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The Dalai Lama addresses journalists at his hotel in London on May 23, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown held "very warm and constructive" talks with the Dalai Lama Friday, his office said, pledging Britain's full support towards a rapprochement between Tibet and China. The 25-minute meeting -- held at the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence on the south bank of the River Thames in London -- was the most contentious part of an 11-day visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Chan Po-ying, Chair of Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats, along with party members, hosts a press conference to announce the party’s dissolution amid China’s national security law Sunday in Hong Kong.
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The last Hong Kong pro-democracy party that held street protests disbands
The youngest child Min Young-jae (left) and the fifth child Min Jeong-ja talk about their kidnapped sibling on May 30.
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Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Hachioji, suburbs of Tokyo, in November 2017.
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Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered nine people
Iran's Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh joins a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) defense ministers in Qingdao on 26 June 2025.
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Iran’s defense minister thanks China for support on first foreign trip since Israel conflict
Shubhanshu Shukla waves before departing to pad 39A for a launch to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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‘Aspirations of 1.4 billion’: India celebrates as first International Space Station mission gets underway
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4, 2024.
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Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life
Two soldiers train their 30 caliber machine gun on Communist positions on the western front, during the Korean War, July 1952. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office and views the Rose Garden construction before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on June 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Bedminster, New Jersey.
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Pakistan nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, praising ‘stellar statesmanship’

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TikTok is seen in the app store of an iPhone on January 8, 2025.
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The mother of both Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole British survivor of the Air India Ahmedabad Airport crash and his brother Ajay Ramesh, who is believed to not have survived, boards a mini bus to travel to India on June 13, 2025 in Leicester, United Kingdom. At least 53 of the passengers Air India Flight 171, which crashed shortly after takeoff on its way from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, were British nationals. The sole survivor is a British man, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh. A total of 241 passengers and crew were reported to have died, plus others who were in a building hit by the plane.
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Sole survivor of Air India crash lays his brother to rest after leaving hospital
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President Donald Trump said Monday that Japan "won't take" rice from the United States, prompting him to threaten higher tariffs.
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Trump threatens Japan with new tariffs, claiming it won’t buy America’s rice
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This photo from the US District Court District of Massachusetts shows North Korean information technology workers on a multi-member team that the US Department of Justice says works with the North Korean government to fund its regime. Note: Parts of the image provided by the US District Court District of Massachusetts have been obscured.
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Women activists holding posters and photographs of TikTok influencer Sana Yousaf, who was murdered, take part in a demonstration condemning violence against women, in Islamabad on June 5, 2025.
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Teenage TikTok star’s murder leaves Pakistani women questioning whether any safe spaces exist – online or on the street
World’s highest railway bridge opens in conflict-hit Kashmir
Indian military chief acknowledges loss of fighter jets in May conflict with Pakistan
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BTS member Suga attends an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks in Los Angeles, on January 12, 2023.
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Last BTS member Suga discharged from South Korean military service, paving way for reunion
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Southeast Asia

People walk past the Mary Jane cannabis dispensary in Bangkok on May 23, 2025.
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