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Tokyo says Chinese jets locked radar onto Japan fighters 07 Dec 2025 - 04:54 pm
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a press conference with Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles in Tokyo on December 7, 2025. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi / Pool / AFP)
Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 627 07 Dec 2025 - 04:24 pm
A flood victim restores his belongings in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, along railway tracks in Kandy on December 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Benin govt says 'foiled' coup attempt 07 Dec 2025 - 03:55 pm
Motorbike taxis carrying passengers stops at a crossroad in Cotonou following rumors of a possible coup in the country on December 7, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
UK police arrest man after Heathrow Airport car park fight 07 Dec 2025 - 03:47 pm
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Doha Forum 2025: Syrian President highlights more than 1000 air raids, 400 incursions by Israel on Syria since last December 06 Dec 2025 - 10:44 pm
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South Africa hostel shooting leaves 11 dead: Police 06 Dec 2025 - 12:44 pm
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Hot winds fan dozens of bushfires across eastern Australia 06 Dec 2025 - 10:22 am
Trains have stopped running on the Central Coast and Newcastle line after a fire broke out on Nimbin Road at Koolewong. (Pics: ABC News)
Trump all smiles as he wins FIFA's new peace prize 06 Dec 2025 - 09:47 am
US President Donald Trump reacts as he receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Italian Fifa President Gianni Infantino at the Kennedy Center, in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
Myanmar citizens head to early polls in Bangkok 06 Dec 2025 - 08:45 am
Myanmar nationals living in Thailand queue up outside the Myanmar Embassy for early voting ahead of the Myanmar general election, in Bangkok on December 6, 2025. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
OCHA announces 733 Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attacks in 2024 05 Dec 2025 - 09:26 pm
Palestinians mourn over the body of Bahaa Rashed at Rafidia hospital in Nablus after he was killed during an operation by Israeli forces in the village of Odala, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on December 5, 2025. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Ethiopia set to administer vaccine to contain Marburg virus outbreak 05 Dec 2025 - 07:25 pm
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Sri Lanka's extreme weather death toll rises to 607 05 Dec 2025 - 05:51 pm
Commuters drive through a flooded street amid heavy rains in Colombo on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
GCC states warn of implications of EU's proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Legislation 05 Dec 2025 - 03:30 pm
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Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note 05 Dec 2025 - 03:25 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron plays table tennis during a meeting with Chinese and French table tennis players and students at Sichuan University in Chengdu, in southwestern China's Sichuan province on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier / POOL / AFP)
UNIFIL condemns Israeli airstrikes on Southern Lebanon 05 Dec 2025 - 02:52 pm
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TikTok to comply with 'upsetting' Australian under-16 ban 05 Dec 2025 - 02:49 pm
The TikTok logo is seen outside the Chinese video app compan's Los Angeles offices in Culver City, California, on April 4, 2025. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP
India's regulator withdraws pilot rest policy after IndiGo chaos 05 Dec 2025 - 01:11 pm
Labourers work atop an under-construction building as an Indigo aircraft prepares to land at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on December 4, 2025. Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
Hong Kong removes construction netting after deadly fire 04 Dec 2025 - 03:43 pm
A construction worker removes the netting of bamboo scaffolding at Sui Wo Court housing estate in Fo Tan district of Hong Kong on December 4, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)