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Three Chinese astronauts blast off for Tiangong space station 24 Apr 2025 - 03:10 pm
A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Pakistan closes border, airspace as ‘reciprocal measures’ against India 24 Apr 2025 - 02:47 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office on April 24, 2025, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a high level security meeting in Islamabad. (Photo by Pakistan's Prime Minister Office / AFP)
Sri Lanka's poverty alarmingly high: World Bank 23 Apr 2025 - 11:51 pm
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India suspends water-sharing treaty, Pakistan promises tit-for-tat response 23 Apr 2025 - 11:21 pm
An Indian military helicopter is seen in flight as viewed from Baisaran, a day after tourist attack in Pahalgam, about 90 kms (55 miles) from Srinagar on April 23, 2025. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
China to launch Shenzhou-20 manned spaceship on Thursday 23 Apr 2025 - 10:41 pm
A poster of China's President Xi Jinping is seen beside a slogan referencing China's space ambitions at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on April 23, 2025, a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-20 mission. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
India vows swift response over Kashmir attack: Defence minister 23 Apr 2025 - 07:48 pm
Mourners light candles in Amritsar on April 23, 2025, as they pay tribute to tourists who were shot dead by terrorists in Kashmir's Pahalgam. (Photo by Narinder Nanu / AFP)
Indonesia's QRIS transactions surge nearly 170 pct 23 Apr 2025 - 07:39 pm
This aerial picture shows an under construction building among skyscrapers in Jakarta's business district on April 14, 2025. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Trump Jr. to visit S. Korea next week as trade war rumbles on 23 Apr 2025 - 06:08 pm
An elderly woman walks in the Dongmyo Flea Market in Seoul on April 15, 2025. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Philippines declares four days of national mourning for pope 23 Apr 2025 - 04:39 pm
This photo shows the Philippine national flag flying at half-mast at the city hall in Tacloban City, province of Leyte on April 22, 2025, a day after the death of Pope Francis. Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP
Thailand to test disaster alerts after quake criticism 23 Apr 2025 - 02:22 pm
Heavy construction equipment is used by rescue teams trying to find people trapped in the rubble at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025. (Photo by Manan Vatsyayana / AFP)
Veteran Chinese astronaut to lead fresh crew to space station 23 Apr 2025 - 01:00 pm
The Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, is seen encased in blue scaffolding on the launch pad a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-20 mission, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China on April 23, 2025. Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP
India hunts gunmen who massacred 26 in Kashmir tourist hotspot 23 Apr 2025 - 09:34 am
An Indian paramilitary serviceman keeps watch in Pahalgam, south of Srinagar on April 23, 2025, following an attack. (Photo by Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)
Pakistan's cement export surges in 1st 9 months of FY 25 22 Apr 2025 - 08:23 pm
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Cambodian capital takes measures to prevent, reduce air pollution 22 Apr 2025 - 08:20 pm
Top view of Phnom Penh. Representational file photo.
Indonesia considers exporting rice if domestic reserves sufficient 22 Apr 2025 - 06:58 pm
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Philippine typhoon victims remember day Pope Francis brought hope 22 Apr 2025 - 06:40 pm
Jenita Aguilar, a member of the family that Pope Francis visited in 2015, demonstrates the Popes blessing gesture during an interview with AFP at her home in Tacloban City, province of Leyte on April 22, 2025, a day after the Pope's death. (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP)
Vietnam urges stricter controls on origin of goods after tariff shock 22 Apr 2025 - 04:22 pm
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US VP Vance says 'progress' in India trade talks 22 Apr 2025 - 04:06 pm
US Vice President JD Vance addresses the gathering at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur on April 22, 2025. Photo by Kenny Holston / POOL / AFP

Europe

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File photo of France president, Emmanuel Macron France's Macron to meet Palestinian president Abbas
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the press flanked by his wife Carla Bruni and French lawyer Jean-Michel Darrois after the verdict in his trial at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
File: BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured during a visit by Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (both unseen) to the BBC World Service, in London, on April 28, 2022, for its 90th anniversary. (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP) BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary

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Representational file photo. World Bank, Tunisia sign $430-million deal to boost power sector
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