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Sanctions on Syria 'must be lifted as soon as possible': Türkiye FM 22 Dec 2024 - 06:57 pm
This handout picture released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, in Damascus on December 22, 2024. Photo by TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP.
High winds hit UK Christmas travel plans 22 Dec 2024 - 06:34 pm
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At least nine dead in Brazil plane crash: authorities 22 Dec 2024 - 06:28 pm
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France awaits appointment of new government 22 Dec 2024 - 05:02 pm
France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) attends a meeting with the President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet (L), Senate President and party leaders excluding La France Insoumise (LFI) nor Rassemblement National party (RN), to finalise his government at the Hotel Matignon in Paris, on December 19, 2024. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP.
Putin says Russia does not lose desire to improve ties with U.S. 22 Dec 2024 - 04:58 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends the opening ceremony of air and road infrastructure facilities in Russian regions via video link in Moscow on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP)
Large earthquake hits battered Vanuatu 22 Dec 2024 - 04:49 pm
A handout photo from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, dated December 22, 2024, shows Australian disaster response team members operating a station to support local authorities in Port Vila after a powerful earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital on December 17. Photo by Niki Kuatonga / AUSTRALIA'S DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE / AFP
Germany pledges security inquest after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 04:35 pm
People mourn at a makeshift memorial outside the Johanniskirche (Johannes Church), near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
Death toll in Nigeria food queue stampedes rises to 32 22 Dec 2024 - 04:22 pm
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Women-only flight lands in Iran's Mashhad city for first time 22 Dec 2024 - 04:20 pm
Photo: AsemanAirlines / Instagram
Turkiye's top diplomat meets Syria's new leader in Damascus 22 Dec 2024 - 04:05 pm
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Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack 22 Dec 2024 - 03:41 pm
The site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is pictured in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 22, 2024. Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Cyclone Chido death toll rises to 94 in Mozambique: authorities 22 Dec 2024 - 01:34 pm
This photograph shows damaged homes in the city of Mamoudzou on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, after the cyclone Chido hit the archipelago on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
India's architecture fans guard Mumbai's Art Deco past 22 Dec 2024 - 01:07 pm
Pedestrians walk past the Eros Cinema, a UNESCO-designated Art Deco cinema theatre in the Cambata Building at Churchgate in Mumbai. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
'Finally, we made it!': Ho Chi Minh City celebrates first metro 22 Dec 2024 - 12:48 pm
People wait to board a train at a metro station in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Helicopter crashes into Turkish hospital, killing four 22 Dec 2024 - 12:41 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on December 22, 2024, shows rescuers looking at debris of a helicoper following a crash after it hit the fourth floor of a hospital in Mugla. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Usyk beats Fury in heavyweight championship rematch 22 Dec 2024 - 11:55 am
Britain's Tyson Fury (red) and Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (blue) compete during their heavyweight world championship rematch at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on December 22, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 28 22 Dec 2024 - 11:43 am
People search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Abu Samra family home in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on December 22, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Tunisia women herb harvesters struggle with drought and heat 22 Dec 2024 - 11:09 am
Women harvest aromatic and medicinal plants in the mountains of Tbainia village near the city of Ain Drahem, in the north west of Tunisia on November 6, 2024. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)