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US targets Houthi weapons depots in Yemen 08 Jan 2025 - 10:32 pm
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Newborn baby delivered on migrant vessel crossing sea: Spanish coastguard 08 Jan 2025 - 10:08 pm
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In bitter cold, rescuers race against time to tackle aftermath of Xizang quake 08 Jan 2025 - 09:02 pm
Rescuers assemble beds for quake-affected residents at a resettlement site in a village in Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Vietnam offers cash rewards for traffic offender snitches 08 Jan 2025 - 07:17 pm
A man rides a motorbike in front of vehicles waiting at a red light at an intersection in Hanoi on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Trump asks Supreme Court to block his criminal sentencing 08 Jan 2025 - 06:30 pm
(FILES) Former US President Donald Trump sits at the defendant's table inside the courthouse as the jury is scheduled to continue deliberations for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Justin LANE / POOL / AFP)
Greece reports first HMPV case 08 Jan 2025 - 06:23 pm
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North Korea bans hot dogs due to ‘Western ties’ 08 Jan 2025 - 06:04 pm
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Egypt reveals new archaeological findings in Luxor 08 Jan 2025 - 05:35 pm
Visitors walk around a dig showcasing the tomb of an overseer of the palace of Queen Teti Sheri, during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Hundreds rally for South Korea's Yoon as new arrest bid beckons 08 Jan 2025 - 04:46 pm
Security personnel check vehicles at the entrance gate of the presidential residence of impeached South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, as seen from a hill in Seoul on January 8, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Philippines arrests 400 foreigners in scam centre raid 08 Jan 2025 - 04:46 pm
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Nobel winner Ressa tells AFP 'dangerous times' ahead after Meta ends US fact-checking 08 Jan 2025 - 03:39 pm
Philippine journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa speaks during an interview with AFP in Manila on January 8, 2025. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Singapore anti-scam law gives police power over bank accounts 08 Jan 2025 - 02:08 pm
Tourist buses are parked at an open carpark near the Chinatown district in Singapore on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN and ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
UK extends travel entry scheme to US, Canada, Australia 08 Jan 2025 - 01:21 pm
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Video: Around 30,000 evacuated in Los Angeles as wildfire sparks panic 08 Jan 2025 - 08:06 am
Three men watch as a house is engulfed in flames from the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
Another icy storm to hit more than 20 US states this week 08 Jan 2025 - 12:25 am
Langley Bowers shovels the snow off his stoop on Capitol Hill on January 6 as a major snowstorm blankets the city. (Photo by Robb Hill for The Washington Post)
Canada will 'never back down' as Trump threatens economic force 08 Jan 2025 - 12:02 am
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Canada on January 6, 2025. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)
Macron irks allies, left with Africa 'forgot to say thank you' jibe 07 Jan 2025 - 11:48 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony to pay tribute to Ahmed Merabet, a Muslim police officer guarding the offices who was executed at point-blank range, as part of marking 10 years since an attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper, on January 7, 2025.  (Photo by Ludovic Marin  / AFP) 
Ghana's John Mahama sworn in after presidential comeback 07 Jan 2025 - 11:14 pm
Ghana's new President John Mahama holds state sword after taking the oath of office at his inauguration at the Independence Square in Accra on January 7, 2025. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)