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At least 33 dead in DR Congo boat fire 19 Apr 2025 - 09:11 pm
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Oman confirms progress in Iran-US nuclear talks, next round to be held in Muscat 19 Apr 2025 - 08:56 pm
Vehicles of the US delegation leave the Omani embassy in Rome after a second round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States on April 19, 2025. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
Norovirus outbreak sickens 140 at hotel in Japan's Hokkaido 19 Apr 2025 - 06:46 pm
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Over 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad 19 Apr 2025 - 06:10 pm
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Putin announces 'Easter truce' in Ukraine conflict: TV 19 Apr 2025 - 06:02 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, President Vladimir Putin meets with Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces in Moscow on April 19, 2025. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP)
Maldives eyes medical tourism to expand economic footprint 19 Apr 2025 - 04:53 pm
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Sri Lanka seizes record-breaking narcotics so far in April 19 Apr 2025 - 04:42 pm
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Half of Brazilians see Trump tariffs detrimental: poll 19 Apr 2025 - 04:32 pm
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About 200 people flee Myanmar to Thailand, Thai officials say 19 Apr 2025 - 04:27 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2024 shows destroyed and damaged buildings in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State, following fighting between Myanmar's military and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in the region. (Photo by AFP)
More than 100 inmates make deadly prison break in Chad 19 Apr 2025 - 03:47 pm
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Pakistan police arrest 160 people over spate of KFC attacks 19 Apr 2025 - 03:38 pm
Supporters of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), a student wing of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) party stage a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Money, power, violence in high-stakes Philippine elections 19 Apr 2025 - 03:16 pm
(Files) This file photo taken on November 23, 2016 shows Kerwin Espinosa taking an oath during the Senate drug hearing at the Senate building in Manila. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food 19 Apr 2025 - 01:42 pm
A boy salvages flour in the aftermath of a reported Israeli strike on a tent shelter in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Japanese warships dock at Cambodia's Chinese-renovated naval base 19 Apr 2025 - 12:54 pm
This handout photo taken and released on April 19, 2025 by the Embassy of Japan in Cambodia shows Royal Cambodian Navy personnel (foreground) securing the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) mine countermeasures vessel JS Bungo during docking at the Ream Naval Base. (Photo by Handout / Embassy of Japan in Cambodia / AFP)
Syria leader hosts Republican US congressman in Damascus 19 Apr 2025 - 12:21 pm
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Dodgers star Ohtani skips trip to Texas to await birth of first child 19 Apr 2025 - 11:51 am
(FILES) Shohei Ohtani (L) and Mamiko Tanaka arrive at the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's 2024 Blue Diamond Gala at Dodger Stadium on May 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty Images North America / AFP)
Ecuador on 'maximum alert' over alleged assassination plot 19 Apr 2025 - 11:27 am
Photo used for representational purposes. Ecuador's reelected President Daniel Noboa (R) and his wife, Lavinia Valbonesi, gesture from a balcony of the Carondelet Presidential Palace during the changing of the guard ceremony in Quito on April 15, 2025. Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP.
US to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria 19 Apr 2025 - 10:49 am
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