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Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up 26 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am
File photo of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev. Reuters
Chinese state media urge new status for Xi 26 Oct 2016 - 08:37 am
Portraits of Chinese leaders like China's President Xi Jinping (L) and former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (R) are on display in a shop in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 24, 2016. AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Philippines’ Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan 25 Oct 2016 - 11:00 pm
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) is welcomed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their dinner meeting at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 25, 2016. Duterte is here on a three day visit. (AFP / TOSHIFU
Getting North Korea to denuclearize ‘probably a lost cause’: US 25 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill (Korean Central News Agency / REUTERS)
Islamist militants kill 61 in Pakistan police attack 25 Oct 2016 - 03:35 pm
Pakistani police cadets leave the Police Training College Balochistan following a militant attack in Quetta on October 25, 2016. AFP / BANARAS KHAN
Bangladesh charges BNP official with Italian's murder 25 Oct 2016 - 03:11 pm
Cesare Tavella was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital. / AFP.
Joy as Vietnam hostages return from Somali pirate ordeal 25 Oct 2016 - 02:30 pm
The men who were held hostage by Somali pirates arrive in Nairobi. Photo: AFP.
Strike in Sri Lanka's north over police killings 25 Oct 2016 - 02:24 pm
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Afghan Taliban use drone to film suicide attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:54 pm
The Afghan Taliban uploaded a video showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. (Video Screengrab)
At least 8 Afghan boarder police killed in militant attack 25 Oct 2016 - 01:01 pm
Afghan boarder police. / AFP.
Deadly Blast Kills 14, Injures 147 in Northwestern China 25 Oct 2016 - 11:31 am
Rescue workers search at site after an explosion hit a town in Fugu county, Shaanxi province, China, October 24, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS
Four dead after Australia theme park disaster 25 Oct 2016 - 11:20 am
Media gather at the Dreamworld theme park on Gold Coast on October 25, 2016, after four people were killed when a park ride malfunctioned. Four people were killed at a theme park on Australia's popular Gold Coast on October 25, police said, with witnesses
Philippines' Duterte tells worried foreign businesses to go 25 Oct 2016 - 10:46 am
President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference before his departure for Japan, at the Ninoy Aquino International airport in Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines, October 25, 2016. Reuters/Erik De Castro
Gunmen kill 59 in attack on police academy in Pakistani city of Quetta 25 Oct 2016 - 10:28 am
Pakistani soldiers stand at the entrance to The Police Training College in Quetta on October 25, 2016, after an overnight militant attack on the establishment. AFP / Banaras Khan
Four killed on ride at Australia's biggest theme park 25 Oct 2016 - 10:08 am
Emergency services vehicles can be seen outside the Dreamworld theme park at Coomera on the Gold Coast, Australia, October 25, 2016 after a number of people were reported killed on a ride at Australia's biggest theme park. AAP/Scott Bailey/via REUTERS
Four killed in India-Pakistan cross border firing 24 Oct 2016 - 12:52 pm
A file photo of Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrolling along the India-Pakistan border fence about 27km from Wagah. Photo: AFP.
US warns Philippines' Duterte over rhetoric, crime war 24 Oct 2016 - 12:09 pm
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel waves to members of the media upon arrival to meet Secretary of Foreign Affairs Perfecto Yasay at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) headquarters in Pasay city, metro
Historic Indian mosque agrees to lift ban on women 24 Oct 2016 - 11:15 am
The Haji Ali Dargah trust has barred women from the landmark mausoleum off the coast of Mumbai since 2012 ©Sajjad Hussain (AFP/File)

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Photo strictly for representational purposes. Source: freepik German tourist dies after bit by snake in Egypt: police
QNA / X Prime Minister of Libyan Government of National Unity, Greek Foreign Minister discuss strengthening relations
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(FILES) Colonel Sadio Camara, Minister of Defense and Veterans of Mali, is seen at the meeting of Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Ouagadougou, (Photo by FANNY NOARO-KABRة / AFP) Mali says defense minister killed in attack on his residence in Bamako

Americas

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP) Trump holds talks on Iran with security team
File Photo 600 Google staff urge CEO to reject classified military AI contract
Relatives identify one of the victims after a bomb attack at El Tunel, on the Popayan-Cali road, in Cajibio, Cauca department, Colombia, on April 25, 2026. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP) Colombia blasts kill 19, injure 38
FBI tactical agents leave a house associated with the suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter after making entry at the residence in Torrance, California, late on April 25, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Engineer and game developer: the US press gala shooting suspect

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