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New Zealand revives long-stalled free trade deal with India 17 Mar 2025 - 01:37 pm
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his New Zealand’s counterpart Christopher Luxon before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP.
What we know about N. Macedonia's fatal nightclub fire 17 Mar 2025 - 01:27 pm
Police officers establish a perimeter with caution tape around a nightclub where a deadly fire broke out a day prior, in Kocani on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)
China urges 'dialogue' after Houthis say attacked US carrier 17 Mar 2025 - 01:06 pm
File photo used for representational purposes. Mao Ning, Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry
Yemen's Huthis claim attacks on carrier group after US strikes 17 Mar 2025 - 12:41 pm
Yemenis in Sanaa watch a televised statement by the Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announcing the group launched an attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on March 16, 2025. Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP.
Stranded US astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday: NASA 17 Mar 2025 - 11:01 am
This screengrab made from a NASA livestream shows the SpaceX Dragon Crew-10 members (C, in dark blue) NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, clapping after entering the International Space Station flanked by NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov, Alexey Ochinin and Ivan Vagner, on March 16, 2025. (Photo by NASA / AFP)
Comic-loving German goalkeeper finds peace, and himself, in Japan 17 Mar 2025 - 09:14 am
Fagiano Okayama's goalkeeper Svend Brodersen looks on during the J-League football match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on March 8, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Sudanese army announces significant progress in central Khartoum, paramilitary forces deny 17 Mar 2025 - 01:12 am
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Yemen Houthis say attacked US carrier after air strikes 17 Mar 2025 - 12:53 am
Armed members of the Houthi movement. File Photo / REUTERS
Toll from US strikes on Yemen rises to 53: health ministry 17 Mar 2025 - 12:31 am
A man covers bodies of victims, including children, of a US airstrike in Yemen's northern Saada province, on March 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Houthis to target US cargo ships after strikes on Yemen: leader 16 Mar 2025 - 10:33 pm
Yemenis in Sanaa watch a televised statement by the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announcing the rebel group launched an attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
Iraq, Turkiye discuss boosting cooperation in oil, gas, energy fields 16 Mar 2025 - 09:01 pm
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Former "economic hitman" unveils how US hunts emerging markets 16 Mar 2025 - 08:28 pm
US President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 14, 2025. Trump is spending the weekend at his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Explainer: Facts about latest US attacks on Yemen's Houthis 16 Mar 2025 - 08:16 pm
This handout image released by US Central Command (CENTCOM) via X (formerly Twitter) on March 15, 2025 shows CENTCOM forces launching an operation against Huthi targets across Yemen. (Photo by US Central Command (CENTCOM) / AFP)
Russia maintains sanctions on US Secretary of State Rubio 16 Mar 2025 - 08:09 pm
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with reporters following the G7 foreign ministers meeting in La Malbaie, Quebec, on March 14, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
Oil spill in Ecuador river brings emergency declaration 16 Mar 2025 - 07:37 pm
Workers of Petroecuador work on the cleaning of an oil spill at the Viche River in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on March 15, 2025. Photo by Julio Galarza / AFP
Peruvian fisherman saved after three months stranded at sea 16 Mar 2025 - 07:26 pm
This handout picture released on March 15, 2025, by the Peruvian Navy shows Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa, 61, receiving medical attention upon his arrival in Paita, Piura department, Peru. Photo by Handout / PERUVIAN NAVY / AFP
China's Baidu releases new AI model to compete with DeepSeek 16 Mar 2025 - 07:08 pm
People walk past a Baidu logo outside the company headquarters in Beijing on February 2, 2024. Photo by Jade GAO / AFP
Trump, Putin to discuss Ukraine this week 16 Mar 2025 - 06:52 pm
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