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Gunman kills police officer near Atlanta CDC headquarters 09 Aug 2025 - 10:12 am
Law enforcement arrive at a press conference regarding an active shooter incident on August 8, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP
New York declares total war on prolific rat population 09 Aug 2025 - 08:53 am
A rat is seen in a Harlem backstreet in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Over one million migrants have left US on own since January: Noem 09 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with a reporter on her plane while in the air en route from Quito, Ecuador to Joint Base Andrews on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)
US to clarify gold tariff 'misinformation' as futures hit record 08 Aug 2025 - 11:14 pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Trump moves to target drug cartels with US military: reports 08 Aug 2025 - 08:50 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to honor recipients of the Purple Heart in the East Room of the White House on August 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Mexico discounts risk of 'invasion' after Trump order to target cartels 08 Aug 2025 - 08:48 pm
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on July 31, 2025. (Photo by Alfredo ESTRELLA / AFP)
Pfizer, BioNTech reach Covid jab settlement with GSK, CureVac 08 Aug 2025 - 08:43 pm
This combination of 4 pictures created on August 08, 2025 shows (top L-R) a handout image released by Pfizer on January 2021 showing the logo of the US pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation Pfizer, a logo of biopharmaceutical company BioNTech pictured at their headquarters on September 18, 2020 in Mainz, western Germany, (bottom L-R) the logo of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline pictured in west London on July 29, 2013 and the logo of the biopharmaceutical company CureVac at company's headquarters in Tuebingen, southern Germany, pictured on December 15, 2020. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
Brazil protests to US embassy over pressure on Bolsonaro judge 08 Aug 2025 - 06:17 pm
(FILES) Security forces stand guard during a demonstration called by the National Student Union (UNE) against the US government trade taxes and sanctions on Brazil, in front of the US embassy in Brasilia on August 1, 2025. (Photo by SERGIO LIMA / AFP)
Thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads north of Los Angeles 08 Aug 2025 - 11:57 am
A firefighter battles flames from the Canyon Fire on August 7, 2025 in Castaic, California. Photo by Eric Thayer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US to rewrite its past national climate reports 08 Aug 2025 - 12:03 am
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Trump calls for Intel CEO to immediately resign 07 Aug 2025 - 08:45 pm
President Donald Trump shouts to reporters from the roof of the White House. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Foreign pharma giants announce major Mexico investments 07 Aug 2025 - 06:47 pm
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Soldier wounds five in US military base shooting 07 Aug 2025 - 02:05 pm
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Apple to hike investment in US to $600 bn over four years 07 Aug 2025 - 12:59 pm
A memento presented by Apple CEO Tim Cook is seen on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2025 before announcing that Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, taking its total pledge to $600 billion over the next four years. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Trump open to meeting Putin and Zelensky: White House 06 Aug 2025 - 11:44 pm
This combination of pictures created on August 06, 2025 shows (L-R) Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 20, 2025, US President Donald Trump at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland on July 29, 2025 and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Strasbourg, France, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump adds 25% tariff on India over Russian oil purchases 06 Aug 2025 - 07:50 pm
This combination of pictures created on August 06, 2025 shows (L-R) India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 21, 2025, US President Donald Trump on July 22, 2025 and Russia's President Vladimir Putin on August 5, 2025. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
US Coast Guard reveals key contributors to Titan submersible disaster 06 Aug 2025 - 06:00 am
This undated image courtesy of OceanGate Expeditions, shows their Titan submersible launching from a platform. (Photo by Handout / OceanGate Expeditions / AFP)
US stocks fall as markets monitor trade talks 05 Aug 2025 - 11:50 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)

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Commuters driving along a road in Riyadh. Photo for representational purposes only. Saudi Arabia’s GDP rises 3.9% in Q2 2025
The Saudi organisation's president Abdullah Al Rabeeah. Pic: X / KSrelief Saudi launches Damascus area reconstruction project
Palestinians fleeing south, ride vehicles with their belongings, on the coastal road near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP) GCC condemns Israeli calls to displace Palestinians from their land
Peninsula GCC calls for immediate measures to stop deepening of Israeli settlement activity, annexation of West Bank

Middle East

Brazilian activist Thiago Avila speaks to the crowd of pro-Palestinian activists that arrived to greet the Global Sumud Flottila at the port of the village of Sidi Bou Said on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Yassine Mahjoub / AFP) More than 1,000 welcome Gaza-bound aid boats in Tunisia
An injured man carries a toddler as others search for their belongings amid the rubble, in the al-Farabi school turned shelter for displaced Palestinians, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) Casualties mount in Gaza with 87 killed, 409 injured in 24 hours
First responders and onlookers gather in front of a bridge under construction, after a section of it collapsed, killing two people and injuring others, in Karbala in southern Iraq late on September 6, 2025. Photo by Salman AMIN / AFP Two killed after bridge collapses in Iraq: rescuers
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Asia

File: Sri Lanka's president and National People's Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake addresses his supporters during a rally for parliamentary elections in Colombo on November 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP) Sri Lanka rejects call for foreign war crimes probe
Demonstrators carry an injured victim (C) during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, held to condemn the government over social media prohibitions and corruption. (Photo by Prabin RANABHAT / AFP) At least 17 killed in Nepal protest over social media ban, corruption
File photo for representational purposes only. 11 new dengue cases reported in Pakistan's capital
AFP File photo. Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP International court postpones hearing on Duterte's drug crackdown

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