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Russia announces capture of three cities in East Ukraine 21 Aug 2025 - 12:09 am
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service on August 20, 2025, shows a Ukrainian emergency worker in action following an air attack, in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian Emergency Service / AFP)
Brazil records 65% drop in Amazon area burned by fire 20 Aug 2025 - 11:03 pm
Aerial view of an illegal fire in the Amazon rainforest on the banks of the BR-230 (Transamazon Highway), near the city of Labrea, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, taken on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Michael Dantas / AFP)
Trump raises pressure on central bank, calls for Fed governor to resign 20 Aug 2025 - 09:13 pm
File: US President-elect Donald Trump / Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
India test-fires ballistic missile ahead of US tariff hike 20 Aug 2025 - 09:04 pm
This handout photograph taken on August 19, 2025 and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Beijing's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) / AFP)
Hospital bed occupancy rate reaches 300%, Israel pursues health genocide: Gaza Health Ministry Director-General 20 Aug 2025 - 08:41 pm
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her 18-month-old sick son who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Arab-Japanese Youth Forum held at Arab League 20 Aug 2025 - 08:00 pm
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78 Killed in bus-truck collision in western Afghanistan 20 Aug 2025 - 07:15 pm
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Iran says timing not right to resume nuclear talks with the US 20 Aug 2025 - 05:32 pm
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Winds complicate wildfire battle in Spain 20 Aug 2025 - 04:17 pm
A general view of San Vicente de Leira, in the Spanish northwestern province of Ourense is seen after a wildfire on August 19, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Riopa / AFP)
India proposes law to sack ministers facing criminal charges 20 Aug 2025 - 04:03 pm
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Record number of mosquito-borne disease outbreaks in Europe: health agency 20 Aug 2025 - 02:51 pm
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Robots deployed for Fukushima radioactive debris removal 20 Aug 2025 - 02:43 pm
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Seoul blocks elderly ex-North Korean spy from going North: civic group 20 Aug 2025 - 02:29 pm
Ahn Hak-sop (C), a former North Korean soldier, holds a North Korean flag near a military checkpoint on the Tongil bridge in the border city of Paju on August 20, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Historic Swedish church inches closer to new home 20 Aug 2025 - 01:47 pm
The wooden Kiruna Church is transferred to its new location, in Kiruna, Sweden on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
To get people reading, Denmark to end book tax 20 Aug 2025 - 12:46 pm
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More than 20 dead in fresh Pakistan monsoon rains 20 Aug 2025 - 11:33 am
Labourers work at a flooded construction site after heavy monsson rains in Karachi on August 20, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Fireball lights up Japanese skies 20 Aug 2025 - 11:15 am
Screenshot of a video shared on social media.
Air Canada to resume flights after making deal to end cabin crew strike 20 Aug 2025 - 12:24 am
Passengers queue to check in as Air Canada flights are slated to resume as early as this evening at Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, on August 19, 2025.  (Photo by Andrej Ivanov / AFP)