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In Photos: Israeli strike on hospital tent camp kills 4 and ignites a fire that burns dozens 14 Oct 2024 - 02:49 pm
Photo by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) / AFP
India's capital bans fireworks to curb air pollution 14 Oct 2024 - 02:36 pm
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Pakistan police officers suspended over protest clashes 14 Oct 2024 - 02:05 pm
Police detain a Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party member during a protest in Karachi on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Qaisar Khan / AFP)
Nepali teenager hailed as hero after climbing world's 8,000m peaks 14 Oct 2024 - 01:24 pm
Nepali mountaineer Nima Rinji Sherpa poses upon his arrival at the airport in Kathmandu on October 14, 2024. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Man with shotgun and loaded handgun arrested near Trump California rally 14 Oct 2024 - 09:31 am
Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Arena in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Caitlin O'Hara / AFP)
Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate 14 Oct 2024 - 09:26 am
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Harris helps pack diapers for North Carolina hurricane victims 13 Oct 2024 - 11:45 pm
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris helps pack supplies for those affected by Hurricane Helene during a campaign stop at The Pit Authentic Barbecue restaurant in Raleigh, North Carolina, on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Tens of thousands flee Nigeria floods 13 Oct 2024 - 10:54 pm
This aerial view shows houses submerged under water in Adankolo in Kogi State on October 12, 2024. (Photo by Haruna Yahaya / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza surges to 42,227 13 Oct 2024 - 10:10 pm
Palestinians pray over the bodies of relatives, killed in an Israeli strike on Al-Bureij refugee camp, during their funeral at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 13, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Iceland govt collapses, new election set for November 13 Oct 2024 - 09:38 pm
A file photo of Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benidiktsson / AFP
Seven die from gas poisoning in eastern China: state media 13 Oct 2024 - 08:20 pm
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Seeing double in Nigeria's 'twins capital of the world' 13 Oct 2024 - 07:37 pm
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’ Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births. Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP.
‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction 13 Oct 2024 - 07:23 pm
Image: Heritage Auctions on X
Pentagon says will send THAAD missile defense system to Israel 13 Oct 2024 - 07:12 pm
File photo of the THAAD air defense system.
Peacekeepers say Israeli tanks 'forcibly entered' UN Lebanon position 13 Oct 2024 - 06:34 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A United Nations flag flies in the back of one of the armoured vehicles of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Palestinians in Gaza's Jabalia grieve and try to survive 13 Oct 2024 - 05:21 pm
Ali Assaf (R), 20, reportedly the only survivor from his family killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is comforted by a young man as mourns near the bodies of his relatives in front of the al-Maamadani on October 12, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster at landing pad 13 Oct 2024 - 05:05 pm
Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled at the launch pad in Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, during the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully
Qatari aircraft arrives in Beirut with humanitarian aid for Lebanese people 13 Oct 2024 - 04:09 pm
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