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Saudi Stock index closes higher 22 Dec 2025 - 06:30 pm
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UN says drought affects 4.6 mln people in Somalia 22 Dec 2025 - 06:11 pm
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Sri Lanka plans housing complexes for cyclone-hit families 22 Dec 2025 - 06:05 pm
People ride on a boat belonging to Sri Lanka's army at a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Wellampitiya on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
Thailand announces Cambodia's approval to hold new truce talks on border escalation 22 Dec 2025 - 04:51 pm
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Death toll from Israeli offensive on Gaza rises to 70,937 22 Dec 2025 - 03:50 pm
Women grieve during the funeral of Ahmad Zyoud in the village of Silat al-Harithiya, close to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on December 21, 2025. Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP
Air India's Mumbai flight returns to Delhi following engine shutdown 22 Dec 2025 - 03:32 pm
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China to impose duties of up to 42.7% on EU dairy 22 Dec 2025 - 03:12 pm
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Trump appoints Louisiana governor as US special envoy to Greenland 22 Dec 2025 - 02:54 pm
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Japan vote moves world's biggest nuclear plant closer to restart 22 Dec 2025 - 02:28 pm
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Japan's flagship H3 rocket fails to launch satellite 22 Dec 2025 - 02:26 pm
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Timeline: How the Bondi Beach mass shooting unfolded 22 Dec 2025 - 12:19 pm
The Sydney Opera House is illuminated with candlelights in Sydney on December 21, 2025, as part of a national day of reflection honouring the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. (Photo by George Chan / AFP)
Moscow car blast kills Russian general: investigators 22 Dec 2025 - 11:59 am
In this handout photo released by the Russian Investigative Committee on December 22, 2025, an investigator works at the car bomb site in southern Moscow. (Photo by Handout / Russian Investigative Committee / AFP)
New Zealand says agreed free trade deal with India 22 Dec 2025 - 11:06 am
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Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses bid for house arrest 22 Dec 2025 - 10:05 am
Former prime minister of Malaysia Najib Razak (L) arrives for a court hearing where he seeks to land a ruling allowing him to serve the rest of his six-year sentence under house arrest instead of in the Kajang Prison, at the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur on December 22, 2025. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP)
Canada population drops 0.2% in third quarter 22 Dec 2025 - 09:50 am
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Nearly 1,500 children await medical evacuation, 42 percent of pregnant women suffer from anemia in Gaza 21 Dec 2025 - 11:36 pm
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Somalia beefs up security ahead of first local elections in decades 21 Dec 2025 - 11:20 pm
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Iranians celebrate Yalda festival as economic woes bite 21 Dec 2025 - 11:00 pm
Iranians celebrate with Yalda decoration in northern Tehran on December 20, 2025, in preparation for the annual festival of Yalda. (Photo by -STR / AFP)