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Iran pilgrims among 18 dead in Iraq crash 02 Sep 2023 - 01:10 pm
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Pakistan shopkeepers strike nationwide over inflation 02 Sep 2023 - 12:49 pm
A shopkeeper locks a shop along a roadside in Karachi on September 2, 2023 (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum / AFP)
Typhoon Saola weakens to a severe storm as it tracks along southern China 02 Sep 2023 - 12:06 pm
Police drive past bamboo scaffolding that has been brought down by Typhoon Saola at Kowloon Tong in Hong Kong on September 2, 2023. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence / AFP)
From the Moon to the Sun: India launches next space mission 02 Sep 2023 - 11:15 am
PSLV XL rocket carrying the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 02, 2023. (Photo by R. Satish Babu / AFP)
Kenya unveils plans for nationwide e-bike scheme 01 Sep 2023 - 11:13 pm
Kenya's President William Ruto uses an electric motorcycle during the national launch of an electric motorcycle project dubbed e-bodaboda at Kenyan Coastal city of Mombasa on September 1, 2023.(Photo by AFP)
Singapore ex-deputy PM Shanmugaratnam elected president 01 Sep 2023 - 10:56 pm
Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam (centre) meets his supporters while waiting for the Presidential election results in Singapore on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
Russia declares Nobel-winning editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent 01 Sep 2023 - 10:35 pm
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov of Russia poses with the Nobel Peace Prize diploma and medal during the gala award ceremony for the Nobel Peace prize on December 10, 2021 in Oslo. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
US to regulate nursing home staffing for first time 01 Sep 2023 - 09:21 pm
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45,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque 01 Sep 2023 - 08:59 pm
Peninsula
Death toll from Johannesburg fire rises to 76; tough job identifying victims 01 Sep 2023 - 08:41 pm
A general view of a burned apartment block in Johannesburg on September 1, 2023. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
Heat records topple across sweltering Asia 01 Sep 2023 - 07:23 pm
People walk past an overhead water misting system on a hot day in the Ginza district of Tokyo on July 10, 2023.(Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
African children 'least able to cope' with climate risks: UN 01 Sep 2023 - 06:57 pm
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Putin tells schoolchildren Russia is 'invincible' 01 Sep 2023 - 06:17 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik agency Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with schoolchildren during a lecture called
Hong Kong issues highest level alert for Super Typhoon Saola 01 Sep 2023 - 05:52 pm
A surfer paddles over a wave generated by Typhoon Saola at a beach in Hong Kong on September 1, 2023.  (Photo by Dale De La Rey / AFP)
Gabon's new strongman threatens business leaders over corruption 01 Sep 2023 - 05:32 pm
File photo: Omar Bongo Ondimba, Gabon's President (right) and General Brice Oligui Nguema (2nd row centre) attend the funeral of Gabon's first lady, Edith Lucie Bongo, in the Presidential Palace in Libreville on March 19, 2009. (Photo by WILS YANICK MANIENGUI / AFP)
Thailand's king reduces former PM Thaksin's 8-year prison term to a single year 01 Sep 2023 - 04:55 pm
File photo: Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra greets his supporters after landing at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
India's opposition parties team up to challenge Modi's nationalist party in 2024 elections 01 Sep 2023 - 04:41 pm
An activist of India's Congress party burns an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Indian tycoon Gautam Adani during a protest against financial policies in Kolkata on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
Filipinos' 'crazy passion' for basketball survives World Cup loss 01 Sep 2023 - 04:26 pm
This photo taken on August 19, 2023 shows residents playing basketball on a court decorated with the FIBA World Cup 2023 logo, at a public housing project in Taguig city, suburban Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)