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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

Starmer hails 'good progress' after meeting Xi

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese Premier Li Qiang after a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. - Reuters

India reports two Nipah virus infections as Thai, Malaysia step up screening

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Top Indian politician killed in plane crash

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India says two Nipah virus cases, but situation contained

Employees in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits in Mundra, India.

North Korea fires missiles towards Sea of Japan

People sit in front of a television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile test, in Seoul. — AFP

Ferry sinking kills 18, leaves 10 missing in south Philippines

A crew member who survived the sinking disembarks from a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel at the Port of Manila. — Reuters

Fifteen dead, 28 missing as ferry sinks in the Philippines

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Indonesia resumes search for dozens missing

Rescuers search for landslide victims in Pasirlangu village, Bandung, West Java on January 25, 2026, after the disaster killed 16 people and left around 80 missing. (Photo by Timur Matahari / AFP)

Snow, heavy rain kill 61 in Afghanistan

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Indonesia landslide: More than 80 missing

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Australian 12-year-old bitten by a shark dies

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South Korean law to regulate AI takes effect

AI images created by Carat, a South Korean generative AI service, and its webpage. - AFP

Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant

An aerial view of Tokyo Electric Power Company Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture. — AFP

Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Abe

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HK ferry disaster ruled 'unlawful killing' after 13 years

The ferry disaster occurred on October 1, 2012, when Hongkong Electric's vessel Lamma IV collided with Kowloon Ferry's Sea Smooth catamaran off Lamma Island. (File Photo)
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