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Europe’s budget airlines to introduce option of ultra cheap standing seats starting 2026 25 May 2025 - 12:49 pm
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Trump defends block on foreign students at Harvard 25 May 2025 - 12:36 pm
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Container ship sinks off India's south coast with hazardous cargo 25 May 2025 - 11:20 am
This photograph taken and released on May 25, 2025 by the Indian Defence Public Relations Office (PRO) of Mumbai, shows Liberian-flagged ship's containers after it capsized off India's southern coast of Kerala. (Photo by Indian Defence Public Relations Office (PRO) of Mumbai / AFP)
In India's congested cities, delivery apps cash in 25 May 2025 - 11:00 am
A rider leaves with customers' orders for delivery after collecting from a BigBasket dark store, in Mumbai. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Chinese 12-year-old Yu Zidi set for world stage after stunning swims 25 May 2025 - 10:15 am
China's Yu Zidi reacts after finishing the women's 200 meters freestyle semifinal at the 2025 National Swimming Championships in Shenzhen on May 19, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Rescuers say 9 children of Gaza doctor couple killed in Israeli strike 25 May 2025 - 12:29 am
Graphic content / Palestinian stand over the shrouded bodies of people killed during an Israeli drone strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on May 23, 2025 (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Libya shuts down pipeline after oil leak near NW city Zawiya 25 May 2025 - 12:17 am
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One dead, 50,000 stranded in eastern Australia floods 24 May 2025 - 11:40 pm
This handout photo taken and released on May 21, 2025 by the New South Wales State Emergency Service (NSWSES) shows SES officials on patrol in flood-affected areas in and around Taree. (Photo by Handout / New South Wales State Emergency Service / AFP)
Int'l agricultural fair opens in West Africa with China as guest of honor 24 May 2025 - 11:23 pm
Representational photo. A farmer displays macadamia nuts at an orchard in Murang'a County, Kenya, on April 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)
Russia, Ukraine conducts significant prisoner swap 24 May 2025 - 11:00 pm
In this video grab taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on May 24, 2025, a Russian prisoner of war (POW) reacts as he takes his seat in a bus following an exchange at an undisclosed location in Belarus. (Photo by Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
Chinese language proficiency competition held in Ethiopia to promote cultural exchanges 24 May 2025 - 10:56 pm
 A contestant displays Chinese calligraphy at the 24th
UNRWA says Israel's Gaza aid plan serves military objective more than humanitarian concern 24 May 2025 - 09:08 pm
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Israeli aerial offensives kill 7 Palestinians in central, southern Gaza 24 May 2025 - 09:00 pm
A cloud of smoke erupts from Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Major Mexican drug cartel figure killed in clash with army 24 May 2025 - 07:41 pm
This handout picture released by Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) on May 24, 2025, shows Jorge Humberto Figueroa, alias
Floods hit southern Philippines, leaving 3 dead 24 May 2025 - 07:25 pm
Flood waters surround a building following a heavy storm in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, Philippines October 28, 2022 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Alizain A. Tahir/via REUTERS
Malaysia's leading index up 0.6 pct in March 24 May 2025 - 06:16 pm
View of Kuala Lumpur. File photo for representational purposes.
UAE hits record May temperature of 51.6C 24 May 2025 - 05:08 pm
A dashboard display shows an external temperatue of 50 degrees celsius outside a vehicle in Dubai on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
Bangladesh interim govt calls for unity to stop 'return of authoritarianism' 24 May 2025 - 04:26 pm
(FILES) Nobel laureate and Chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government Muhammad Yunus. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)