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Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Beijing demanded on Tuesday that Afghanistan protect Chinese citizens after a bombing at a restaurant in Kabul killed at least seven people, including a Chinese man.
Jan 20, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - The death toll from an explosion at a steel factory in northern China rose to nine, state media said Tuesday, after dozens were also injured in the weekend blast.
Jan 20, 2026
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Like dozens of Iraqi Kurds, Rounak Majid boarded a bus Tuesday that would take her several hundred kilometres to Syria so she could reinforce her people against the Syrian army.
Jan 20, 2026
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Poland's government on Tuesday moved to phase out assistance for Ukrainian refugees put in place when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, as public support for the aid wanes.
Jan 20, 2026
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Indonesia stripped more than two dozen permits from forestry, mining and hydroelectric companies in Sumatra Tuesday, a government minister said, just weeks after deadly floods devastated parts of the island.
Jan 20, 2026
Papeete (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - France's navy has seized 4.87 tonnes of cocaine, believed to be bound for Australia, from a fishing vessel in the South Pacific, French officials said.
Jan 20, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday issued a new rule to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters, bringing the United States a step closer to unilaterally launching the controversial industry.
Jan 20, 2026
Hanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Vietnam's top leader promised to fight corruption in an address Tuesday to a twice-a-decade congress of the Communist Party, where he is seeking expanded powers similar to China's political structure.
Jan 20, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - As the temperature in Beijing hit -7C on Tuesday, 62-year-old Yang Zi stripped down to his swimming briefs and plunged into a frozen lake, as dozens of residents do every winter.
Jan 20, 2026
Kabul (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Mourners gathered Tuesday for the funeral of a Chinese man killed in a restaurant bombing in central Kabul, where Afghans were picking up the pieces of their shattered shops.
Jan 20, 2026
Lirquen, Chile (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Wildfires that have killed 20 people in southern Chile and wiped out entire towns raged for a third day Monday, fanned by warm temperatures and strong winds at the height of the southern hemisphere summer.
Jan 20, 2026
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 - Penguins are bringing forward their breeding season at record rates as Antarctica rapidly warms due to climate change, according to research published by a global team of scientists on Tuesday.
Jan 20, 2026
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces expressed regret on Monday over what they described as unintentional clashes with Chadian troops along the border, after Chad said seven of its soldiers were killed in the incident.
Jan 19, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 - North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon arrive at a US military base in Greenland for long-planned activities, the organization said Monday.
Jan 19, 2026
Maputo (AFP) Jan 19, 2026 - Mozambique battled severe flooding Monday as the death toll after weeks of rain climbed, with more bodies also recovered in neighbouring South Africa.
Jan 19, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 - ExoAnalytic Solutions Inc. has been selected to develop advanced software and visualization tools for the Earth Fire Alliance FireSat program, an emerging satellite constellation designed specifical
Jan 19, 2026
