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Photos: Russian reservists leave behind sobbing loved ones
Freshly mobilised reservists in Russia’s southern Rostov region say goodbye to their families.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Photos: Japan holds state funeral for Shinzo Abe amid protests
Japan bid farewell to Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July, with a rare state funeral that has divided the nation.
Published On 27 Sep 2022
Photos: Poverty pushes Afghan children to work at brick kilns
Recent Save the Children survey says half of Afghanistan’s families have put children to work to keep food on the table.
Published On 26 Sep 2022
Photos: Sri Lankan police fire tear gas to disperse protesters
Police in Colombo fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demanding the release of fellow activists.
Published On 25 Sep 2022

Activists call for the abolition of the monarchy as the country holds a holiday to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

The protests over the death of Mahsa Amini continued for a fifth day on Wednesday, including in the capital, Tehran.

The Moscow prosecutor’s office warned organising or participating in protests could lead to up to 15 years in prison.

Drying riverbeds mean Iraqi authorities have had to sharply cut the area of cultivated land in the country.

The mosaics, the latest in a series of Byzantine archaeological finds in Gaza, are ‘in a perfect state of conservation’.

Protesters in Iran are demanding an investigation into Amini’s death and the dismantling of the morality police.

In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle.

The current crisis is a second blow to the Tamil population, already ravaged by the civil war’s final offensive.

Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine found evidence that some of the dead were tortured.

Men would embark on long voyages, often away from home for months, cramped together on the deck of a ship.

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