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2025 'likely' to be in top three warmest years: UK Met Office 12 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm
Arborists cut a tree blocking a road in Birkenhead, near Liverpool, on December 7, 2024 as storm Darragh brings winds of nearly 90 mph to the west of Wales and north-west England. (Photo by Paul Ellis / AFP)
Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people: White House 12 Dec 2024 - 03:39 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks during the first-ever White House Conference on Women's Health Research, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Samuel Corum / AFP)
EU states agree 'historic' full Schengen accession for Bulgaria, Romania 12 Dec 2024 - 03:23 pm
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Serbian mass shooting gunman jailed for 20 years 12 Dec 2024 - 03:02 pm
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South Korea's Yoon vows to fight 'until the very last minute' 12 Dec 2024 - 01:39 pm
Police (bottom) attempt to block protesters calling for the impeachment of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol and the dissolution of the People's Power Party from marching towards the presidential office in Seoul on December 12, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes 12 Dec 2024 - 12:04 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Deadly attacks in Sudan's Darfur 'shocking': WHO chief 12 Dec 2024 - 11:59 am
File photo for representational purposes only showing people walking among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
UN General Assembly to vote on 'unconditional' ceasefire in Gaza 11 Dec 2024 - 11:03 pm
File: A man takes cover behind a column as an explosion propagates smoke and dust during an Israeli strike which reportedly targeted a school in the Zeitoun district on the outskirts of Gaza City, on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Damascus airport to reopen 'in next few days': director 11 Dec 2024 - 08:26 pm
An aerial view shows passenger planes of Syria's private airline company Cham Wings on the tarmac of the closed international airport of Damascus on December 11, 2024.  (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
UN appeals for $4 billion in Gaza, West Bank aid in 2025 11 Dec 2024 - 08:20 pm
This view shows the tents of displaced Palestinians erected by a collapsed building in Gaza City on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
US offers $10 mn reward for wanted Chinese hacker 11 Dec 2024 - 05:59 pm
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Kazakhstan mulls new time zone change 11 Dec 2024 - 03:55 pm
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German e-commerce giant Zalando snaps up local rival 11 Dec 2024 - 03:31 pm
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South Korea police say security guards blocking raid on presidential office 11 Dec 2024 - 11:46 am
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attends a plenary session, where a question-and-answer session was held relating to the martial law declaration, at the National Assembly in Seoul on December 11, 2024. South Korean police raided President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on December 11 as the investigation into his declaration of martial law gathered pace. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP)
Trump says solving Ukraine crisis his top priority 11 Dec 2024 - 11:31 am
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Students, employees told to stay home due to air pollution in Iran 11 Dec 2024 - 11:10 am
Smog covers Tehran on December 7, 2024 amid severe air pollution. Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP.
Trump defends choice of Kushner for France envoy 11 Dec 2024 - 10:59 am
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and US President-elect Donald Trump (C) speak ahead of a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral, in central Paris, on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / Pool / AFP)
Turkiye opens additional border crossing with Syria to speed up refugees' return 11 Dec 2024 - 12:09 am
Syrian who lives in Turkey wait in a queue at Cilvegozu crossborder gate before entering in Syria at Reyhanli district in Hatay, on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)