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This file photo shows Cameroon President Paul Biya attending the Paris Peace Forum, France November 12, 2019. — Reuters pic

Cameroon’s 92-year-old president faces defections as key allies join race to end four-decade rule

Last month, India’s financial capital Mumbai was swamped by monsoon rain that began two weeks earlier than usual, the earliest for nearly a quarter of a century, according to weather forecasters. — AFP pic

Flash floods and landslides claim 69 lives in northern India after two weeks of heavy rain

This photo taken and handout on July 3, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda in The Vatican. — AFP pic

‘Hug therapy’: How Pope Leo XIV is trying to unify Vatican with tradition, measured leadership

File pic of an airport scene. — AFP pic

Iran reopens airspace including Tehran airports after closing skies during war with Israel

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on July 3, 2025, the newly appointed Taliban envoy to Moscow Gul Hassan hands

Russia becomes first to officially recognise Taliban rule in Afghanistan, hailed as ‘brave decision’ by Kabul

Inmate firefighters work as the Hughes Fire burns north of Los Angeles on January 22. — Pic by AFP

California’s biggest fire this year forces evacuations as Trump slashes federal disaster response funding

US President Donald Trump steps on stage to deliver remarks at the Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines yesterday. — AFP pic

How will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ roll back clean energy tax breaks and shift US climate strategy?

Family members and relatives wait for updates on the search operation of at least 61 people who were missing after a ferry sank off the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali, at Ketapang Port in Banyuwangi, East Java yesterday. — AFP pic

Search resumes for 30 missing as ferry to Bali capsizes in bad weather killing six including child

An aerial view of a camp next to the Mexico-US border as part of Operation Frontera Norte to stop drug fentanyl smuggling that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum promised her US counterpart Donald Trump in exchange for a delay of his tariffs. — AFP pic

Refuge at risk: Mexican drug rehab centers in cartels’ crosshairs

Indian security personnel stand guard as Hindu pilgrims await their registration at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on July 2, 2025, ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage. — AFP pic

In contested Kashmir, Hindus begin month-long pilgrimage to cave shrine under heavy guard

An Australian man in his 50s has died from a rare rabies-like infection, months after being bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus, authorities in New South Wales said. — AFP pic

Australian man dies from ‘extremely rare’ bat bite virus

Residents were urged to evacuate to “a school playground in Akuseki Island,” a municipal official reportedly said. — Reuters pic

Japan briefly orders evacuation as 1,000 quakes shake Tokara Islands since June

Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry spokeperson Pham Thu Hang answers reporters’ questions during a press conference in Hanoi on July 3, 2025. — AFP pic

Vietnam avoids 46pc US tariff under new trade deal, but Beijing warns against targeting China

A Taliban security personnel stands on back of a vehicle as Afghan refugees arrive at the zero point of the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran on June 28, 2025, following their deportation from Iran. — AFP pic

Afghan Taliban deny role in US citizen’s disappearance after US$5m reward offer

Japan’s Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party President Shigeru Ishiba takes part in a debate with leaders of other political parties at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan, July 2, 2025. ¬— Reuters pic

Japan’s PM Ishiba fights to keep ruling coalition afloat as upper house campaign kicks off

A drone view shows buildings and roads are half submerged in floodwaters after heavy rainfalls, in Rongjiang county, Guizhou province, China June 24, 2025. China’s north and west braced for more flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual ‘Plum Rains’ left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilisation of thousands of rescue workers to pull people from floodwaters. — China Daily pic via Reuters

Deadly floods sweep China’s north and west as ‘Plum Rains’ trigger red alerts, evacuations