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FILE PHOTO: Actor Nazanin Boniadi addresses demonstrators at a Freedom Rally for Iran, protesting in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, U. S. , October 1, 2022. REUTERS / Bing Guan / File Photo

17:58:02

‘Lord of The Rings’ star Nazanin Boniadi speaks out for Iranian women

Unrest has rocked Iran in the past few weeks after the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, in the custody of the country’s so-called morality police

WorldOctober 05, 2022

Pedestrians walk under a large video screen showing images of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a news update in Tokyo on October 4, 2022, after North Korea launched a missile early in the day which prompted an evacuation alert when it flew over northeastern Japan. - North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan for the first time in five years on October 4, prompting Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)

13:51:17

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan

Residents told to seek cover as missile passes over their heads and lands 3,000km off coast

WorldOctober 04, 2022

A woman lays flowers during a candle light vigil for the victims of Saturday's soccer riots, outside the Youth and Sports Ministry in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Panic and a chaotic run for exits after police fired tear gas at an Indonesian soccer match in East Java to drive away fans upset with their team's loss left a large number of people dead, most of whom were trampled upon or suffocated. (AP Photo / Dita Alangkara)

18:57:25

Survivor talks about Indonesia stadium disaster

At least 125 people were killed and scores injured on Saturday night

AsiaOctober 03, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A photo of Mahsa Amini is pictured at a condolence meeting organised by students and activists from Delhi University in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in New Delhi, India, September 26, 2022. REUTERS / Anushree Fadnavis / File Photo

22:32:10

Iranian riot police clash with university students

Demonstrations have become biggest show of opposition to Iran's clerical authorities since 2019

IranOctober 03, 2022

Vasu Shroff, founder of the Regal Group, the Indian High School, India Club, temple in Bur Dubai has written a book about life in the Emirates before the Union in the 1960s and why he set up education, recreation and religious organisations for residents in the early days. Chris Whiteoak / The National

43:01:20

Meet the pioneer behind Dubai's newest Hindu temple

Vasu Shroff founded one of the UAE’s oldest companies and has been a driving force behind the temple's construction

UAEOctober 03, 2022

Iraqi emergency and rescue personnel search for survivors in the rubble of a 4-storey-building that collapsed in Karrada neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo / Hadi Mizban)

16:51:33

At least one dead and three trapped in Iraq building collapse

Rescue teams pulled out 13 people alive after the four-storey building collapsed in the commercial hub of Karrada on Saturday

IraqOctober 02, 2022

Children dress to resemble India's independence icon Mahatma Gandhi during an event on the eve of his birth anniversary in Chennai on October 1, 2022. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

13:24:37

Indian children dress up as Mahatma Gandhi to commemorate 153rd anniversary of his birth

Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on the second day of October to mark the birthday of the 'Father of the Nation'

AsiaOctober 02, 2022

Recent rehearsal of orchestra members in the studio. Photo: Firdaus Studio by AR Rahman

44:03:54

Inside The Firdaus Studio by A R Rahman at Expo City Dubai

The maestro's new home is attracting attention from across the arts

UAEOctober 02, 2022

A riot police officer fires tear gas during a riot after the league BRI Liga 1 football match between Arema vs Persebaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java province, Indonesia, October 2, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Ari Bowo Sucipto/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. INDONESIA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN INDONESIA.

22:56:42

At least 125 dead in Indonesia football stadium disaster

This is one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters.

WorldOctober 02, 2022

The Armani Hotel in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Jeff Topping / The National

66:17:57

Inside Dubai's Michelin-starred Armani Ristorante

The Italian restaurant is housed inside Burj Khalifa

UAESeptember 30, 2022

Peole walk through floodwaters after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Monday, Sept 19, 2022. Nigeria is battling its worst floods in a decade with more than 300 people killed in 2021 including at least 20 this week, authorities told the Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo)

20:26:40

Floods have killed at least 300 in Nigeria this year

Water has ravaged farmland, destroyed crops and forced thousands from their homes

AfricaSeptember 27, 2022

TOKYO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 27: Attendants observe the national anthem during the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe on September 27, 2022 at the Budokan in Tokyo, Japan. Several current and former heads of state visited Japan for the state funeral of Abe, who was assassinated in July while campaigning on a street. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / Pool / Getty Images)

22:48:10

Protests in Japan as country holds state funeral for ex-PM Shinzo Abe

Protests opposing it were planned across nation for longest-serving leader in its modern history

AsiaSeptember 27, 2022

Eli, an Iranian refugee woman living in Greece cuts her hair during a demonstration by Iranians living in Greece in central Athens on September 24, 2022, following the death of an Iranian woman after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. - Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital Tehran, when she was detained on September 13, 2022, by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. (Photo by Louisa GOULIAMAKI / AFP)

21:11:28

Iranians in Greece cut off their hair in solidarity with Mahsa Amini

The death of Mahsa Amini, 22, while being held by morality police in Tehran, has triggered huge unrest in Iran's capital and provinces

IranSeptember 25, 2022

Policemen use tear gas and water cannons to disperse an anti-government protest march in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24 September 2022. Protests have been affecting the country for over six months as Sri Lanka faces its worst-ever economic crisis in decades due to a lack of foreign reserves, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods. EPA / CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE

16:01:25

Sri Lankan demonstrators clash with police over protest curbs

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has taken a tough stance against protesters who forced his predecessor to flee and resign

AsiaSeptember 25, 2022

Police officers detain a man following calls to protest against partial mobilisation announced by Russian President, in Moscow, on September 21, 2022. - More than 1,300 people have been arrested at demonstrations across Russia against President Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation of civilians to fight in Ukraine, a police monitoring group said on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

13:24:37

Hundreds arrested across Russia as anger builds over recruiting fighters for Ukraine war

Russia signs into law tougher sentences for deserting and refusing to fight

EuropeSeptember 25, 2022