Afghan men walk on the rubble of a damaged house following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025. — Reuters A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 150, just months after a quake …
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stands by aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, DC, March 9, 2025. — Reuters Says Christians are being killed in record numbers in Nigeria. Vows the US will intervene to bring the violence to an end. Threatens military action against North African country. …
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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright holds a press conference on the sidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. — Reuters Tests ensure all parts can function to set up nuclear blast. Aim is to confirm that new weapons outperform older designs. Trump ordered testing after 33 years, signalling China, and Russia. …
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The representational image of a Richter scale measuring an earthquake. — Unsplash/File A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, raising concerns over possible casualties and damage in the mountainous area. The earthquake hit at a depth of 28km (17.4 miles) and its epicentre was 22.5km from a town called Khulm, which …
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The picture shows CMS-03 satellite sent into orbit from the tower LVM3-M5, on November 2, 2025.— X/@isro India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country’s ambitious space programme. The CMS-03 satellite blasted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh at 5:26 pm (1156 GMT). “Our space sector continues to make …
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks with Mohammad Eslami, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2025.— Reuters Iran govt spox says received messages on resuming diplomacy. Nuclear sites, destroyed in Israeli strikes, will be rebuilt: Pezeshkian. Iranian scientists still had necessary nuclear know-how: president. Iran said on Sunday that it would rebuild nuclear sites damaged …
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Security forces throw tear gas cans and sound grenades to disperse the protesters in Gopalganj, Bangladesh. — Reuters Nearly 300 people have been killed in political violence in Bangladesh in the year since student-led protests toppled autocratic former leader Sheikh Hasina, the country’s main human rights group said on Sunday. A report by Odhikar, a Dhaka-based rights organisation, said at …
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Chinese and US flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai, China April 14, 2021. — Reuters Hegseth meets Dong on Malaysia summit sidelines. Trump touts improved ties, tariff deal outline. Beijing urges policy-level dialogue to build trust. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that during talks with his Chinese counterpart, the two sides had agreed to reboot …
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China’s President Xi Jinping talks with South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, October 31, 2025. — Reuters Chinese President Xi Jinping gifted South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung a pair of Xiaomi smartphones and jokingly urged him to “check if there’s a backdoor,” during a state visit on Saturday …
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Smoke from a fire rises out of a shoe warehouse near Zocalo in Mexico City, Mexico November 16, 2023. — Reuters Governor Durazo orders probe; children among the dead. President Sheinbaum sends aid teams, offers condolences. Cause of the fire, now doused, still unclear. MEXICO CITY: A festive holiday weekend turned tragic for families in northwestern Mexico on Saturday when a …
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