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Sri Lanka president to visit key lender China 21 Dec 2024 - 01:39 pm
Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake walks during his ceremonial reception at India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on December 16, 2024. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Indonesians embrace return of plundered treasure from the Dutch 21 Dec 2024 - 12:50 pm
In this photo taken on October 11, 2024, the statue of Ganesha is displayed during the reopening ceremony ahead of the public opening at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)
Imposing pickup trucks symbolise Pakistan's power gulf 21 Dec 2024 - 12:00 pm
This photograph taken on November 12, 2024 shows car enthusiast Zohaib Khan driving a Toyota Tundra pick-up truck locally known as 'Dala', along a street in Karachi. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Rescuers extend search for Vanuatu quake survivors 20 Dec 2024 - 01:42 pm
This handout photo taken and released on December 20, 2024 by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) shows Australian rescue workers at the site of a collapsed building after an earthquake struck Port Vila, the capital city of Vanuatu. Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
South Korea probe team issues Christmas Day summons for Yoon 20 Dec 2024 - 01:04 pm
This handout photo taken on December 14, 2024 and released by the South Korean Presidential Office shows President Yoon Suk Yeol giving a public address from his official residence in Seoul. Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP
Sydney New Year's fireworks threatened with cancellation 20 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
Shoppers are seen in the central business district in the run up to Christmas and New Year's Eve in Sydney on December 20, 2024. (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP)
China lifts rock lobster ban, bringing end to Australian trade barriers 20 Dec 2024 - 12:34 pm
A woman looks at a giant lobster in a Chinese seafood restaurant's aquarium in Hong Kong on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP)
Japan inspects US air base over chemical spill 20 Dec 2024 - 11:15 am
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Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370 plane: transport minister 20 Dec 2024 - 11:07 am
This handout photo taken and released on April 9, 2014 by the Australian Defence shows a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flying past Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Photo by LSIS BRADLEY DARVILL / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP
Bangladesh, Pakistan leaders agree to boost ties 19 Dec 2024 - 10:14 pm
In this handout photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID), Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (left) shakes hands with Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Cairo on December 19, 2024. (Photo by Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) / AFP) 
New Delhi celebrates Qatar National Day at historic Qutub Minar 19 Dec 2024 - 09:09 pm
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S. Korean leader's legal team says Yoon 'did not commit insurrection' 19 Dec 2024 - 02:49 pm
Seok Dong-hyeon (C), a spokesman for South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's legal team, speaks during a media briefing at his office in Seoul on December 19, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Japan farmer who stole 200 kg spring onions blames summer heat 19 Dec 2024 - 02:33 pm
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44 dead in traffic accidents in southeastern Afghanistan 19 Dec 2024 - 01:34 pm
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Philippines VP Duterte hit by third impeachment complaint 19 Dec 2024 - 01:30 pm
Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte speaks during a press conference at her office in Manila on December 11, 2024. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
South Korean president fails to appear before corruption watchdog 18 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
Police officers stand guard as protesters hold a demonstration calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Warmer winter melts incomes of China's ice cutters 18 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm
This aerial picture shows workers harvesting ice from the frozen Songhua river in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, China's northeast Heilongjiang province on December 17, 2024. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Multiple airlines suspend flights to quake-struck Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024 - 12:58 pm
This screengrab taken from handout video footage posted on the Facebook account of Michael Thompson on December 17, 2024 shows a member of security inspecting a collapsed building in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island. Photo by MICHAEL THOMPSON / Facebook account of Michael Thompson / AFP

Europe

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File photo- A NATO flag flies at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/ AFP) NATO says 'planning underway' for new Arctic mission
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Africa

Peninsula WFP suspends activity in S.Sudan county after aid convoy attacks
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists at his father's residential complex in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. BREAKING: Son of Libya's late ruler Kadhafi killed, adviser tells media
File photo of the Sudanese transitional sovereignty council head and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Sudan army breaks siege on Kadugli, RSF drone kills eight
General view. Ethiopia. File photo for representational purposes only. Ethiopia's economy projected to grow by 10.2 pct: PM

Americas

(FILES) This booking photo obtained on September 19, 2024 from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office in Florida, shows the mugshot of Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. (Photo by Handout / Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office / AFP) Man sentenced to life in prison for plotting to kill Trump in 2024
Two US flags and a Cuban flag flutter on the roof of a tricycle in front of the Capitolio in Havana on February 3, 2026. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) UN chief warns of humanitarian 'collapse' in Cuba over oil shortage
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on February 03, 2026 shows (L/R) Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota on November 13, 2025 and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2026. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA and SAUL LOEB / AFP) Colombia to work with US on drug trafficking: president
A full moon rises as the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft, integrated for the Artemis II mission, are seen at the Kennedy Space Center, on February 1, 2026. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) NASA Moon mission launch delayed to March after test

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