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VIDEO: Crew splashes down after 8-month mission on International Space Station 08 Oct 2026 - 10:13 pm
This picture provided by NASA shows the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft as it lands with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, California, on October 8, 2026. Photo by Keegan Barber / NASA / AFP
US busts major internet scam compound in Ghana: FBI 08 Oct 2026 - 08:31 pm
Photo source: FBI director Kash Patel on X.
Republic of Korea recalls ambassador from Ukraine amid N. Korea prisoners wrangle 08 Oct 2026 - 07:52 pm
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Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case 08 Oct 2026 - 07:10 pm
A security person wearing a face mask looks out from the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute had died, in the Irkutsk region on October 7, 2026. (Photo by TATYANA MAKEYEVA / AFP)
Saudi civil defence says kindergarten, medical complex damaged by interception debris in Riyadh 08 Oct 2026 - 05:21 pm
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Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize 08 Oct 2026 - 02:43 pm
Copies of books by Canadian author Anne Carson are on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, after a press conference on October 8, 2026 to announce her as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Teen knife attack kills one, injures two in Polish school 08 Oct 2026 - 01:49 pm
Police officers guard outside the scene of a knife attack at a vocational school in the town of Ostroleka, Poland. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
On your bike! Bottas opts for two wheels to reach Singapore GP 08 Oct 2026 - 12:25 pm
Picture: X / Valtteri Bottas
Peru repatriates 342 cultural assets from six countries 08 Oct 2026 - 12:22 pm
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Fervour and fury on Pakistan pro-Imran Khan march 08 Oct 2026 - 12:11 pm
Supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) take part in a march in Khyber district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on October 7, 2026. (Photo by Abdul Majeed / AFP)
Diplomats, schools in Saudi capital take shelter: diplomats, residents to AFP 08 Oct 2026 - 11:48 am
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Bangladesh approves its largest solar power plant 08 Oct 2026 - 10:34 am
This photograph taken on September 24, 2026 shows a general view of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi in Bangladesh's Pabna district. (Photo by Salahuddin Ahmed / AFP)
Three killed, 36 injured in attacks on two Saudi airports: GACA 07 Oct 2026 - 10:17 pm
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WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports 07 Oct 2026 - 08:53 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference on global health issues, in Geneva, on October 7, 2026. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP
Nobel physics winner's pride at pioneering AI role 07 Oct 2026 - 05:21 pm
Nobel Prize in Physics laureate and Belgian-American particle physicist Francis Halzen poses at the Rectorate of the University of Turin, in Turin, Italy, on October 7, 2026. Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP
Most child migrants reaching Europe in 2025 travelled alone: UN 07 Oct 2026 - 03:25 pm
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How airlines could help contain Russian plague using lessons from past outbreaks 07 Oct 2026 - 02:54 pm
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Seven wounded in Poland school stabbing attack: police 07 Oct 2026 - 02:36 pm
This handout picture taken and released by Policja Mazowsze on October 7, 2026, shows two policemen detaining a suspected high school knife attacker in the town of Ostroleka, some 130 km north of Warsaw. Photo by Handout / Policja Mazowsze / AFP