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Indonesia targets 82.9 mln beneficiaries for free meal program by March 2026 21 Oct 2025 - 06:34 pm
A staff member loads lunch plates on the first day of a free-meal programme at Muhammadiyah high school in Sidoarjo on January 6, 2025. Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP
Driving licence suspension dodgers run out of road in EU 21 Oct 2025 - 04:23 pm
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Over 300,000 migratory birds expected to flock to China's Guangdong 21 Oct 2025 - 01:51 pm
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Italy births down again, fertility at historic low 21 Oct 2025 - 01:13 pm
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Indonesia to repatriate british grandmother on death row in drug case 21 Oct 2025 - 12:53 pm
British national Lindsay Sandiford, who was later sentenced to death in 2013 on the island of Bali. Photo by Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP
GCC Secretary-General meets Chair of UK Parliament's International Trade Committee 21 Oct 2025 - 12:52 pm
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Russia downplays swift meeting to prepare for Trump-Putin summit 21 Oct 2025 - 12:04 pm
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France's ex-president Sarkozy escorted to jail over Libya funding conviction 21 Oct 2025 - 11:32 am
France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his residence to present himself to La Sante Prison in Paris, on October 21, 2025. Photo by julien de rosa / AFP
Slovak court gives 21-year jail term to man who shot PM 21 Oct 2025 - 11:21 am
72-year-old Juraj Cintula stands in the court room in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on October 21, 2025. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP
Indian capital chokes after Diwali firework frenzy 21 Oct 2025 - 11:12 am
Photos by Arun Sankar / AFP
Drone attack hits Khartoum airport area ahead of reopening: eyewitnesses 21 Oct 2025 - 10:30 am
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Chess mourns US grandmaster dead at 29 21 Oct 2025 - 10:10 am
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AI and Middle East: Insights from MED Dialogues 2025 21 Oct 2025 - 10:04 am
Director of the Consultation Department in Saudi Arabia Faisal Al-Otaibi (left) and Director of Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program at the Middle East Institute Mohamed Suleiman during the session.
Palestinian Minister calls for sustained truce, global support to rebuild Gaza 21 Oct 2025 - 10:00 am
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Palestinian National Authority H E Varsen Aghabekian Shahin speaking during a special session at Mediterranean Dialogues 2025 in Naples, Italy.
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in sensitive Amazon region 20 Oct 2025 - 11:23 pm
Macaws sit on top of a tree at the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Representational file photo. Reuters.
Louvre heist: five things to know about missing jewellery 20 Oct 2025 - 11:16 pm
This photograph shows Le collier et les boucles d'oreilles de la parure d'émeraudes de l'impératrice Marie-Louise (necklace and earrings of the set of jewelry of Empress Marie-Louise) displayed at Apollon's Gallery on January 14, 2020 at the Louvre museum in Paris after the reopening of the Gallery following ten months of renovations. (Photo by Stephane De Sakutin / AFP)
EU in 'contact' with Taliban on Afghan migrant returns 20 Oct 2025 - 09:29 pm
Afghan women and children refugees deported from Pakistan wait inside a registration centre upon their arrival at the zero point border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Sanaullah Seiam / AFP)
Snake found hidden in Turkish man’s pocket during police check 20 Oct 2025 - 09:14 pm
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