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Photos: Mourners in Tehran for Iran President Raisi’s funeral procession

Posted by May 22, 2024

Massive crowds of Iranians thronged the streets of the capital, Tehran, for the funeral procession of President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who died in a h

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Photos: Protesters assail US top diplomat over Israel’s war on…

Posted by May 22, 2024

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted by protesters condemning the US policy towards ally Israel and its war on Gaza as he testified befo

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On one of India’s longest train rides, ongoing election divides…

Posted by May 21, 2024

The 2,900km (1,800-mile) journey from capital New Delhi to Kanyakumari in the south is one of the longest train rides in India, passing through cities, villages

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Photos: Rescue teams recover bodies from Raisi’s helicopter crash site

Posted by May 20, 2024

Iranians are in mourning after President Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday when search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded

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Photos: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash

Posted by May 20, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has been killed after his helicopter crashed in a remote region of the country. Raisi’s body was identified early on Monday by

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Photos: Violent protests rage in New Caledonia amid growing civil…

Posted by May 18, 2024

Mass protests erupted in New Caledonia this week after France’s parliament voted to allow French residents who have lived in the Pacific Islands territory for

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‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended…

Posted by May 18, 2024

A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred shaven-headed m

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Photos: ‘Living in fear’ amid relentless battle for eastern DR…

Posted by May 16, 2024

Kanyabayonga, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Innocent Kasereka sits in a rundown hospital in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),

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Photos: US police clear pro-Palestinian camp from California university

Posted by May 16, 2024

Police in the United States have taken back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California,

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Photos: Palestinians observe Nakba anniversary in shadow of Gaza war

Posted by May 15, 2024

Palestinians have commemorated the 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands of people were expelled from their homes during the establishmen

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Photos: Georgia parliament passes ‘foreign agent’ bill, triggering protests

Posted by May 15, 2024

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Georgia after parliament approved a “foreign agents” bill despite widespread unrest in the country and

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Photos: Unrest wracks French-ruled Pacific islands of New Caledonia

Posted by May 14, 2024

Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings following violent unrest. The French authorit

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