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Weather may delay launch of mission to study deflected asteroid 07 Oct 2024 - 12:41 pm
Workers take a break inside the Vehicle Assembly Building next to the Artemis II core stage of NASA's Space Launch System at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 28, 2024. Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP.
Nintendo shares rise on Saudi fund report 07 Oct 2024 - 12:11 pm
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UN warns world's water cycle becoming more unpredictable 07 Oct 2024 - 11:48 am
A long-billed curlew, North America's largest shorebird and sandpiper, wades in shallow water at the Great Salt Lake on September 11, 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
Philippines, South Korea agree to deepen maritime cooperation 07 Oct 2024 - 11:45 am
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos (R) meets with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on October 7, 2024. Photo by Ezra Acayan / POOL / AFP.
October 7 attack took Israel back to 'square zero': Hamas official 07 Oct 2024 - 11:21 am
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag as people march to mark one year of the war on Gaza, in Washington, DC on October 5, 2024. Photo by Ting Shen / AFP.
Kazakhs approve plan for first nuclear power plant 07 Oct 2024 - 10:09 am
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In Photos: Sweltering heat kills five at crowded India airshow 07 Oct 2024 - 09:57 am
Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) perform an airshow during celebrations ahead of the Indian Air Force day at Marina beach in Chennai on October 6, 2024. All pictures by R.Satish Babu / AFP
Hamas armed wing claims to fire rockets at southern Israel 07 Oct 2024 - 09:47 am
Peninsula
Japan govt admits doctoring 'untidy' cabinet photo 07 Oct 2024 - 08:14 am
This picture taken on October 1, 2024 shows Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front C) posing during a photo session with the members of his cabinet at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
UN refugee agency says civilians trapped by Lebanon fighting 06 Oct 2024 - 08:13 pm
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi gives a press conference in Beirut on October 6, 2024. Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP.
Floods cause $1.19 billion damage to Bangladesh's eastern region in August 06 Oct 2024 - 08:11 pm
People carrying relief materials wade through flood waters in Feni, in south-eastern Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP.)
Survivors grapple with aid cuts a year after massive Afghan earthquake 06 Oct 2024 - 08:06 pm
An Afghan vendor selling clothes waits for customers along a street on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif on October 6, 2024. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides 06 Oct 2024 - 07:07 pm
Rescuers search for survivors near Neretva river canyon, following heavy rains in the village of Donja Jablanica, about 50 kilometres south-west of Sarajevo on October 5, 2024. Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP
Flights at some Iran airports suspended until Monday 06 Oct 2024 - 06:58 pm
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Lebanon's children shelter in schools amid war 06 Oct 2024 - 06:46 pm
Noor Khawaja, 36, helps her seven-year-old daughter Jude study at their apartment in Beirut on October 5, 2024. Photo by AFP
Rescuers say 17 dead in Gaza as Israel troops encircle Jabaliya 06 Oct 2024 - 06:15 pm
Palestinians use their telephone torches to search for the victims of an Israeli strike that targeted a mosque-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, during the night of October 6, 2024. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP.
Rwanda to start Marburg vaccinations 06 Oct 2024 - 05:43 pm
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Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand 06 Oct 2024 - 05:33 pm
A resident transports his dog on a board as he wades through flood waters in Chiang Mai, on October 6, 2024. Photo by AFP.