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Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,020 19 May 2026 - 12:01 am
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment on the village of Zebdine in the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Abbas Fakih / AFP)
US extends sanctions waiver on Russian at-sea oil by 30 days 18 May 2026 - 08:23 pm
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Qatar participates in 13th World Urban Forum in Azerbaijan 18 May 2026 - 07:59 pm
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Bodies of four missing Italian divers found in undersea Maldives cave 18 May 2026 - 06:12 pm
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Transport protests hit Kenya over rising fuel prices 18 May 2026 - 05:14 pm
A worker refuels a car at a filling station in Dhaka on March 9, 2026. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Gunmen in Pakistan kill police officers guarding polio workers 18 May 2026 - 04:10 pm
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Swatch blames shopping centres for 'problems' with star product launch 18 May 2026 - 03:34 pm
This photo taken on May 15, 2026, shows people camping out in line outside of the Swatch store in Times Square in New York, ahead of the May 16 release of the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop watch. Photo by Timothy A. Clary / AFP
Train driver charged over deadly Bangkok bus collision used drugs: official 18 May 2026 - 03:19 pm
(Files) Officials stand next to the front of a train that collided with a bus underneath Makkasan Airport Rail station in Bangkok on May 16, 2026. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
World Bank approves $350 mn loan for Bangladesh energy crunch 18 May 2026 - 03:01 pm
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Oil stocks declining 'very fast', IEA chief warns 18 May 2026 - 02:08 pm
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Runaway kangaroo disrupts Belgian rail service 18 May 2026 - 01:48 pm
Belgian rail service, Infrabel
Escaped tiger shot dead by German police 18 May 2026 - 01:26 pm
A picture showing heavily armed police officers in an industrial area at a cage facility in Schkeuditz near Leipzig, Saxony, eastern Germany, after an escaped tiger injured a man and was shot dead.  (Photo by Bjِrn Stach / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT
Anglo American to sell Australian coal mines for $3.9 bn 18 May 2026 - 01:23 pm
AngloAmerican Steelmaking coal Photo by ABC News
Philippine Senate convenes as impeachment court to try VP Sara Duterte 18 May 2026 - 01:07 pm
File photo: Daughter of former President Rodrigo Duterte, Sara Duterte
Spanish court orders 55 mn euro tax refund to Shakira 18 May 2026 - 12:25 pm
(FILES) Colombian singer Shakira arrives with her lawyer Pau Molins (L) at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia for her trial on tax fraud, in Barcelona on November 20, 2023. (Photo by Pau Barrena/ AFP)
Indonesia boosts defences with new fighter jets 18 May 2026 - 12:11 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (front) delivers a statement to journalists during a ceremony to hand over six new Rafale jet fighters, four Dassault Falcon 8X aircrafts and one Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta.. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Iran's World Cup football team leaves for Turkiye: media 18 May 2026 - 11:46 am
File photo: Iran head coach Amir Ghalenoei
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship steams towards Rotterdam at voyage end 18 May 2026 - 11:35 am
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