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Pakistan gets draft approval for $1.1 billion IMF payout 20 Mar 2024 - 05:48 pm
File: People buy vegetable at a market in Islamabad on February 3, 2023. - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said February 3 the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are
Afghan schools restart, with girls barred for third year running 20 Mar 2024 - 04:06 pm
Afghan primary school girls arrive for their first class following the start of the new academic year, at a school in Fayzabad district, Badakhshan province on March 20, 2024. Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on March 20, the education ministry said, with girls banned from joining secondary-level classes for the third year in a row. Photo Credit: OMER ABRAR / AFP.
Vietnamese president resigns amid major graft purge 20 Mar 2024 - 03:33 pm
Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong arrives for the leaders and spouses dinner during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' Week at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. Photo Credit: JOSH EDELSON / AFP.
Eight dead after S. Korean tanker capsizes off Japan 20 Mar 2024 - 01:30 pm
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Seoul allocates new medical school slots despite doctors' strike 20 Mar 2024 - 01:03 pm
Medical workers walk outside a hospital in Seoul on March 19, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Blast in southwest Pakistan coalmine killed 12 miners, 8 miners rescued in operation 20 Mar 2024 - 11:14 am
This handout photograph taken on March 20, 2024 and released by pakistan Mines and Minerals Development Department Balochistan shows miners gathered outside a collapsed mine as rescue personnel conduct a search operation for trapped workers in the mining region of Khost at Harnai district, Balochistan province. (Photo by MINES AND MINERALS DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BALOCHISTAN / AFP)
No explosives found at Seoul stadium after bomb threat against Ohtani 20 Mar 2024 - 10:48 am
Fans of Los Angeles Dodgers player Shohei Ohtani pose for photos in front of the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 20, 2024, ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Pakistan to launch fresh Afghan deportations 19 Mar 2024 - 07:25 pm
Afghan refugees arrive in trucks from Pakistan at the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on October 30, 2023. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Blinken says US stands by 'ironclad' commitments to defend Philippines 19 Mar 2024 - 05:15 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) attends a meeting with Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (right) at Malacanang Palace in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
Hong Kong legislature passes new national security law 19 Mar 2024 - 03:58 pm
Chief Executive John Lee speaks to the media in the Legislative Council building after the passing of the Article 23 National Security Law in Hong Kong on March 19, 2024. Photo Credit: Peter PARKS / AFP.
Bank of Japan hikes rates for first time since 2007 19 Mar 2024 - 01:21 pm
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference after a two-day monetary policy meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 19, 2024. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP
Bank of Japan expected to end negative rates 19 Mar 2024 - 12:07 am
A general view shows Japan's highest mountain, Mt. Fuji (3,776m or 12,388 feet) and skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area at sunset on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
South Korea, US reaffirm commitment to complete North Korea's denuclearization 18 Mar 2024 - 06:03 pm
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EU and Philippines relaunch free trade talks 18 Mar 2024 - 04:44 pm
File: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Ohtani fever hits South Korea as Dodgers light up Seoul 18 Mar 2024 - 03:18 pm
People walk past an advertisement with a picture of Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
China retail sales show shaky economic recovery 18 Mar 2024 - 12:16 pm
A man and woman perform martial arts exercises at a shopping mall in Beijing on March 17, 2024. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Malaysia considers hosting 'downsized' Commonwealth Games 18 Mar 2024 - 10:35 am
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21 dead in Afghanistan after bus collides with tanker 17 Mar 2024 - 05:38 pm
This handout photograph released by Afghanistan's Helmand Information Department on March 17, 2024 shows security personnel and volunteers standing near the wreckage of burned passenger bus and oil tanker after they and a motorbike collided on the Herat-Kandahar highway in Grishk district of Helmand province. (Photo by Afghanistan's Helmand Information Department / AFP)

Europe

Smoke rises above a warehouse in Saint Petersburg on July 24, 2026, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (Photo by AFP) Wildberries: Russia's Amazon that became a target for Kyiv
Firefighters spray water with a hose from the roof of a house during a wildfire near Lege Cap Ferret, southwestern France on July 23, 2026. (Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP) Firefighters race to stop wildfires merging near Madrid
File photo of Hungarian ex-leader Viktor Orban Hungary orders probe into Orban-linked zebras
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Africa

File photo UK cancels military training in Kenya over permit dispute
A wildfire rages in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hachimia, Bouira Province, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
File photo Ebola death toll in Africa outbreak surpasses 1,000
This photo shows a view of a power station in Mateur on July 21, 2026. Tunisia has been experiencing a heatwave for a week, with temperatures exceeding 48 degrees celsius as people endure the ordeal of daily water and electricity cuts. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) Extreme heatwave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration

Americas

A Jack Sparrow pirate cosplayer poses outside the Convention Center during Comic Con International in San Diego on July 23, 2026. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP) Comic-Con kicks off with Marvel's return
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP US imposes new tariffs on 60 partners as Trump rebuilds trade agenda
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on the Ratepayer Protection Pledge during a roundtable at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on July 23, 2026 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US President warns Iran of 'major military punishment' if Houthi attacks continue
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