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Turkish cities face water shortages amid record heat, drought 15 Aug 2025 - 07:57 pm
Plumes of black smoke rise from the forest around Manavgat, 75 km (45 miles) east of the resort city of Antalya, Turkey, July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kaan Soyturk
Ramaphosa urges dialogue, unity to fix 'broken' South Africa 15 Aug 2025 - 07:48 pm
File photo of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Pakistani central bank's reserves rise by 11 mln USD 15 Aug 2025 - 07:26 pm
A stockbroker walks past share prices on a financial market board during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP)
Trump says he won't "negotiate for Ukraine" ahead of Alaska summit with Putin 15 Aug 2025 - 05:53 pm
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on August 15, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. President Trump is traveling to Anchorage, Alaska, for peace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Egypt FM, EU official discuss Gaza developments 15 Aug 2025 - 05:03 pm
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40 thousand Palestinians carry out Friday prayers in Al Aqsa Mosque 15 Aug 2025 - 04:43 pm
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Indonesian president vows to tackle corruption, protect forests 15 Aug 2025 - 04:11 pm
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country's Independence Day in Jakarta on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana / POOL / AFP)
Italian authorities try to identify Lampedusa capsize victims 15 Aug 2025 - 03:57 pm
This handout video grab taken and released by the Italian Guardia Costiera on August 14, 2025, shows migrants being rescued at sea by the Guardia Costiera after their boat sank at sea off the island of Lampedusa. (Photo by GUARDIA COSTIERA / AFP)
Japan's emperor expresses 'deep remorse' 80 years after WWII 15 Aug 2025 - 03:29 pm
Japan's Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako bow as they attend a memorial service marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
Spain on heat alert and 'very high to extreme' fire risk 15 Aug 2025 - 02:59 pm
View of the burnt area after a wildfire in the village of Santa Baia de Montes, in the province of Ourense, northwestern Spain, on August 14, 2025. Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP
Heavy rain kills at least 50 in Pakistan 15 Aug 2025 - 01:48 pm
People gathered at the site of a flashflood in Salarzai Tehsil of Pakistan's Bajaur district on August 15, 2025. Photo by AFP
OIC slams Israeli occupation's approval of 3,400 West Bank settlement units 14 Aug 2025 - 11:50 pm
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Sudan's Al Burhan says no reconciliation with rebellion 14 Aug 2025 - 11:28 pm
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Over 411,000 Syrians voluntarily returned home since December: Turkiye 14 Aug 2025 - 10:26 pm
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India and China eye resumption of border trade 14 Aug 2025 - 08:13 pm
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Explosions kill four near Idlib, Syria 14 Aug 2025 - 07:59 pm
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Flood kills 37 in Indian Kashmir mountain village 14 Aug 2025 - 05:57 pm
A train crosses over a flooded railway bridge during heavy rainfall in Jalandhar on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP)
At least 40 dead in Sudan's worst cholera outbreak in years: MSF 14 Aug 2025 - 05:22 pm
Cholera infected patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur, on August 14, 2025. At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on August 14. (Photo by AFP)