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Reuters says team member missing in Russian strike on east Ukraine hotel 25 Aug 2024 - 07:16 pm
Ukrainian emergency services carry out a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel after a strike in the town of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Telegram chief Pavel Durov to appear in court after French arrest 25 Aug 2024 - 05:46 pm
This picture taken on March 23, 2022 shows the mobile messaging and call service Telegram logo and US instant messaging software Whatsapp logo on a smartphone screen in Moscow. Photo by AFP.
French authorities arrest Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at a Paris airport, French media report 25 Aug 2024 - 05:36 pm
Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Photo by Steve JENNINGS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP.
German police say a man has turned himself in over Solingen knife attack that killed 3 25 Aug 2024 - 05:09 pm
Members of a special police unit escort a man suspected to be responsible for the Solingen knife attack from a helicopter to the office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, on August 25, 2024.
2 separate bus crashes in Pakistan leave at least 36 people dead, officials say 25 Aug 2024 - 04:56 pm
Rescue personnel inspect the site of a bus accident that killed 23 people after it plunged into a ravine at Soon village near Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP.
Egypt's Sisi warns against Lebanon escalation in top US general meeting 25 Aug 2024 - 04:12 pm
This handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) meeting with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown (4L) and US Ambassador to Cairo Herro Mustafa Garg (3L) in Cairo on August 25, 2024. Al-Sisi warned against further regional escalation on August 25 in a meeting with the United States' highest-ranking general, as cross-border hostilities between Israel and Lebanon intensified. (Photo by Egyptian Presidency / AFP)
China says it rescued 'personnel' after Philippines collision 25 Aug 2024 - 02:37 pm
This frame grab from handout video footage taken and released on August 25, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows a Chinese coast Guard ship (R) in a collision with the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday, near Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Bangladesh metro back on track after protest closure 25 Aug 2024 - 02:30 pm
Passengers arrive at a metro train station in Dhaka on August 25, 2024. Photo by Rahman ASAD / AFP
Flash flood on Indonesia's eastern Ternate Island sweeps away buildings, leaves 13 dead 25 Aug 2024 - 01:50 pm
This aerial view shows rescue teams and residents searching for victims buried in mud after a flashflood hit the village of Rua located at the foot of Mount Gamalama, in Ternate, North Maluku on August 25, 2024. (Photo by AZZAM RISQULLAH / AFP)
IOF murders five civilians in Israel's genocide on Gaza 25 Aug 2024 - 12:31 pm
An elderly man holds a child by the hand as he walks past a building levelled by Israeli bombardment in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on August 25, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Thirteen dead after migrant boat sinks off Yemen: UN agency 25 Aug 2024 - 12:03 pm
Peninsula
44 dead in two Pakistan bus accidents: rescue officials 25 Aug 2024 - 11:48 am
People move the body of a bus accident victim from a hospial in Kahuta, Punjab province on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters 25 Aug 2024 - 11:23 am
A man looks out from the porch of a bank partially submerged in floodwaters at Feni on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Wildfires in Brazil leave at least 2 dead in Sao Paulo 25 Aug 2024 - 12:04 am
Aerial image of an area of Amazon rainforest affected by illegal fire on the banks of the BR-319 road between Porto Velho, Rondonia State and Manaus, Amazonas State, northern Brazil, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)
Ghana's main opposition party pledges to revive economy 24 Aug 2024 - 10:44 pm
Former Ghana president and presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama gestures while addressing delegates during the prty's manifesto's launch ahead of the 2024 Presidential Elections in Winneba, Ghana, on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Suspect charged with murder and animal cruelty in fatal carjacking of 80-year-old dog walker 24 Aug 2024 - 08:45 pm
Peninsula
Dr. Fauci hospitalized with West Nile, now recovering at home: spokesperson 24 Aug 2024 - 08:29 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci. File photo.
Thunberg joins protest at Norway gas plant 24 Aug 2024 - 07:55 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and activists of the Extinction Rebellion (XR) group campaign against Equinor's processing plant for gas and light oil in Tysvوr near Karsto, Norway, on August 24, 2024. (Photo by Jan Kaare Ness / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT