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Iran, US to hold second round of high-stakes nuclear talks in Rome 19 Apr 2025 - 10:04 am
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister following their talks in Moscow on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Tatyana MAKEYEVA / POOL / AFP)
Pakistan foreign minister arrives in Kabul as Afghan deportations rise 19 Apr 2025 - 10:03 am
Photo used for representational purposes. A policeman escorts a van carrying Afghan refugees from a camp in Panjpai area on the outskirts of Quetta on April 16, 2025. Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP.
Gunman fires at Sri Lanka church ahead of Easter bombings anniversary 19 Apr 2025 - 09:51 am
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Trump goes to war with the Fed 19 Apr 2025 - 09:17 am
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Gunmen disguised as soldiers kill 12 people at Ecuador cockfight 19 Apr 2025 - 08:48 am
This handout picture released by the Ecuadorian Police shows members of the police checking the Coliseo de Gallos Fortaleza in the rural community of La Valencia in El Carmen Canton, Manabi Province, Ecuador, on April 18, 2025, where an armed attack took place the night before. (Photo by Handout / Ecuadorian Police / AFP)
White House site blames China for Covid-19 'lab leak' 18 Apr 2025 - 11:12 pm
People walk down a street next to a local market in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, on January 23, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
UNRWA says current blockade on Gaza the most severe since aggression began 18 Apr 2025 - 11:08 pm
A man looks through the rubble to inspect a destroyed building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 18, 2025.  (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Vance meets Italy's Meloni before Easter at the Vatican 18 Apr 2025 - 09:54 pm
Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes U.S. Vice President JD Vance at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Kenny HOLSTON / POOL / AFP)
Why is Mark Zuckerberg jealous of Instagram? 18 Apr 2025 - 09:49 pm
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill on January 20, 2025, after Donald Trump's presidential inauguration. (Photo by Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post)
80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen: Houthi media 18 Apr 2025 - 09:12 pm
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, speaks during a protest to denounce US airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
US tariffs could cost Germany 290 bln euros report 18 Apr 2025 - 08:52 pm
US President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the West Wing Wing entrance to the White House in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Ukraine troop losses top 10,000 last week, says Russian Defense Ministry 18 Apr 2025 - 08:35 pm
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Xi's Southeast Asia tour promotes good-neighborliness, mutually beneficial cooperation: Chinese FM 18 Apr 2025 - 08:25 pm
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)
Drone strikes in southern Lebanon violate ceasefire agreement 18 Apr 2025 - 08:15 pm
Smoke rises from the site of a reported Israeli strike in Ghazieh, near Sidon, Lebanon, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP)
Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 08:11 pm
Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett speaks to reporters outside of the West Wing of the White House following a TV interview in Washington, DC, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
At least 45 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza civil defense 18 Apr 2025 - 08:02 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of their relatives, killed in an Israeli strike, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia on April 17, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
India's forex reserves rise to 677.8 bln USD 18 Apr 2025 - 06:57 pm
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Trump admin studying option to fire Fed chair Powell: White House 18 Apr 2025 - 06:32 pm
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago on April 16, 2025. Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP.