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Greece unveils major reserve force reform 26 Apr 2025 - 05:01 pm
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Rwanda rolls out new malaria treatments 26 Apr 2025 - 04:59 pm
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China hits out at 'extreme selfishness' of tariffs 26 Apr 2025 - 03:41 pm
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Runaway sausage dog snagged after 529 days on Australian island 26 Apr 2025 - 03:27 pm
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Major blast at south Iran port injures hundreds 26 Apr 2025 - 03:20 pm
A thick plume of smoke billows as motorists drive their vehicles along a highway near the source of an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan on April 26, 2025. Photo by Mohammad Rasole MORADI / IRNA / AFP.
UNRWA Chief: Gaza's children are starving 26 Apr 2025 - 02:18 pm
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Zelensky and Trump to hold second meeting after 'constructive' exchange 26 Apr 2025 - 01:57 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service in Kyiv on April 26, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meets with US President Donald Trump (L) on the sidelines of Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
At least 115 injured in Iran port blast: new toll on state media 26 Apr 2025 - 01:51 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
VIDEO: 'Massive' blast in south Iran port: state TV 26 Apr 2025 - 01:27 pm
This image grab taken from footage released by the state television Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting News (IRIBNEWS) on April 26, 2025 shows thick black smoke billowing following an explosion at the Shahid Rajaee port dock southwest of Bandar Abbas in the Iranian province of Hormozgan. Photo by IRIBNEWS / AFP.
Iran, US hold new round of high-stakes nuclear talks 26 Apr 2025 - 12:19 pm
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Crowd claps as funeral of Pope Francis begins at Vatican 26 Apr 2025 - 11:25 am
A general view of Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in the Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
EU considers changing minimum corporate tax rate 26 Apr 2025 - 11:08 am
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St Peter's Basilica bells toll ahead of pope funeral 26 Apr 2025 - 11:04 am
Attendees and nuns stand in front of St Peter's Basilica as they wait for late Pope Francis' funeral ceremony at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on April 26, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Hundreds of buildings damaged, dozens injured in 6.3 Ecuador quake 26 Apr 2025 - 10:30 am
A damaged house is pictured after the earthquake that struck the city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador on April 25, 2025. Photo by Antony QUINTERO / AFP
Gaza rescuers say 4 dead, 30 missing under rubble after Israeli strike 26 Apr 2025 - 10:18 am
Palestinian medics transport the body of a victim following Israeli strikes which hit apartments in a residential building in Gaza City's Yarmuk street on April 24, 2025. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP
Francis's funeral to be grand farewell to 'Pope of the poor' 26 Apr 2025 - 09:32 am
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Canada's election: how things work 26 Apr 2025 - 09:09 am
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Canadian Prime Minister condemns Israeli Occupation blockade of food supplies to Gaza 26 Apr 2025 - 08:57 am
A boy fills up containers with water from the remaining water still left in underground pipes, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2025. Photo by Bashar Taleb/ AFP