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Louvre gallery closing due to structural weakness: Museum 17 Nov 2025 - 07:05 pm
Tourists queue to enter the Louvre museum next to the Louvre pyramid designed by Chinese-US architect Ieoh Ming Pei, in Paris, on November 3, 2025. A gallery in the Louvre was closed to the public due to the building's
Death toll from landslides in Indonesia rises to 16 17 Nov 2025 - 05:49 pm
JAKARTA: Rescuers work on site after a landslide hit Cibeunying village in Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2025. (Photo by Yuta Isyahya/Xinhua)
South Korea pledges to phase out coal plants 17 Nov 2025 - 05:10 pm
A general view shows exhaust gases billowing from the chimneys of the Taean Thermal Power Station, a large coal-fired power station owned by Korean Western Power Co, part of Korea Electric Power Corporation, in Taean, around 150 kilometers from Seoul, on November 17, 2025. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Macron, Zelensky sign accord for Ukraine to buy French fighter jets 17 Nov 2025 - 03:57 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Gunmen kidnap 25 schoolgirls in northwestern Nigeria: police 17 Nov 2025 - 03:49 pm
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Emirates orders 65 Boeing 777X planes in $38 bn deal 17 Nov 2025 - 02:55 pm
A Boeing 777-9 sits on the tarmac at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace / AFP)
Bangladesh ex-PM sentenced to be hanged for crimes against humanity 17 Nov 2025 - 02:42 pm
Security personnel stand guard as demonstrators attempt to demolish the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Dhaka on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Grieving Serbian protest mother reaches day 16 of hunger strike 17 Nov 2025 - 02:20 pm
Dijana Hrka (C), the mother of one of the victims of the Novi Sad train station tragedy, addresses the media on the 11th day of her hunger strike in front of the Serbian National Assembly in Belgrade, on November 12, 2025. Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP
Sri Lanka probes claims of cruelty to elephants gifted by Thailand 17 Nov 2025 - 02:18 pm
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
South Korea proposes first military talks with North in years 17 Nov 2025 - 02:09 pm
Vehicles drive past a traffic policeman in the Gwanghwamun district of Seoul on November 7, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Singapore jails 'attention seeking' Australian over Ariana Grande incident 17 Nov 2025 - 12:55 pm
This picture by The Straits Times taken November 13, 2025 and provided on November 14 shows a man (C) accused of attacking pop star Ariana Grande being grabbed by security guards as co-star Cynthia Erivo (3rd L) reacts at the premiere of their film
Indian embassy in Saudi says pilgrim bus crashes near Medina 17 Nov 2025 - 12:12 pm
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Landslides in Vietnam kill at least six 17 Nov 2025 - 08:30 am
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Turkiye embraces Doha Framework Agreement for Peace in DR Congo 16 Nov 2025 - 09:10 pm
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DR Congo mine collapse kills at least 32: official 16 Nov 2025 - 07:54 pm
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India says accomplice of Delhi car blast 'suicide bomber' arrested 16 Nov 2025 - 06:52 pm
Relatives of the victims who died in an accidental blast at Nowgam police station, scuffle with security personnel whilst demanding bodies of the deceased, on the outskirts of Srinagar, on November 15, 2025. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
Around 650,000 Filipinos rally against flood-control corruption scandal 16 Nov 2025 - 06:01 pm
Protesters wave flags and shout slogans during an anti-corruption rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila on November 16, 2025. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP)
Samsung plans $310 bn investment to power AI expansion 16 Nov 2025 - 04:57 pm
People walk past the Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company's Seocho building in Seoul on April 30, 2025. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP