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80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen: Houthi media 18 Apr 2025 - 09:12 pm
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, speaks during a protest to denounce US airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
US tariffs could cost Germany 290 bln euros report 18 Apr 2025 - 08:52 pm
US President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the West Wing Wing entrance to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Ukraine troop losses top 10,000 last week, says Russian Defense Ministry 18 Apr 2025 - 08:35 pm
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Xi's Southeast Asia tour promotes good-neighborliness, mutually beneficial cooperation: Chinese FM 18 Apr 2025 - 08:25 pm
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
Drone strikes in southern Lebanon violate ceasefire agreement 18 Apr 2025 - 08:15 pm
Smoke rises from the site of a reported Israeli strike in Ghazieh, near Sidon, Lebanon, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP)
Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 08:11 pm
Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House following a TV interview in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
At least 45 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza civil defense 18 Apr 2025 - 08:02 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of their relatives, killed in an Israeli strike, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia on April 17, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
India's forex reserves rise to 677.8 bln USD 18 Apr 2025 - 06:57 pm
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Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 06:32 pm
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago on April 16, 2025. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP.
Malaysia seen to achieve 4.4 pct growth in first quarter official estimates show 18 Apr 2025 - 06:09 pm
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U.S. Military announces destruction of Ras Isa Port in Yemen 18 Apr 2025 - 05:25 pm
This grab taken from footage released by al-Masirah TV station of Yemen's Huthis shows fire and destruction at the site of US strikes on the Ras Issa fuel port in western Yemen on April 18, 2025. Photo by AL-MASIRAH TV / AFP.
US unveils new port fees for Chinese-linked ships 18 Apr 2025 - 04:07 pm
Chinese-made MG cars wait to be loaded onto the newly commissioned and Chinese-built 7,800-car LNG dual-fuel car carrier
Three dead after deadly spring storm wreaks havoc in the Alps 18 Apr 2025 - 03:17 pm
People walk past snow-covered chalets after heavy snowfall at the Aravis Pass (Col des Aravis), near La Clusaz in east-central France, on April 17, 2025. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP
Vance arrives for talks in Italy, Easter at the Vatican 18 Apr 2025 - 02:00 pm
U.S. Vice President JD Vance disembarks Air Force Two while carrying his daughter Mirabel, upon arriving at Rome Ciampino Airport, on April 18, 2025. The US Vice President will meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and will also meet with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Photo by Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP)
Man in viral tea stunt video on busy Bengaluru road arrested by police 18 Apr 2025 - 01:28 pm
Screengrab from the video shared by the Bengaluru City Police on its X platform, formerly known as Twitter, on April 17, 2025.
Two killed as police officer's son opens fire at US university 18 Apr 2025 - 11:40 am
Police investigate the shooter's car at the scene of a shooting near the student union at Florida State University on April 17, 2025 in Tallahassee, Florida. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US judge limits Musk's DOGE access to social security data 18 Apr 2025 - 10:15 am
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How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm - for now 17 Apr 2025 - 11:47 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook leaves the US House of Representatives on Capitol Hill on September 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post