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International dive group joins Maldives search for missing Italians 17 May 2026 - 02:17 pm
A man sits under a tree as it rains at Artificial Beach in Malé on May 15, 2026. Photo by MOHAMED AFRAH / AFP
Italian PM meets victims of Modena car incident 17 May 2026 - 02:07 pm
Police work at the scene after a driver injured seven people, two of them badly, when he drove on a sidewalk in Modena on May 16, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
Iran chief negotiator Ghalibaf appointed to oversee ties with China: media 17 May 2026 - 01:47 pm
(Files) In this handout picture provided by Ithe Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA), Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf chairs a session in Tehran on February 1, 2026. (Photo by ICANA NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Drone strike causes fire outside Abu Dhabi nuclear power plant, no injuries reported 17 May 2026 - 01:44 pm
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GCC achieves 100% coverage of basic vaccines during 2024 17 May 2026 - 01:25 pm
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North Korean women footballers land in South ahead of rare match 17 May 2026 - 01:09 pm
North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC players arrive at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on May 17, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
UK police detail arrests after far-right rally, counter demo 17 May 2026 - 12:25 pm
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Mass Ukraine drone barrage kills 4 in Russia: Moscow 17 May 2026 - 11:41 am
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram channel of Moscow Region Governor Andrey Vorobyov on May 17, 2026 shows a burning building following an air attack at an undisclosed location in the Moscow region, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (Photo by Handout / Telegram / @vorobiev_live / AFP)
Nepali duo break own records on Everest 17 May 2026 - 11:16 am
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Qantas flight diverted after man bites flight attendant 17 May 2026 - 08:07 am
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India scrambles to steady rupee as oil shock bites 17 May 2026 - 07:59 am
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WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo 17 May 2026 - 07:26 am
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Royal Oman Police reports four deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning 16 May 2026 - 07:39 pm
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UK's ex-health minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Keir Starmer 16 May 2026 - 06:54 pm
Britain's Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves Number 10 Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting in central London on May 12, 2026. Photo by BROOK MITCHELL / AFP
Uganda Reports Death of Man from DRC Due to Ebola, Affirms Situation Under Control 16 May 2026 - 06:45 pm
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Iraq announces decline in oil Production to 1.4 million barrels per day 16 May 2026 - 06:24 pm
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Car crashes into pool at sports center, swimmers rescue driver 16 May 2026 - 06:22 pm
A surveillance camera screenshot shows a car plunging into a swimming pool at a sports center in South Gyeongsang Province on Saturday. Photo credit: Gyeongnam Provincial Police via The Korea Herald
Samsung Electronics Chairman apologizes amid growing strike threat 16 May 2026 - 06:18 pm
People walk past the Samsung logo displayed on a glass door at the company's Seocho building in Seoul on April 30, 2025. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP