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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 7h
#UPDATE Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in fresh border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, hours before Islamabad said the two sides had agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire ➡️ u.afp.com/Ssow
Taliban security personnel operate an anti-aircraft gun during ongoing clashes between Taliban personnel and Pakistani border forces in the Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province on October 15, 2025
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 8h
🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP, AP, The New York Times and Fox News have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 9h
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Wednesday he wanted to "redefine" relations with Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him, their first meeting since key Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad was ousted last year ➡️ u.afp.com/Ss4L
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa shake hands during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 9h
#BREAKING Afghan Taliban government orders army to respect 48-hour Pakistan ceasefire: official
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 9h
#BREAKING Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 48-hour ceasefire, Pakistan foreign ministry says, after dozens of troops and civilians killed earlier in fresh round of border skirmishes
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 9h
#BREAKING Pakistan carried out 'precision strikes' in Kabul: Pakistani security source
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 10h
VIDEO: 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi launches virtual marriage app

Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using a government app -- without even setting foot in the emirate. For $218, users can complete online forms, submit necessary documents and organise a virtual ceremony in as little as 24 hours
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11h
🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel was expected to allow Gaza's sole border crossing to the outside world to reopen Wednesday to allow aid into the devastated territory as part of a US-backed ceasefire deal.
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Trucks loaded with aid supplies move from the Egyptian side, en route to the Kerem Shalom crossing into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2025
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11h
🇬🇧 UK climate advisers have warned the government to prepare for 2C of global warming by 2050, stressing current efforts to adapt to extreme weather are falling far short.
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The English village of Wraysbury was flooded after heavy rainfall from Storm Henk in 2024.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11h
⛳ Rory McIlroy said he wanted to "shift the narrative" away from abusive United States Ryder Cup fans and instead focus on his European team's famous victory.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11h
🌎 The increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the highest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to slash emissions.
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View of the cooling towers of a lignite coal-fired power station in eastern Germany
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
🇮🇩 VIDEO: Indonesia volcano erupts, belching ash into night sky

A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores, spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
🇮🇱 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was back in a Tel Aviv court on Wednesday for the latest hearing in his long-running corruption trial, which opened in May 2020.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
🇸🇾 🇷🇺 Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will ask Russia to hand over former ruler Bashar al-Assad during his first visit to Moscow on Wednesday, a government official said.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
🇦🇫 🇵🇰 Dozens of troops and civilians were killed in a fresh round of border skirmishes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials on both sides of the frontier said, as clashes entered their second week.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h
🇵🇸 🇮🇱 VIDEO: Gaza City begins rubble clean-up

Bulldozers clear rubble in Gaza City following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. "The municipality of Gaza City immediately started working on its top priority for this period, which is to open roads," says mayor of Gaza City Yahya Al-Sarraj.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13h
🇺🇸 Grammy-winning musician D'Angelo has died at the age of 51 after "a prolonged and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer," his family told US media.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13h
🎾 World number one Aryna Sabalenka has told AFP that she needs to improve her tennis "in literally everything" and how Novak Djokovic is helping her do it on and off the court.
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Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic during a 2024 mixed-doubles charity event in Melbourne
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13h
🇺🇸 The US Supreme Court hears a case involving Black voters on Wednesday that could have lasting repercussions on whether Democrats or Republicans control the House of Representatives.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14h
#UPDATE The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas as part of an exchange for Palestinian prisoners was not a former hostage.
People hold pictures of Israeli hostages as they gather at "Hostages' Square" in Tel Aviv, on October 11, 2025
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14h
#BREAKING Israel says one body returned by Hamas not former hostage
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14h
🇰🇪 Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the east African nation.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 14h
🇰🇵 🇰🇷 VIDEO: North Korean refugees remember families left behind

North Koreans who fled to South Korea's Gyodong Island during the Korean war in the 1950s still pine for relatives. Unable to visit their loved ones' graves, they perform funeral rites during the autumn harvest festival.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 15h
A volcano erupted overnight on the Indonesian island of Flores, spewing a massive ash column into the sky as the highest alert level was declared.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores island erupted sending volcanic materials 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) above its 1,584-metre-high peak
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 15h
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 in India, local police said Wednesday -- a political earthquake that could transform politics in the East African nation

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