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Heathrow 'warned about power supply' days before shutdown 02 Apr 2025 - 02:26 pm
An aerial photograph taken on March 21, 2025 shows planes parked on the tarmac of Heathrow Airport following its closure after a fire broke out at a substation supplying power of the airport, in Hayes, west London. Photo by AFP
WHO facing $2.5-bn gap even after slashing budget: report 02 Apr 2025 - 02:02 pm
(Files) The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on October 24, 2017 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Norway unblocks $29 mn for NGOs hit by US aid freeze 02 Apr 2025 - 01:36 pm
Peninsula
'Give me a break': Trump tariffs threaten Japan auto sector 02 Apr 2025 - 01:20 pm
New vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama on April 2, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Like 'living in hell': Quake-hit Mandalay monastery clears away rubble 02 Apr 2025 - 12:45 pm
A monk walks past vehicles on the edge of a large crack in the ground along Myo Patt Road linking Mandalay and Sagaing Township on the outskirts of Mandalay on April 2, 2025, five days after a major earthquake struck central Myanmar. Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
AI coming for anime but Ghibli's Miyazaki irreplaceable, son says 02 Apr 2025 - 12:14 pm
This photo taken on March 24, 2025 shows Japanese animation director Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki, speaking during an interview with AFP at Studio Ghibli in Tokyo.
Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP.
Tesla sales tumble in Europe in the first quarter 02 Apr 2025 - 12:10 am
The Tesla logo is pictured on a car outside the US carmaker Tesla's German factory near Berlin, on November 20, 2024 in Gruenheide, eastern Germany. (Photo by Odd Andersen / AFP)
US approves $5.58 billion fighter-jet sale to Philippines 01 Apr 2025 - 11:59 pm
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gestures during a joint press conference with Philippines' Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro after their meeting at Camp Aguinaldo in Manila on March 28, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Video: Trump eyes visit to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE next month 01 Apr 2025 - 09:01 pm
US President Donald Trump at the White House on March 25, 2025. (Photo by John McDonnell for The Washington Post)
Greenland votes again in local polls amid Trump threats 01 Apr 2025 - 07:54 pm
People stand in front of Godthaabshallen, where voting takes place in connection with the elections for the Greenlandic municipal councils, village councils, and parish representations in Nuuk, Greenland, on April 1, 2025. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
Death Toll of Journalists in Gaza Rises to 209 Since Start of Israeli Assault 01 Apr 2025 - 05:01 pm
Peninsula
GCC welcomes Khujand Declaration on border cooperation between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan 01 Apr 2025 - 04:07 pm
Peninsula
'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country 01 Apr 2025 - 04:03 pm
This handout photo taken on March 29, 2025 and released by The Queensland Fire Department shows homes under floodwaters in the town of Windorah in central-west Queensland. Photo by Handout / QUEENSLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT / AFP
Rights monitor calls for sanctions on Israeli occupation over Gaza crimes 01 Apr 2025 - 03:39 pm
A boy sits in the back of a tricycle cart with sacks of flour provided by the Turkish disaster relief agency AFAD, received from a supply centre affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) in al-Tifah neighbourhood of Gaza City on April 1, 2025. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP
Georgia passes US-style 'foreign agents' bill 01 Apr 2025 - 03:29 pm
Georgian pro-Europe demonstrators stage an anti-government rally outside the parliament building in Tbilisi on March 31, 2025. Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP.
Woman saved in Myanmar capital after trapped by quake for 91 hours 01 Apr 2025 - 03:03 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. People react while waiting for news of missing loved ones at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on April 1, 2025, four days after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP.
Death toll in Gaza rises to 50,399, with 114,583 injured 01 Apr 2025 - 02:53 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Women gather in mourning outside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2025 as the bodies of Palestinian first responders who were killed a week before in Israeli military fire on ambulances arrive at the facility. Photo by AFP.
Chinese developer under scrutiny over Bangkok tower quake collapse 01 Apr 2025 - 02:41 pm
This general view shows cranes used to lift rescue workers at the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on April 1, 2025. Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP