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Death toll from Iran port blast hits 40 as fire blazes 27 Apr 2025 - 09:34 pm
Firefighters and rescuers work at the scene of an explosion that took place a day earlier at the Shahid Rajaee port dock, southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan, on April 27, 2025. (Photo by Meysam Mirsadeh / Tasnim News / AFP)
25 killed, fires still burning in huge Iran port blast 27 Apr 2025 - 11:35 am
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent (RCS) on April 27, 2025, shows the devastation at the scene of an explosion (Photo by Iranian Red Crescent / AFP)
Iranian FM voices satisfaction with "process, pace" of indirect talks with US 26 Apr 2025 - 09:54 pm
This handout picture provided by the Iranian Foreign Ministry shows Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) descending the stairs of his plane upon his arrival in Muscat on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli offensive on Gaza rises to 51,495 26 Apr 2025 - 08:11 pm
People carry the body of a member of the Al-Khour family in front of the Al-Shifa hospital after their house was hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Preliminary investigations attribute Shahid Rajaee Port explosion to hazardous materials 26 Apr 2025 - 05:24 pm
Thick, black smoke rises as rescuers arrive near the source of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 26, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMMAD RASOLE MORADI / IRNA / AFP)
Major blast at south Iran port injures hundreds 26 Apr 2025 - 03:20 pm
A thick plume of smoke billows as motorists drive their vehicles along a highway near the source of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 26, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Rasole MORADI / IRNA / AFP.
UNRWA Chief: Gaza's children are starving 26 Apr 2025 - 02:18 pm
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At least 115 injured in Iran port blast: new toll on state media 26 Apr 2025 - 01:51 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
VIDEO: 'Massive' blast in south Iran port: state TV 26 Apr 2025 - 01:27 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows thick black smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
Iran, US hold new round of high-stakes nuclear talks 26 Apr 2025 - 12:19 pm
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Gaza rescuers say 4 dead, 30 missing under rubble after Israeli strike 26 Apr 2025 - 10:18 am
Palestinian medics transport the body of a victim following Israeli strikes which hit apartments in a residential building in Gaza City's Yarmuk street on April 24, 2025. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP
Canadian Prime Minister condemns Israeli Occupation blockade of food supplies to Gaza 26 Apr 2025 - 08:57 am
A boy fills up containers with water from the remaining water still left in underground pipes, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. Photo by Bashar Taleb/ AFP
Israel's Gaza aid block 'manmade starvation': UNRWA chief 25 Apr 2025 - 11:50 pm
People queue with pots to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
WFP says runs out of food stocks in Gaza as border crossings remain closed 25 Apr 2025 - 10:13 pm
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US conducts 1,200 raids on Yemen since March: Houthis 25 Apr 2025 - 09:45 pm
Yemenis attend the funeral of people killed in reported US strikes a day earlier on the port of Ras Issa area in Yemen's Huthi-held Hodeida on April 21, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Syrian FM attends ceremony raising new Syrian flag at UN Headquarters 25 Apr 2025 - 09:38 pm
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Egyptian President stresses urgent need for ceasefire in Gaza 25 Apr 2025 - 06:54 pm
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WFP says has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza 25 Apr 2025 - 03:25 pm
People queue with pots to receive charity meals from a kitchen in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. Israel on March 18 resumed its intense military offensive in the Palestinian territory after a ceasefire deal that came into effect on January 19 fell apart two months later over differences regarding its next phase. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Asia

Call center employees gather outside their office building after earthquake tremors at Cebu in central Philippines on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Alan Tangcawan / AFP) Strong 6.9-magnitude quake causes damage, panic in central Philippines
Image used for representation only. Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off central Philippines: USGS
Security personnel inspect an explosion site outside the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Quetta on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) Bombing kills 10 outside Pakistan border force compound
Rescuers work on the site of a school building collapse at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 29, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua) Death toll from Indonesia school building collapse rises to 3

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Rory McIlroy of Team Europe celebrates with the Ryder Cup after Team Europe's 15-13 win over Team United States on September 28, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP 'Are you watching Donald Trump?': Europe's Ryder Cup golfers taunt president
Jaguar Land Rover signage is seen on a dealership in Tonbridge south-east of London on September 29, 2025. Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP Jaguar Land Rover to partially resume carmaking after cyberattack
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Africa

Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila during a meeting with leaders of various religious groups at one of his residences in Goma on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for 'treason'
Members of the Judiciary Police arrive at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile Hotel at Porte Maillot in Paris, after South Africa's ambassador to France was found dead at the foot of the hotel on September 30, 2025. Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP South African ambassador found dead outside Paris hotel
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Protesters gather at the South African Parliament during civil society and faith-based organizations’ mass rally for Gaza, in Cape Town on September 27, 2025. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) Thousands march in Cape Town in support of Gaza people

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