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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

Nepal's first woman chief justice to become new PM

Army personnel take part in a drill outside Nepal's President House during a curfew imposed to restore law and order in Kathmandu. — AFP

Nepal's protesters back former chief justice as interim head

Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki

India pledges $680m in economic support for Mauritius

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Mauritian counterpart Navinchandra Ramgoolam in New Delhi. - Reuters

Myanmar’s disputed poll result due end of Jan 2026

Members of Myanmar's Union Election Commission demonstrate a voting machine during the UEC's first major press conference in Naypyidaw. - AFP

Police hunt sniper who killed Kirk

Candles are left in front of a photo of youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk as people attend a vigil in Orem City Centre Park, Orem, Utah. — AFP

Bali floods kill 14, search continues for two missing

Flood-affected residents look on and clear debris in their neighbourhood following heavy rainfall in Denpasar

Nepal's protesters, army in talks to decide interim leader

An aerial view shows smoke billowing from the torched President House in Kathmandu on September 10, 2025.

Deadly floods inundate Indonesia's Bali

Flood-affected Residents clear clogged debris

Soldiers guard Nepal's parliament, patrol streets

Army personnel stand near charred remains outside the torched President House in Kathmandu. — AFP

Soldiers guard Nepal's parliament, patrol streets

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Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits

K P Sharma Oli attends his birthday celebration at an orphanage in Kathmandu on February 23, 2021, after the Supreme Court overturned the prime minister's decision to dissolve parliament. Nepal's prime minister KP Sharma Oli resigned on September 9, 2025, a day after one of the deadliest crackdowns on protesters in years saw at least 19 people killed. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

Nepal PM resigns after protests sparked by social media ban

Demonstrators clash with riot police personnel outside the Parliament in Kathmandu. — AFP

Nepal PM Oli quits as anti-corruption protests spiral, his aide says

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India, Pakistan face rising prices amid crop losses

Volunteers rescue flood-affected villagers by boat in Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil of Multan district in Punjab province on September 8, 2025, after the Chenab River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains. Monsoon rains over the past week swelled three major rivers that cut through Punjab province, Pakistan's agricultural heartland and home to nearly half of its 255 million people. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP)

Indonesia replaces finance minister after protests

Indonesia newly appointed Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa attends his swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. — AFP
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