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Typhoon Ampil veers away from Japan, allows transport to resume 17 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
People visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on August 16, 2024, as Typhoon Ampil barrels towards Japan's capital. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Indonesia celebrates Independence Day in future capital 17 Aug 2024 - 08:26 am
Performers take part in a ceremonial event to mark Indonesia's 79th Independence Day in Banda Aceh on August 17, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Pakistan, Sweden report first cases of mpox virus 16 Aug 2024 - 10:35 pm
File: This undated file image obtained from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, shows a colorised transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple), cultured in the laboratory. (Photo by Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP)
India launches advanced earth observation satellite 16 Aug 2024 - 08:09 pm
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Nepal flood waters smash through village 16 Aug 2024 - 05:27 pm
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Thailand parliament elects Paetongtarn Shinawatra as new Prime Minister 16 Aug 2024 - 03:12 pm
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Tokyo cancels flights as a strong typhoon swerves nearby 16 Aug 2024 - 12:34 pm
A train station employee walks out of an office next to a digital display informing passengers that the high-speed bullet train, or
Japan lifts 'megaquake' warning, tells people to 'go back to normal' 15 Aug 2024 - 01:43 pm
A man walks at the Bunkyo Civic Center Observation Deck as the city's skyline is seen in Tokyo on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Magnitude 5.4 quake shakes northeastern Taiwan: USGS 15 Aug 2024 - 01:15 pm
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Two Chinese bankers charged in Singapore money laundering case 15 Aug 2024 - 12:21 pm
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Taliban celebrate 3 years since Afghanistan takeover with military show 14 Aug 2024 - 09:58 pm
A convoy of Taliban security personnel seen moving along the streets as they celebrate the third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in Herat on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Mohsen KarimI / AFP)
Pumps dry as Myanmar's Yangon hit by fresh fuel shortage 14 Aug 2024 - 07:34 pm
A trishaw driver smokes as he waits for passengers in Yangon on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Saiaung Main / AFP)
Nepal approves long-delayed war crimes bill 14 Aug 2024 - 06:27 pm
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Unpopular Japan PM Kishida to step down 14 Aug 2024 - 05:50 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares to leave at the end of a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 14, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / POOL / AFP)
Typhoon Ampil to hit Japan on Friday 14 Aug 2024 - 02:25 pm
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Chinese tech giant Tencent says net profits soar in second quarter 14 Aug 2024 - 12:49 pm
This photo taken on July 10, 2022 shows the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)
Pakistan rewards javelin champion Nadeem with $897,000 for record-breaking throw at Paris Olympics 13 Aug 2024 - 10:43 pm
Arshad Nadeem (R), Pakistan's javelin gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, hugs his mother Raziah Parveen upon his arrival at his hometown in Mian Channu on August 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 13 Aug 2024 - 07:37 pm
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

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Kenya's Sabastian Sawe crosses the line to win the men's race in a new world record time at the 2026 London Marathon in central London on April 26, 2026. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP Sawe breaks two-hour mark for first time in marathon history
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Slavutych was created to house people who lost their homes in the Chernobyl disaster, now it has become home as well for those displaced by Russia's invasion © Genya SAVILOV / AFP Chernobyl refugee town welcomes Ukraine's conflict displaced

Africa

File / Photo Drone attack hits Sudan aid truck: UN
Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defence and Veterans of Mali, was a central figure in Mali's military government [File: Fanny Noaro-Kabr/AFP] Mali defence minister killed, fresh fighting between army and rebels
ATHLETICS-GBR-MARATHON Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa reacts after crossing the line to win the women's race in a new women's only world record at the 2026 London Marathon in central London on April 26, 2026. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) Assefa wins London Marathon in women's-only world record time
File photo 4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes several cities in Eastern Egypt

Americas

Relatives identify one of the victims after a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia blasts kill 19, injure 38
FBI tactical agents leave a house associated with the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter after making entry at the residence in Torrance, California, late on April 25, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Engineer and game developer: the US press gala shooting suspect
FBI agents are seen in the lobby of the Washington Hilton after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) What we know about the Trump press gala shooting
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan talks trip, says Iran war on hold

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