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Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites 09 Feb 2025 - 04:40 pm
A layer of snow blankets Tehran as seen from the Tochal mountain resort, on February 9, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
One dead, dozens missing in China landslide 09 Feb 2025 - 01:43 pm
Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Jinping village in the city of Yibin, in China's southwest Sichuan province on February 9, 2025. Photo by CNS / AFP
Sri Lankan monkey causes nationwide blackout 09 Feb 2025 - 12:45 pm
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AI increases unemployment rates in US IT sector 09 Feb 2025 - 11:50 am
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GCC Secretary General welcomes formation of new Lebanese government 08 Feb 2025 - 10:38 pm
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Sudan's army chief plans transitional govt amid military advances 08 Feb 2025 - 09:46 pm
(FILES) Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the Flamingo Marine Base in Port Sudan on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
As Pakistan and India spar over basmati rice, some fear for its survival 08 Feb 2025 - 09:26 pm
Basmati rice before it is refined. Saiyna Bashir for The Washington Post
Government to seek to restore trust within Lebanon and beyond: Lebanon's PM 08 Feb 2025 - 09:04 pm
This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows designate Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivering a statement to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
Nuclear disarmament not on table for US talks: North Korea 08 Feb 2025 - 08:49 pm
A North Korea flag flutters next to concertina wire at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Finland monitors Russian cable repair in Baltic Sea 08 Feb 2025 - 08:46 pm
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Four people killed in landmine explosion in southern Iraq 08 Feb 2025 - 08:41 pm
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New anti-far-right protest draws 200,000 in Munich 08 Feb 2025 - 08:11 pm
Participants display placards against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party during a rally against the far right at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on February 8, 2025, almost two weeks ahead of parliamentary elections. (Photo by LUKAS BARTH-TUTTAS / AFP)
102 venomous snakes caught in a backyard in Australia 08 Feb 2025 - 07:53 pm
Screengrab from a video posted by Cory Kerewaro on Facebook
Harsh winter claims 7,500 head of livestock in Mongolia 08 Feb 2025 - 07:31 pm
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Sudan army claims major advances in greater Khartoum 08 Feb 2025 - 07:19 pm
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South Africa condemns 'misinformation' after Trump freezes aid 08 Feb 2025 - 06:43 pm
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on February 7, 2025 shows US President Donald Trump (L) speaking in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2025, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attending Mozambique President-elect Daniel Chapo's inauguration in Maputo on January 15, 2025. (Photo by Ting Shen and ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP)
Lebanese president signs decree forming new 24-minister government 08 Feb 2025 - 06:19 pm
This handout picture released by the Lebanese presidency shows President Joseph Aoun (C) signing a decree at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on February 8, 2025. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
China builds over 30,000 smart factories 08 Feb 2025 - 06:13 pm
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