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Japan rice prices double, raising pressure on PM 18 Jul 2025 - 12:10 pm
A rice mill shopowner (2nd R) tends to a customer in Tokyo on July 18, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Indian state blames cricket team for deadly stampede 18 Jul 2025 - 11:02 am
Fans gather to greet the players of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) after their victory in Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 final cricket match, outside M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP)
Austrian space diver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding accident at age of 56 17 Jul 2025 - 11:36 pm
Austrian sky diver and base jumper Felix Baumgartner poses for a photo during a conference in Kuwait City on December 11, 2013. Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP.
'Benign' vein issue behind Trump's swollen legs: White House 17 Jul 2025 - 11:33 pm
US President Donald Trump (L) looks at a photo as a man who lost his son to fentanyl speaks before the signing of the
Hundreds rally against government corruption in Liberia 17 Jul 2025 - 10:04 pm
Demonstrators march towards the Capitol building during a protest against the government in Monrovia on July 17, 2025. Photo by Matthew Jacobs / AFP.
Giant cloud of forest fire smoke smothers Madrid 17 Jul 2025 - 09:59 pm
A firefighting helicopter flies through smoke from a wildfire which started in the municipality of Mentrida near Toledo, as seen from Arroyomolinos, outside Madrid on July 17, 2025. Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP.
Zuckerberg settles lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal 17 Jul 2025 - 09:50 pm
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UK, Germany vow to tackle people smuggling gangs 17 Jul 2025 - 08:38 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses with Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 17, 2025, ahead of their talks. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Saudi Crown Prince reaffirms support for Syria, condemns Israeli attacks 17 Jul 2025 - 08:16 pm
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109 killed, 35 missing in monsoon rain in Indian state since June 20 17 Jul 2025 - 04:41 pm
A schoolboy covered in a plastic sheet clings to an elder driving a scooter amid rainfall in India on July 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Turkish Defense Ministry warns of consequences of Israeli strikes in Syria on Middle East peace 17 Jul 2025 - 04:35 pm
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Italy sorts vast piles of post for popular Pope Leo 17 Jul 2025 - 01:12 pm
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TikTok hit by fresh complaint over data access 17 Jul 2025 - 12:53 pm
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16-year-olds to get right to vote in UK elections 17 Jul 2025 - 12:51 pm
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54 people killed in 24-hours of heavy monsoon rain in Pakistan 17 Jul 2025 - 11:13 am
A man wades through a flooded street during heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP
Air India probe of Boeing 787 fuel control switches finds no issues 17 Jul 2025 - 10:39 am
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VIDEO: Iraq shopping mall fire kills at least 60 17 Jul 2025 - 08:53 am
A close up shot shows on July 17, 2025 the damaged facade after a fire tore through the newly opened Hyper Mall overnight in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut, killing at least 60 people, according to Iraqi authorities. Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Israeli occupation's strikes on Damascus kill 3, injure 34 16 Jul 2025 - 10:56 pm
Rubble lies inside the heavily damaged Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters compled in Damascus, following Israeli strikes on July 16, 2025. (Photo by Bakr ALkasem / AFP)