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Trump again rejects need for urgent Ukraine ceasefire in talks with Zelensky 18 Aug 2025 - 09:19 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Death toll in Gaza tops 62,000 amid ongoing Israeli aggression 18 Aug 2025 - 09:07 pm
Palestinian families arrive with their belongings in the Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on August 18, 2025, as they flee their homes in Gaza City heading toward the south. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Portugal's wildfire damage exceeds 2024 total, 2 deaths reported 18 Aug 2025 - 06:57 pm
Residents of some villages severely affected by wildfires protest against not being allowed to enter their towns, in Guardo, Palencia province, on August 18, 2025.  (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)
Egypt to continue mediation along with Qatar, US for Gaza ceasefire 18 Aug 2025 - 05:18 pm
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US halts visitor visas for Gazans, including humanitarian medical visas 18 Aug 2025 - 03:09 pm
A Palestinian girl searches for things to rescue at a garbage waste dump in Gaza City on August 18, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Spain wildfires burn record territory this year: monitor 18 Aug 2025 - 03:06 pm
People fight a wildfire in the village of Vilarino, in Carballeda de Avia municipality, northwestern Spain, on August 17, 2025. Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
Rain halts rescue operation after Pakistan floods kill hundreds 18 Aug 2025 - 02:59 pm
Villagers (center, L) stand near a building as floodwater levels rise in the Buner district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on August 18, 2025. Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP
Video: Dubai police retrieve stolen diamond worth $25 million 18 Aug 2025 - 02:31 pm
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Greta Thunberg, activists block Norway oil refinery 18 Aug 2025 - 01:11 pm
Swedish climate and political activist Greta Thunberg (C) and activists from the climate protest group Extinction Rebellion take part in a protest at Equinor's oil refinery in Mongstad, north of Bergen, Norway on August 18, 2025. Photo by Paul S. Amundsen / NTB / AFP
Rooms of their own: women-only communities thrive in China 18 Aug 2025 - 12:42 pm
The photo taken on July 15, 2025 shows Chen Yani (C), also known as
Swatch pulls 'slanted eye' ad after Chinese social media uproar 18 Aug 2025 - 11:26 am
Swiss-made Swatch watches on display in their store on August 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Amnesty says Israel deliberately starving Gaza's Palestinians 18 Aug 2025 - 10:54 am
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Hurricane Erin restrengthens as it lashes Caribbean with rain 18 Aug 2025 - 09:04 am
A truck drives through a flooded road as category 3 Hurricane Erin leaves the region in Naguabo, Puerto Rico on August 16, 2025. (Photo by Ricardo Arduengo / AFP)
Australian court fines Qantas US$59 million for illegal layoffs 18 Aug 2025 - 07:51 am
A Qantas Airways Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Sydney International Airport in Sydney on August 18, 2025. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)
Egyptian, Palestinian prime ministers discuss developments in Gaza Strip 17 Aug 2025 - 11:53 pm
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European leaders to join Zelensky in Trump meeting 17 Aug 2025 - 10:51 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen leave at the end of a joint press conference in Brussels, on August 17, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP)
Women bear brunt of Afghanistan's water scarcity 17 Aug 2025 - 10:18 pm
An Afghan woman with children takes a break as they haul water cans on wheelbarrows along a deserted street in the drought-ridden village of Bolak at Chahar Bolak district, Balkh province on July 10, 2025.  (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
Air Canada cancels more flights as strike continues: statement 17 Aug 2025 - 10:00 pm
A person looks at a flight board with many cancellations for Air Canada flights at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 17, 2025. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP)