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Afghan rider Fariba Hashimi pictured last year in France

'Something special'

Afghan cyclist who disguised herself as man wins Asian Games silver

The boat clinics in India's Assam state focus primarily on maternal and infant health

Remote riverine communities

Mobile boat clinics bring healthcare to India's remote islands

Cambodia is hosting an anti-scam conference to try to burnish its crackdown credentials

Hub for crime syndicates

Cambodia showcases scams crackdown with global conference

Zaheer Khan has been named head coach of the Chennai Super Kings

World Cup-winner

Former India paceman Zaheer Khan named Chennai coach in IPL

This handout photograph taken and released on 22 September 2026 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows ambulances and police officers waiting in front of a high school outside which a gunman opened fire wounding eight people, and was detained shortly afterwards, in Turgutlu, an area west of the resort city of Izmir.

Perpetrator detained

11 hurt as teen opens fire outside Turkey school

Minister Bettel signs strategic agreements with key UN agencies

Young speedcuber Lian Yunzhi breaks the women's 3x3 average world record twice in September

'Under 4.5 seconds'

Six-year-old Chinese girl sets world record with Rubik's Cube

Morning Roundup

Grand Duke addresses UN, drones ground flights at Findel again, and voting opens for Fat Bear Week

Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the attorney for Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan man shot by immigration agents, addresses a press conference in Austin, Texas

Man shot by US immigration agent describes pain of bullet still inside him

Zinedine Zidane succeeds Didier Deschamps as France coach

From Zinedine Zidane to Jurgen Klopp

Star coaches make their bows as Nations League returns

People have staged protests against the planned 50-hectare complex

Environmental pressure

Google data centre sparks protests in Austria

A row over at photo at Bangladesh's top university shows how the legacies of nationality, religion and language are politically potent

'Father of Pakistan'

In Bangladesh, Pakistan's Jinnah photo stirs anger

HMNZS Te Mana from New Zealand photographed in Waitemata Harbour in November 2016.

Tensions with China

Two New Zealand naval ships transit Taiwan Strait

Wu Yufei and his robot performers have made it to the final of America's Got Talent

Groove machines

China's robot dancers limber up for America's Got Talent final

Zinedine Zidane will take charge of his first game as France coach this week in Turkey, after being appointed in July

Football legend

Zidane gets down to work as France start new era

Many political prisoners remain behind bars in Venezuela despite the interim government's landmark amnesty

Inside the Venezuelan prison meant to 'drive you insane'

A white tiger cub plays with a sibling at Cuba's National Zoo, which is struggling to care for nearly 1,000 animals amid growing shortages of food, fuel and medicine

Nearly 1,000 animals

A Cuban zoo, and its animals, in epic battle for survival

Some 3,000 French and international bidders had registered for the auction

Twenty times over estimate

Bardot auction in Paris fetches nearly one million euros

US President Donald Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with the media

Boycotting the President

US networks halt Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban

A French official briefed that Macron was prepared to face Trump with 'total candor'

On the outskirts of UN General Assembly

Macron says talks with Trump on Red Sea, Ukraine 'constructive'

Katie White, a member of the ruling Labour government, says the UK public is strongly in favor of climate action

Transitioning to low-carbon economy

Green policies just good politics, says UK minister

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his wife Marie-France van Heel board a plane for the United States, to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, at Stansted Airport, north of London on September 21, 2026

In response to escalating attacks

UK agrees support for Saudi in struggle with Houthis: reports

European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas urged officials to agree on a rollover of Russia sanctions swiftly

'Core pillar of our response'

EU foreign policy chief calls for continued sanctions on Russia

Malibu has been hit by coastal erosion already and forecasters say the coming El Nino cold spark more extreme weatehr in California

Higher-than-usual tides

California declares state of emergency ahead of El Nino

People wade through a flooded road as heavy rain falls amid weather patterns due to Typhoon Dujuan in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture on September 21, 2026.

Potential for record downfall

Flights scrapped, evacuations urged as Typhoon Dujuan wallops Japan

Community members place flowers during a vigil to honor the victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting

Eight people killed

British Columbia sues OpenAI in US court over Canada school shooting

Speaking at the opening ceremony of Climate Week NYC, Ed Miliband argued that the "fossil fuel roller coaster" underlined "the energy independence imperative of clean energy"

UN General Assembly

Climate crisis a job for world leaders, not just activists: UK FM

Darwin Cruz, faced with a declining cattle herd, doesn’t know how he will keep supporting his family

From Central America to Indonesia

El Nino weather pattern enters record territory: scientist

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