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Algerian, Pakistani FMs talk over phone on regional developments after Pakistan-India ceasefire 11 May 2025 - 07:34 pm
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Washington 'optimistic' amid trade talks with China 11 May 2025 - 05:52 pm
The convoy carrying the US Secretary of Treasury arrives to the residency of the permanent Swiss Ambassador to the United Nations offices in Geneva during talks between Seniors US and Chinese officials on tariffs, in Geneva on May 11, 2025. (Photo by VALENTIN FLAURAUD / AFP)
Indonesia's high-speed train hits record 25,000 daily passengers during holiday surge 11 May 2025 - 05:22 pm
File photo: The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train named 'Whoosh' is seen after the inauguration at Padalarang station in Padalarang, West Java on October 2, 2023. BAY ISMOYO / AFP
2nd phase of Lebanon's municipal elections kicks off 11 May 2025 - 04:45 pm
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Serious negotiations only path to sustainable peace in Ukraine: Kremlin 11 May 2025 - 04:39 pm
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Ukraine and allies demand 30-day ceasefire; Putin wants talks first 11 May 2025 - 03:57 pm
(From Left) Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrive to a press conference after their meeting in the capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Pope Leo XIV warns of spectre of global war in first Sunday address 11 May 2025 - 03:34 pm
Faithfuls gather as Pope Leo XIV is seen on giant screens as he delivers the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP)
VIDEO: Indonesian elderly passes away in plane going to Makkah 11 May 2025 - 02:13 pm
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Foreign criminal and visa crackdowns part of UK plans to cut immigration 11 May 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Trump hails 'total reset' in US-China trade relations as talks continue 11 May 2025 - 12:11 pm
A picture taken on May 10, 2025, shows the entrance of the residency of the permanent Swiss ambassador to the United Nations offices in Geneva on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
8 killed, dozens injured in bus accident in Sri Lanka 11 May 2025 - 09:57 am
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Fires at key Sudan fuel depot 'fully contained': civil defence 11 May 2025 - 08:26 am
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India, Pakistan reach ceasefire -- but trade claims of violations 10 May 2025 - 11:29 pm
A man shows the shattered window of a house after cross-border shelling in Arnia town near the border area in India's Jammu region on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)
Gaza rescuers say 15 killed in Israeli attacks 10 May 2025 - 10:13 pm
Displaced Palestinians walk amid the rubble of an UNRWA school-turned-shelter, heavily damaged in an overnight Israeli strike in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Leo XIV, new pope, visits Francis's tomb 10 May 2025 - 10:09 pm
This photo taken and released on May 10, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV paying his respects to late Pope Francis in front of his tomb at Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome. (Photo by Handout / Vatican Media / AFP)
Chinese FM urges India, Pakistan to avoid escalating situation 10 May 2025 - 08:54 pm
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks during a press briefing in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)
China ready to play constructive role in Pakistan-India ceasefire efforts: FM 10 May 2025 - 08:46 pm
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. File photo.
8 killed, 20 injured in bus collision in Turkiye 10 May 2025 - 07:35 pm
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