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Four years after the Beirut port blast, many decry stalled justice as regional tensions spike 04 Aug 2024 - 03:01 pm
Sculpted figures representing people staring at the devastation are lined up along the road overlooking the port of Beirut on August 4, 2024, as Lebanon marks four years since a catastrophic explosion there that killed more than 220 people. Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP.
China issues plan to boost household consumption 04 Aug 2024 - 02:56 pm
A man holding an umbrella walks during a rainstorm in Beijing on July 30, 2024. Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP.
Violence in Bangladesh leaves many people dead, hundreds injured as protests continue 04 Aug 2024 - 01:32 pm
Students shout slogans during a protest march as they demand justice for victims arrested and killed in the recent nationwide violence over job quotas, in Dhaka on August 3, 2024. Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP.
Gaza municipality warns of environmental disaster as Israeli occupation deliberately destructs water, sewage networks 04 Aug 2024 - 12:52 pm
A child walks on street strewn with rubbish at the al-Maghazi Palestinian refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on August 2, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
UK govt vows 'consequences' for far-right rioters 04 Aug 2024 - 12:49 pm
A police dog bites a protester in Bristol, southern England, on August 3, 2024 during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29. Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
Philippines, Germany agree to broaden defence agreement 04 Aug 2024 - 12:37 pm
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro (R) speaks while German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius listens during their joint press conference at a hotel in Manila on August 4, 2024. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
EV transition worries French car industry workers 04 Aug 2024 - 12:17 pm
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Nigerian president calls for end to protests, 'bloodshed' 04 Aug 2024 - 11:02 am
This aerial view shows protestors runing from clouds of tear gas fired by Nigerian security forces during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 2, 2024. Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP
3 hospitalized after stabbing and shooting at Las Vegas resort 03 Aug 2024 - 10:49 pm
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Arab League calls for urgent international intervention to halt crime of enforced disappearance against Palestinian prisoners 03 Aug 2024 - 06:30 pm
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UK govt tells British nationals in Lebanon to 'leave now' 03 Aug 2024 - 06:08 pm
 Beirut's Ain al-Mreisseh seaside promenade on August 2, 2024. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel 03 Aug 2024 - 05:04 pm
Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack in Mogadishu on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Ali ELMI / AFP)
Putin vows support to North Korea after devastating floods 03 Aug 2024 - 04:37 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state owned Sputnik agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in the Kremlin in Moscow, on August 2, 2024. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) /
Protests continue in Bangladesh amid outrage over crackdown 03 Aug 2024 - 04:01 pm
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests.(Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Beachgoers in Italy struck by lightning: reports 03 Aug 2024 - 03:56 pm
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Uganda reports first two cases of mpox 03 Aug 2024 - 02:37 pm
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Extreme heat breaks records in eastern China 03 Aug 2024 - 12:41 pm
A woman walks by the Olympic park in Beijing on August 2, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
Riots flare in another UK city as police brace for weekend turmoil 03 Aug 2024 - 12:34 pm
Smoke billows from a fire started by protesters as riot police stand guard after disturbances in Southport, northwest England, on July 30, 2024, a day after a deadly child knife attack. Photo by Roland LLOYD PARRY / AFP