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Afghan women footballers celebrate 'historic moment'

 A FIFA rule change allowing Afghanistan's women footballers to compete in official matches is a "historic moment" and "basic human right", former captain Khalida Popal told AFP on Thursday.Afghanistan will in...

Khalida Popal, founder of the Afghanistan women's national soccer team, poses

Indian states ban cough syrup linked to child deaths

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Hope fades in Indonesia school collapse

A police post-mortem officer takes a DNA sample from a relative of one of the missing students as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, after a multi-storey building at the school collapsed.- AFP

Philippines warns of coastal flood as cyclone approaches

A vehicle partially buried under rubble amid destruction caused by the magnitude 6.9 quake in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. - Reuters

'Maybe there's hope': Indonesian rescuers race against time to save students trapped under collapsed school

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Rescuers hunt for survivors after Philippines' deadliest quake

A drone view shows rescue workers conducting a rescue operation in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. — Reuters

Desperate Indonesia parents await news at school collapse

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70 dead in strong central Philippines earthquake

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91 people possibly still under collapsed Indonesian school: official

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South Korea's Lee, outgoing Japan PM Ishiba hold talks

Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) at Nurimaru APEC House in Busan. — AFP

Typhoon Bualoi inflicts lasting floods on Vietnam

Typhoon Bualoi inflicts lasting floods on Vietnam

Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi devastates Vietnam, killing 19

An aerial photo shows flood waters surrounding a pagoda complex after typhoon Bualoi passed over Lam Thanh

Typhoon Bualoi kills dozens in Vietnam and Philippines

A worker removes a fallen tree in Nghe An province, Vietnam. — AFP

Eight dead and 17 missing as Typhoon Bualoi hits Vietnam

People commute on a flooded street after Typhoon Bualoi makes landfall in Nghe An province, Vietnam, September 29, 2025.

Trump’s $100,000 visa upends lives: ‘My dreams were shattered’

Going to America isn’t the only option. Germany, China and Canada have been quick to propose themselves as alternatives.

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