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Half a million Afghans return from Pakistan: IOM 22 Jan 2024 - 10:35 pm
This photo taken on November 23, 2023 shows Afghan refugee on a truck after visiting the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Azakhel Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Nowshera. More than 345,000 Afghans have returned to their country or been deported since Pakistan in October ordered undocumented migrants or those who have overstayed their visas to leave. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Iran, Pakistan envoys to resume duties after tensions over deadly strikes 22 Jan 2024 - 09:45 pm
File: In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on January 19, 2024, Pakistan's Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar (2ndR) chairs a National Security Committee meeting along with armed forces chiefs and other government officials in Islamabad. Pakistan and Iran
47 buried in southwest China landslide 22 Jan 2024 - 07:50 am
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Seoul police chief charged over deadly Halloween crush 21 Jan 2024 - 04:11 pm
A bystander attaches a handwritten note next to others left on a wall in an alleyway in Seoul late October 28, 2023, which was the site of the October 29, 2022, tragic crowd crush that killed 159 people during Halloween celebrations, in Seoul's popular Itaewon nightlife area. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Investigation under way after China school fire kills 13 21 Jan 2024 - 12:07 pm
Broken windows are seen at the Yngcai school, where 13 children died in a fire, in Yanshanpu, village in China痴 central Henan province on January 21, 2024. Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP
Pakistan internet disrupted again during opposition web broadcast 20 Jan 2024 - 06:36 pm
File photo: Karachi, Pakistan
13 dead in China school fire: state media 20 Jan 2024 - 08:29 am
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Pakistan and Iran agree to 'de-escalate' after trading air strikes 19 Jan 2024 - 10:16 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on January 19, 2024, Pakistan's Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar (2ndR) chairs a National Security Committee meeting along with armed forces chiefs and other government officials in Islamabad. Pakistan and Iran
Japan's lunar spacecraft is on the moon but its status is unclear 19 Jan 2024 - 08:14 pm
This handout file photo taken on September 7, 2023 and released by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows a H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifting off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture. (Photo by Handout / Japan AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) / AFP)
Thailand discovers nearly 15 million tonnes of lithium 19 Jan 2024 - 01:24 pm
Aerial view of brine ponds and processing areas of the lithium mine of the Chilean company SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) in the Atacama Desert, Calama, Chile, on September 12, 2022. Photo by Martin BERNETTI / AFP
Thai court orders emergency plan to improve air quality 19 Jan 2024 - 01:11 pm
A general view shows hazy conditions due to high level of air pollution in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand on March 10, 2023. Photo by AFP
Japan's little Moon toy: the camera probe ready to roll 19 Jan 2024 - 12:34 pm
This handout photo taken in 2022, received on January 18, 2024 from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and credited to JAXA, Takara Tomy, Sony Group Corporation and Doshisha University shows the transformable lunar surface robot
10 people dead after landslide buries house in southern Philippines 19 Jan 2024 - 12:22 pm
This handout photo taken and released by the Municipality of Monkayo on January 18, 2024 shows rescuers conducting a rescue and retrieval operation, a day after a landslide hit a house in Monkayo, where at least seven people were killed, a disaster official said, with the death toll expected to rise. Photo by Handout / Municipality of Monkayo / AFP
Japan literary laureate unashamed about using ChatGPT 18 Jan 2024 - 11:28 am
This picture taken on January 23, 2023 in Toulouse, southwestern France, shows screens displaying the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Pakistan hits 'terrorist hideouts' in airstrike on Iran 18 Jan 2024 - 08:11 am
A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside Pakistan's Foreign Ministry building in Islamabad on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Pakistan air force carries out retaliatory strikes in Iran, targeting Pakistani insurgents 18 Jan 2024 - 07:54 am
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18 dead in Thai fireworks factory explosion: rescue worker 17 Jan 2024 - 02:39 pm
Handout released on January 17, 2024, shows smoke rising after an explosion at a fireworks factory near Sala Khao township in Thailand's Suphan Buri province. (Photo by Handout / Thailand's Novice Kaew Suphanburi Highway Rescue Association / AFP)
Pakistan recalls Iran ambassador after air strike: govt 17 Jan 2024 - 02:36 pm
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Europe

French volunteer baker Loic Nervi holds a basket of freshly baked bread in his mobile bakery in Borodyanka, Kyiv region on February 19, 2026. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP) French volunteer bakes for Ukraine amid frosts and power outages
Representational image Toddler with faulty transplant that shocked Italy dies
Representational file photo of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Ukrainian President announces recapture of hundreds of kilometers in south of country
Snow covers chairs and tables of a cafe as winter strikes Vienna, Austria with snow and freezing temperatures on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP) Austria snowstorm brings road and power chaos, two deaths

Africa

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General view of a flooded street in Toamasina on February 15, 2026 after the passage of tropical cyclone Gezani. Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP Madagascar cyclone death toll rises to 59

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) Trump imposes 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
This handout picture released by Ecuador's Environment Ministry shows park rangers releasing Floreana giant tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) on Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, Ecuador, on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Ministry of Environment / AFP) 158 giant tortoises reintroduced to a Galapagos island
First responders work at the entrance of the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires on February 20, 2026, after a mail package exploded. Three people were injured on February 20 by the explosion of a mail package at the Superior Gendarmerie School in Buenos Aires. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP) Three injured in blast at Buenos Aires police school
file photo Three dead in latest US strike on alleged drug boat: Pentagon

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