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Nepal lifts its ban on TikTok imposed for disrupting social harmony 22 Aug 2024 - 11:06 pm
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Gaza death toll rises to 40,265 ; wounded 93,144 22 Aug 2024 - 09:19 pm
Palestinians watch as smoke rises from a building hit by an Israeli strike after a warning from the army to its occupants to evacuate the premises, in the Rimal neighbourhood of central Gaza City on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Brazil will restrict entry to some Asian nationals, aiming to curb migration to the US and Canada 22 Aug 2024 - 08:58 pm
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his Defense Minister Jose Mucio (left) and Brazilian Army Commander General Tomas Miguel Ribeiro attend a ceremony commemorating Soldier's Day at the Army Headquarters in Brasilia on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)
Hungary to provide free tickets to Brussels for migrants trying to enter the EU 22 Aug 2024 - 08:51 pm
Refugees sit on the pavement close to their former shelter in Kocs village, about 70 km north-west from the Hungarian capital Budapest, on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Attila 
Kisbenedek / AFP)
Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region 22 Aug 2024 - 08:48 pm
Ukrainian soldiers take part in a casualty simulation training excercise operated by Britain's armed forces, as part of the Interflex programme, in southern England, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
World's second largest diamond found in Botswana 22 Aug 2024 - 08:24 pm
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi holds a large diamond discovered in Botswana at his office in Gaborone on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Monirul Bhuiyan / AFP)
Bangladesh revokes diplomatic passport of ex-PM Hasina: government 22 Aug 2024 - 06:33 pm
(FILES) Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for her fourth spell as Bangladesh's prime minister at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 7, 2019. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Israeli occupation forces displacement of 100,000 Palestinians from Deir Al Balah 22 Aug 2024 - 05:49 pm
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Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet after protests 22 Aug 2024 - 03:49 pm
People carrying umbrellas, wade through a flooded street amid rainfall in Feni on August 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Crew rescued from stricken oil tanker in Red Sea: EU 22 Aug 2024 - 03:41 pm
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Passenger exits plane in Australia via emergency door 22 Aug 2024 - 12:59 pm
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Laos arrests nearly 800 people over cyber scam network 22 Aug 2024 - 12:22 pm
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Heat dome moves into Texas with record highs expected 22 Aug 2024 - 12:01 am
A child sits near a fountain at the National Gallery of Art Pavilion Cafe in Washington, DC, on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images/AFP)
18 Palestinians martyred as IOF continue raids over central, southern Gaza 21 Aug 2024 - 11:26 pm
A man looks at the debris after an Israeli strike on a school, housing displaced Palestinians, in the Rimal neighbourhood of central Gaza City on August 20, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest 21 Aug 2024 - 11:18 pm
A Regional Civil Protection Service helicopter fights a wildfire raging through Pico do Areeiro mountain on August 21, 2024 in Santana on the Portuguese island of Madeira, which broke out one week ago in the Ribeira Brava district. (Photo by Helder Santos / AFP)
Five bodies found, one still missing in UK tycoon shipwreck 21 Aug 2024 - 09:23 pm
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive in Porticello harbor near Palermo, with a third body at the back of the boat on August 21, 2024, two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Somalia threatens to suspend Ethiopian Airlines over sovereignty spat 21 Aug 2024 - 09:14 pm
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Police shoot man who set fire at French town hall 21 Aug 2024 - 08:08 pm
French police stand guard in front of the Town Hall after a man attempted to set the building alight with petrol in Angouleme on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Romain PERROCHEAU / AFP)