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Trump launches into 'dark speech' on illegal immigration 29 Sep 2024 - 11:57 am
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to attendees during a campaign rally at the Prairie Du Chien Area Arts Center on September 28, 2024 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Death toll in Nepal flooding and landslides reaches at least 100, with dozens still missing 29 Sep 2024 - 10:54 am
Residents climb over a rooftop as their neighbourhood submerged in flood waters in Kathmandu on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Prakash Mathema / AFP)
Croatia plans to tax second homes to bolster budget 29 Sep 2024 - 10:52 am
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Several killed in plane crash in Dare County, North Carolina 29 Sep 2024 - 10:35 am
Peninsula
Indonesian FM urges UN to act on Middle East conflicts 29 Sep 2024 - 10:31 am
A man walks through the rubble as people check on September 28, 2024 the devastation in the Hadath neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs in the aftermath of overnight Israeli airstrikes on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital. (Photo by AFP)
Xi encourages industrial workers to contribute to full revitalization of northeast China 29 Sep 2024 - 10:21 am
China's  President Xi Jinping attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron (not pictured) in Beijing on April 6, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)
Nearly two million displaced in Lebanon amid ongoing Israeli aggression 29 Sep 2024 - 08:54 am
A man sleeps on the grass as displaced families who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon gather at a park where they are taking refuge in Tripoli, on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Fathi Al-Masri / AFP)
Hundreds of fleeing families sleep on beaches and streets after Israel's airstrikes shake Beirut 28 Sep 2024 - 07:11 pm
People who fled Israeli bombardment on Beirut's southern suburbs, gather in the Lebanese capital's downtown district where they spent the night, on September 28, 2024. Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP.
Ukraine says nine killed in Russian strikes on hospital 28 Sep 2024 - 07:06 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on September 28, 2024, shows a damaged car in the courtyard of a hospital following a drone attack in Sumy. (Photo by Handout / National Police of Ukraine / AFP)
Millions still without power from Helene as flooding continues 28 Sep 2024 - 06:28 pm
A man and his kids take a break from working on a washed out road to their home in Watauga County, North Carolina on September 27, 2024. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Air raid sirens sound in Tel Aviv shortly after Benjamin Netanyahu lands 28 Sep 2024 - 06:12 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Iron Dome air defence system over the Upper Galilee region on September 27, 2024. Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP.
SpaceX set to launch mission to return stranded astronauts 28 Sep 2024 - 06:07 pm
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (L) and Suni Williams, wearing Boeing spacesuits, wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch , on June 5, 2024. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP.
Main Czech opposition party wins most seats in election for a third of Senate 28 Sep 2024 - 06:02 pm
Peninsula
Lebanese Health Minister reports 1,640 dead, 8,408 injured from Israeli attacks since October 8 28 Sep 2024 - 06:00 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
China foreign minister warns against 'expansion' of Ukraine war 28 Sep 2024 - 05:33 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the United Nations on September 27, 2024 in New York. Photo by Bryan R. SMITH / AFP.
Erdogan says Israel committing 'genocide' in Lebanon 28 Sep 2024 - 05:08 pm
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Over 50,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria amid Israeli strikes 28 Sep 2024 - 04:52 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. People who fled Israeli bombardment on Beirut's southern suburbs, gather in front of a church the Lebanese capital's downtown district where they spent the night, on September 28, 2024. Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP.
Iran Air cancels flights to Beirut until further notice 28 Sep 2024 - 04:22 pm
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