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World

Philippines extends sugar import ban until December 2026 21 Dec 2025 - 12:57 pm
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Taiwan police rule out 'terrorism' in metro stabbing 21 Dec 2025 - 12:39 pm
Flowers and notes from the public are laid for the victims of the metro attack outside a mall in Taipei on December 20, 2025. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te pledged a full, public enquiry into a deadly metro stabbing attack as he visited victims in hospital on December 20. (Photo by Akio Wang / AFP)
US again seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela 21 Dec 2025 - 11:51 am
This screen grab taken from a video posted on the X account of US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem shows a US Coast Guard aircraft flying over a crude oil tanker, last docked in Venezuela, before apprehending it on December 20, 2025. (Photo by Handout / US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's X account / AFP)
Gunmen kill 9, wound 10 in South Africa 21 Dec 2025 - 10:13 am
Family members of a victim react at the scene of an attack in Bekkersdal on December 21, 2025. Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire outside Johannesburg early on December 21, 2025. (Photo by Emmanuel Croset / AFP)
San Francisco hit by electricity outage affecting 130,000 residents: utility 21 Dec 2025 - 08:22 am
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Egypt reaffirms rejection of any attempts to undermine Sudan’s sovereignty, internal cohesion 20 Dec 2025 - 10:38 pm
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Sri Lanka enters public 5G era with commercial launch 20 Dec 2025 - 10:05 pm
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Blue Origin sends 1st wheelchair user into space 20 Dec 2025 - 09:59 pm
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos seen inside a space shuttle. Representational file photo.
3 killed, 1 injured in van-motorcycle crash in Philippines 20 Dec 2025 - 07:38 pm
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Death toll from Israeli offensive on Gaza rises to 70,925 20 Dec 2025 - 05:33 pm
A relative mourns over the bodies of members of the Al-Nader family, who were reportedly killed the previous day in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, ahead of their funeral on December 20, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Second drone in 24 hours found crashed in northwest Turkiye 20 Dec 2025 - 04:01 pm
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Syria monitor says US strikes killed at least five IS members 20 Dec 2025 - 03:04 pm
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Pakistan court hands former PM Khan 17-year sentence in gifts case 20 Dec 2025 - 02:18 pm
A 2023 file photo
Tens of thousands attend funeral of killed Bangladesh student leader 20 Dec 2025 - 02:04 pm
An aerial view shows protesters at Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on December 19, 2025, following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi. (Photo by Abdul Goni / AFP)
Pilot in Mexico City refuses to take off over unpaid wages: reports 20 Dec 2025 - 12:25 pm
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Seven elephants killed by train accident in India 20 Dec 2025 - 11:03 am
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Taiwan president vows full inquiry into deadly metro attack 20 Dec 2025 - 09:36 am
This picture taken and released by Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) on December 19, 2025 shows one of the entrances to Taipei Main Station being cordoned off. (Photo by Cheng Ching-Yuan / Central News Agency (CNA) / AFP)
Japan sets $19 billion business target in Central Asia 20 Dec 2025 - 09:16 am
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi prepares to welcome Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the leaders-level