Israeli strikes which hit apartments in a residential building in Gaza City's Yarmuk street on April 24, 2025. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP
Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'Pope of the poor' 26 Apr 2025 - 09:32 am
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Canada's election: how things work 26 Apr 2025 - 09:09 am
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Canadian Prime Minister condemns Israeli Occupation blockade of food supplies to Gaza 26 Apr 2025 - 08:57 am
A boy fills up containers with water from the remaining water still left in underground pipes, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. Photo by Bashar Taleb/ AFP
Israel's Gaza aid block 'manmade starvation': UNRWA chief 25 Apr 2025 - 11:50 pm
People queue with pots to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Lego block: Dutch court rules mould maker can't use toy trademark 25 Apr 2025 - 11:00 pm
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Zelensky insists Crimea is Ukrainian as US envoy meets Putin 25 Apr 2025 - 10:24 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to the press as diplomats stands behind him near a destroyed residential building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on April 25, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Tetiana DZHAFAROVA / AFP)
Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 premieres in Finland to warm welcome 25 Apr 2025 - 10:21 pm
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COMESA sounds alarm over US tariffs affecting 8 members 25 Apr 2025 - 10:16 pm
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WFP says runs out of food stocks in Gaza as border crossings remain closed 25 Apr 2025 - 10:13 pm
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Trump heads to Pope funeral in first foreign trip of new term 25 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make their way to board Air Force One before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 25, 2025. Trump is heading to Rome, Italy for the funeral for Pope Francis. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)