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Saudi Stock Exchange index closes lower 12 Feb 2025 - 08:19 pm
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South Africa starts processing group visa applications for tourists from China, India 12 Feb 2025 - 08:07 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Check-in counters at Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.
South Sudan vice president says political reshuffle threatens peace deal 12 Feb 2025 - 07:23 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
Telecom Italia agrees to sell sea cable network to Rome 12 Feb 2025 - 06:58 pm
The Tim logo is seen at its headquarters in Rome, Italy November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Modi seeks to dodge Trump’s trade wrath in White House summit 12 Feb 2025 - 06:17 pm
Narendra Modi. Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
US stocks fall as January inflation rises 12 Feb 2025 - 06:07 pm
People walk by Wall Street on February 04, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Israel impedes travel of patients, blocks access of medical essentials: Gaza Health Director General 12 Feb 2025 - 05:30 pm
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Trump calls on Fed to lower US interest rates 12 Feb 2025 - 05:20 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters as he welcomes former detainee Marc Fogel (out of frame) to the White House after Fogel was freed from Russia in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP)
Sweden to allow schoolbag searches after mass shooting 12 Feb 2025 - 04:40 pm
People gather at a makeshift memorial to observe a national minute's silence to honor the victims of the February 4 school shooting in Orebro, Sweden on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Jessica GOW / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
Apple renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' on US app 12 Feb 2025 - 03:45 pm
This photo illustration shows the Gulf of Mexico branded as Gulf of America displayed on the Google Maps application on a tablet on February 11, 2025, in Bogota, Colombia. (Photo by Luis Acosta / AFP)
European airport passenger traffic tops pre-Covid level 12 Feb 2025 - 01:24 pm
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Two astronauts stranded on space station to touch down early 12 Feb 2025 - 01:21 pm
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Ford CEO says Trump policy uncertainty creating chaos 12 Feb 2025 - 12:57 pm
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak to reporters in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Photo by Allison Robbert / AFP)
South Sudan president fires security chief, promotes ally 11 Feb 2025 - 11:59 pm
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir / File photo
Tunisia affirms rejection of calls to displace Gaza Strip residents 11 Feb 2025 - 11:39 pm
Children play with marbles near destroyed buildings at the Shati camp for Palestinian refugees north of Gaza City on February 11, 2025 amid the current ceasefire deal in the war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Ukraine prepared to offer territory swap with Russia: Zelensky 11 Feb 2025 - 10:53 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Kyiv on February 10, 2025. (Photo by Tetiana Dzhafaroav / AFP)
Sudan war is world's 'worst humanitarian crisis': African Union 11 Feb 2025 - 10:27 pm
People seek medical care at a hospital in Wad Madani, which was retaken by the Sudanese army a month earlier, in Sudan's al-Jazira state on February 11, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Spain to give legal status to migrants affected by deadly floods 11 Feb 2025 - 08:24 pm
File: This handout photo taken by the UME-Spanish Military Emergencies Unit shows Spanish rescuers taking residents on a dinghy boat following deadly flooding, in Valencia, on October 30, 2024. (Photo by Handout / UME / AFP)