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Red Cross warns Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions 08 Jul 2025 - 01:14 pm
A Palestinian child holds a stuffed animal while standing at a school sheltering displaced Palestinians which was hit by an Israeli strike in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 8, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Bee swarm invades IndiGo airliner, delays flight 08 Jul 2025 - 12:28 pm
Screengrab from circulating social media posts
Vietnamese worker in South Korea dies on first day at work, presumably due to heat 08 Jul 2025 - 12:02 pm
Photo credit: The Korea Herald
Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered 08 Jul 2025 - 11:30 am
People hold up candles as they take part in a vigil for the victims of the floods over Fourth of July weekend, at Travis Park, in San Antonio, Texas, on July 7, 2025. Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/ AFP
Russian Foreign Ministry lodges protest with Sweden over drone attack on trade mission in Stockholm 08 Jul 2025 - 12:03 am
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Fire at Cairo data hub injures 14, causes internet, telecom outages 07 Jul 2025 - 10:31 pm
Firefighters douse the flames after a fire broke out in the Telephones landline exchanging station and Ministry of Communications building in the heart of Cairo on July 7, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Lack of proper nutrition threatens lives of thousands of Gazan babies: UNICEF 07 Jul 2025 - 10:15 pm
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Ten killed, 29 wounded in nationwide Kenya protests: rights group 07 Jul 2025 - 08:30 pm
Protesters react amid clouds of tear gas fired by Kenya police officers during clashes at Saba Saba Day demonstrations in Nairobi on July 7, 2025. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Trump says slapping 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea 07 Jul 2025 - 08:03 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, on July 6, 2025, en route to Washington after spending the weekend at his residence in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Philippines sustains growth in digital payments usage 07 Jul 2025 - 07:01 pm
Representational image.
Rubio to attend ASEAN meeting in first Asia trip 07 Jul 2025 - 06:45 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends the Military Family Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
NGOs laud tougher Malaysia plastic trash import laws 07 Jul 2025 - 06:24 pm
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Texas flood death toll exceeds 80 07 Jul 2025 - 05:43 pm
In an aerial view, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 06, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Africa's largest pay TV operator facing fine for Nigeria data breach 07 Jul 2025 - 05:29 pm
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UN warns of catastrophic humanitarian consequences in Gaza amid worsening famine, food crisis 07 Jul 2025 - 04:11 pm
Palestinian boys drag bags of items salvaged from a garbage waste dump in the Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 7, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Gaza Ministry of Health warns of severe shortage in blood 07 Jul 2025 - 03:16 pm
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32 go on trial over fatal hotel fire in Turkiye 07 Jul 2025 - 02:13 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on July 7, 2025 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows families holding portraits of the victims who died on a huge fire at northern Turkish Kartalkaya Ski Resort, in Bolu on January 22, in Bolu. Photo by HANDOUT / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP
Bali flights nixed after huge Indonesia volcano eruption 07 Jul 2025 - 01:51 pm
Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts, as seen from Nangahale village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara on July 7, 2025. (Photo by ARNOLD WELIANTO / AFP)