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Leader of Syrian Transitional Administration, Omani official discuss ties 11 Jan 2025 - 04:57 pm
Peninsula
Protests delay start of German far-right party's key meet 11 Jan 2025 - 04:54 pm
Demonstrators protesting against Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party hold banners reading
US extends legal status for nearly one million immigrants 11 Jan 2025 - 04:50 pm
Peninsula
Sudan government spokesman says army 'liberated' key city from RSF 11 Jan 2025 - 04:41 pm
Peninsula
Eight students recovering after Japan university hammer attack 11 Jan 2025 - 04:07 pm
A banner (L) for Hosei University is pictured near the entrance to the university's Tama campus after a woman brandished a hammer inside a classroom, in Machida in the western suburbs of Tokyo on January 10, 2025. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte braces for storm bringing rain 11 Jan 2025 - 03:55 pm
Files: This aerial view shows destroyed shelters and houses in the town of Vahibe, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spews hot lava and smoke 11 Jan 2025 - 03:54 pm
This handout picture taken and released on January 11, 2025 by Indonesian Geological Agency shows Mount Ibu spewing volcanic material approximately 4,000 meters high during an eruption as observed from the Mount Ibu Volcano Observation Post in West Halmahera, North Maluku on January 11, 2025. Photo by Handout / Indonesian Geological Agency / AFP
China marks muted 5th anniversary of first Covid death 11 Jan 2025 - 01:59 pm
This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows medical staff members, wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly virus which began in the city, walking outside the Wuhan Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 25, 2020 (top) and a view of the same location at the hospital entrance on December 21, 2024, ahead of the fifth anniversary of China confirming its first death from the Covid-19 coronavirus. Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP
Thousands of South Koreans protest as president digs heels in 11 Jan 2025 - 12:22 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol wave flags and shout slogans during a rally in Gwanghwamun in Seoul on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Biden blasts 'shameful' Meta decision to scrap US fact-checking 11 Jan 2025 - 12:06 pm
(Files) This photo illustration created on January 8, 2025, in Brussels, shows the media giant Meta's logo displayed on a smartphone and screen displaying the words
Indian business leader sparks outcry with call for Sunday work 11 Jan 2025 - 10:58 am
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UK treasurer says London 'natural home' for Chinese finance 11 Jan 2025 - 10:36 am
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves (L) meets Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng before the start of the Fourth China-UK Financial Services Summit in Beijing in Beijing on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / Pool / AFP)
Japan to give Indonesia high-speed patrol boats in security deal 11 Jan 2025 - 10:30 am
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto (R) and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba give a press statement following their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Anger and resentment rise in Los Angeles over fire response 11 Jan 2025 - 09:30 am
Molten metal flows from a car burnt-out by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Valerie Macon / AFP)
Germany races to secure stricken 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker 11 Jan 2025 - 09:10 am
Aerial view taken on January 10, 2025, shows the tanker 'Eventin', flying the Panama flag, adrift at sea north of the German Baltic Sea island of Ruegen. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / DPA / AFP)
Jeju Air crash black boxes stopped recording before flight crashed: South Korea 11 Jan 2025 - 08:55 am
(Files) This undated handout photo taken at an undisclosed location and released on January 1, 2025 shows the flight data recorder (FDR) retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216. (Photo by Handout / South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport / AFP)
Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in Pakistan 11 Jan 2025 - 08:46 am
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai (2R) arrives to attend an international summit on 'Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities', in Islamabad on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Zain Zaman Janjua / AFP)
Los Angeles like 'war scene' after fires: Biden 10 Jan 2025 - 09:40 pm
US President Joe Biden listens during a briefing on the federal response to the Los Angeles wildfires in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)