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Vance tells Zelensky US wants 'lasting' peace 15 Feb 2025 - 09:07 am
US Vice President JD Vance (R), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd R) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meet on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany on February 14, 2025. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
Alibaba to supply AI tech for Apple's iPhones in China: chairman 15 Feb 2025 - 08:47 am
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Hamas decides to release three hostages today, Saturday 15 Feb 2025 - 08:33 am
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Saudi Arabia announces readiness to host summit between Trump and Putin 14 Feb 2025 - 08:35 pm
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VIDEO: Whale gulps kayaker in Chile, spits him out 14 Feb 2025 - 06:29 pm
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World Bank reaffirms support for Bangladesh's economic reforms 14 Feb 2025 - 05:59 pm
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Six killed, 25 injured in fire at S. Korean hotel construction site 14 Feb 2025 - 03:17 pm
Firefighters work at the scene of a fire at a construction site of the Banyan Tree Hotel in the southern port city of Busan on February 14, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
UNRWA urges further humanitarian aid into Gaza 14 Feb 2025 - 03:09 pm
A Palestinian boy carries a container on his head in al-Mughraqa in the central Gaza Strip, on February 13, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores 14 Feb 2025 - 03:04 pm
This photograph taken on April 19, 2024 shows a man holding a smartphone displaying the logo of Chinese social media platform Tiktok in an office in Paris. Photo by Antonin UTZ / AFP
Vaccine critic RFK Jr confirmed as US health secretary 13 Feb 2025 - 11:42 pm
File: Robert F Kennedy Jr testifies on January 29 during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
Construction equipment awaiting Gaza entry from Egypt: report 13 Feb 2025 - 10:59 pm
Palestinians walk amid the devastation in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
GCC Secretary General emphasizes GCC principles regarding developments in Syria 13 Feb 2025 - 10:14 pm
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Zelensky says talks about Ukraine without Kiev unacceptable 13 Feb 2025 - 09:58 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on February 13, 2025, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant in Netishyn, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
South Sudan's opposition group vows to stay in peace deal despite rift with President Kiir 13 Feb 2025 - 09:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir shakes hands with ex-vice president and former rebel leader Riek Machar during their meeting in Juba, South Sudan, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jok Solomun/File Photo
What to know about Trump's phone calls with Putin, Zelensky 13 Feb 2025 - 09:03 pm
This combination of pictures created on February 12, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on December 19, 2024, and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
Kenya's current account deficit shrinks to 3.6 pct of GDP in 2024 13 Feb 2025 - 09:03 pm
This photo taken on July 14, 2023 shows a hot air balloon at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. (Xinhua)
'Messengers of peace' - refugee Asian Games snowboarders fly Afghan flag 13 Feb 2025 - 08:47 pm
Afghanistan's Ahmad Habibzi competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe qualification during the Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games in Yabuli, Northeast China's Heilongjian province on February 12, 2025. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP)
US State Dept walks back purported $400 mn Tesla contract 13 Feb 2025 - 08:28 pm
(FILES) Newly manufactured Tesla Cybertrucks are parked outside the company's Giga Texas factory on December 13, 2023, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)