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Malaysia evacuates 123 citizens from violence-hit Bangladesh 23 Jul 2024 - 07:24 pm
Bangladeshi soldiers stand guard along a street during a curfew amid the anti-quota protests, in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Bangladesh student leader extends protest suspension for 48 more hours 23 Jul 2024 - 04:20 pm
A police van transports protesters to the court, after their arrest in Dhaka on July 23, 2024. The number of arrests in days of violence in Bangladesh passed the 2,500 mark in an AFP tally on July 23, after protests over employment quotas sparked widespread unrest. (Photo by Abu SUFIAN JEWEL / AFP)
Philippine police say man inhaling white powder in video is not Marcos 23 Jul 2024 - 02:12 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos leaves after delivering the annual State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Bosses resign at Japan health supplement firm probing deaths 23 Jul 2024 - 12:24 pm
A woman points her finger at the signage of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical as she walks past the company's office in Tokyo on March 28, 2024. Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Key announcements: India on $24 bn jobs drive in Modi's first post-election budget 23 Jul 2024 - 12:05 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) poses for photos before presenting the union budget in the Parliament in New Delhi on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Founder of tech giant Kakao arrested for stock manipulation 23 Jul 2024 - 10:59 am
Kim Beom-su, founder of South Korean internet company Kakao, arrives at a court in Seoul on July 22, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Hamas announces 'national unity' deal, signs declaration with Fatah 23 Jul 2024 - 10:33 am
Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks during an event hosted by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Bangladesh arrest total approaches 1,200: AFP tally 23 Jul 2024 - 08:01 am
Students from Bangladesh hold placards as they demonstrate to ask the government to end the crackdown on protesters on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP)
Japan’s Nagoya Institute researchers create website predicting number of heatstroke patients 22 Jul 2024 - 09:46 pm
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Headquarters of Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan's party raided 22 Jul 2024 - 06:22 pm
Policemen make way for prison van afer a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Korean Air orders 40 Boeing planes 22 Jul 2024 - 05:33 pm
A logo is seen on the Boeing stand on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2024, south west of London, on July 22, 2024. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Marcos says Philippines 'cannot yield' in territorial disputes 22 Jul 2024 - 02:45 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos delivers the annual State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Manila on July 22, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
India's top court blocks rule said to divide eateries by religion 22 Jul 2024 - 01:38 pm
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Bangladesh student group calls 48-hour halt to protests 22 Jul 2024 - 12:52 pm
Bangladesh army personnel keep a vigil near barbed wire barricades amid a curfew following clashes between police and protestors, in Dhaka on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Philippines 'to assert our rights' after China sea deal 22 Jul 2024 - 11:01 am
This file photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows Philippine coast guard vessel BRP Malapascua (L) patrolling near the grounded navy ship BRP Sierra Madre where Philippine marines are stationed to assert Manila's territorial claims at Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea. Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP
Rescuers search for dozens missing after flooding, bridge collapse in China kill at least 25 22 Jul 2024 - 10:38 am
A rescuer works at the site of a bridge collapse in Zhashui County in Shangluo City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 21, 2024. Xinhua/Zou Jingyi
Germany advises against travel to Bangladesh 21 Jul 2024 - 08:26 pm
A Bangladeshi soldier stands guard along a street amid the anti-quota protests, in Dhaka on July 20, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
'Give me his body': Relatives grieve victims of Bangladesh unrest 21 Jul 2024 - 08:08 pm
Smoke bellows from the backside of Dhaka's southern outskirt neighbourhood as clash erupts between police and anti-quota protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2024. (Photo by Anik Rahman / AFP)

Europe

(Files) Indian author Arundhati Roy speaks during a press conference in Seoul on November 25, 2021. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP) Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row
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) Hundreds of thousands without power after storm lashes France
Indian Air Force's Rafale jets fly during the country's 77th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path in New Delhi on January 26, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) India approves initial purchase of 114 Rafale fighter jets: French Presidency
File photo Russia confirms ban on WhatsApp, says it failed to abide by law

Africa

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) 'Extermination' of Palestinians must stop: African Union chair
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An aerial view of the city of Toamasina, on the east coast of Madagascar, struck by Tropical Cyclone Gezani on February 11, 2026. (Photo by Tsiky Sikonina / AFP) Cyclone batters Madagascar's second city, killing 31

Americas

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 US ends temporary protected status for Yemeni migrants
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) International crew takes off for space station: NASA feed
An Ariane 6 rocket carrying 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation launches at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, on the French overseas department of Guiana, on February 12, 2026. (Photo by Ronan LIETAR / AFP) Europe's most powerful rocket carries 32 satellites for Amazon Leo network into space
This photograph provided by local journalist Trent Ernst shows the middle school and high school building where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Trent Ernst / AFP) Deadly mass shooting in Canada: What we know

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