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Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale by 90 days 19 Jun 2025 - 07:59 pm
A photo taken on April 10, 2025 shows the Chinese social networking service TikTok's logos on a smartphone screen (L) and laptop screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
World Food Programme condemns killing of starving civilians in Gaza, urges immediate opening of crossings 19 Jun 2025 - 06:12 pm
A Palestinian boy carries a pot with food collected at a charity kitchen providing hot meals in Rimal neighbourhood in Gaza City on June 18, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Gaza rescuers say Israeli fire kills 72 19 Jun 2025 - 05:54 pm
Relatives mourn Palestinians who were killed a day earlier in Israeli fire while seeking food aid, during his funeral at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 18, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Angolan operated by doctor 7,000 miles away in 'Africa first' 19 Jun 2025 - 05:47 pm
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Police officer held in Spain over suspect's chokehold death 19 Jun 2025 - 05:20 pm
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Floods expected after Hurricane Erick makes landfall in western Mexico 19 Jun 2025 - 03:53 pm
This frame grab from AFPTV video footage shows the popular tourist town of Puerto Escondido as Hurricane Erick approaches Mexico's Pacific coast as a powerful Category 3 storm in Oaxaca state, Mexico on June 18, 2025. Photo by Carlo ECHEGOYEN / AFPTV / AFP
At least 178 Filipino workers in Israel seek to flee 19 Jun 2025 - 03:43 pm
First responders walk outside a heavily-damaged building at the site of an Iranian missile attack in Ramat Gan in central Israel near Tel Aviv, on June 19, 2025. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
Air India says plane 'well-maintained' before crash 19 Jun 2025 - 03:32 pm
An investigation team inspects the wreckage of Air India flight 171 a day after it crashed in a residential area near the airport, in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP.
Ukraine fears being sidelined by Iran-Israel conflict 19 Jun 2025 - 03:32 pm
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Google suffers setback as EU legal opinion backs record fine 19 Jun 2025 - 03:10 pm
This illustration picture shows the US multinational technology and Internet-related services company Google logo displayed on a tablet in Paris on February 18, 2019. Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
Greenpeace warns of 'potential disaster' after oil spill off UAE 19 Jun 2025 - 02:37 pm
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South Korea approves $14.7 billion second extra budget to boost economy 19 Jun 2025 - 01:18 pm
A general view taken below the Namsan Tower shows commercial and residential buildings in Seoul on September 25, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Iran calls IAEA a 'partner' in Israel's 'war of aggression' 19 Jun 2025 - 12:31 pm
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Israeli army says struck ' inactive nuclear reactor' in Iran's Arak 19 Jun 2025 - 11:57 am
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SpaceX Starship explodes during 'routine' test: Texas officials 19 Jun 2025 - 10:28 am
(Files) People take pictures of the rocket garden ahead of the SpaceX Starship flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas on April 16, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Hurricane Erick strengthens to Category 4 off Mexico's coast: NHC 19 Jun 2025 - 09:23 am
This frame grab from AFPTV video footage shows the popular tourist town of Puerto Escondido as Hurricane Erick approaches Mexico's Pacific coast. (Photo by Carlo Echegoyen / AFPTV / AFP)
Violent explosions heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem 19 Jun 2025 - 07:57 am
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GCC Secretary General welcomes UN adoption of resolution on cooperation with Council 18 Jun 2025 - 10:58 pm
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