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African leaders condemn Israel's offensive in Gaza 17 Feb 2024 - 03:59 pm
African Heads of State pose for a group photograph before the opening ceremony of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Ukraine withdraws from eastern city Avdiivka to 'save our people' 17 Feb 2024 - 03:31 pm
(Files) A view of the frontline town of Avdiivka on October 18, 2023. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Senior official says he helped rig Pakistan elections 17 Feb 2024 - 01:53 pm
Rawalpindi Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha speaks at a press conference in Rawalpindi on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Ghulam Rasool / AFP)
New York ruling of $355 million penalty and business ban deals Trump business a major blow 17 Feb 2024 - 01:22 pm
Former US President and current GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the press at Mar-a-Lago on February 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Paris police shoot 'threatening' cleaver-wielding man 17 Feb 2024 - 01:08 pm
(Files) This picture taken in Creteil, southeast suburb of Paris on December 8, 2020 shows a police armband. (Photo by Thomas Coex / AFP)
Philippines accuses Chinese boats of 'dangerous' actions 17 Feb 2024 - 12:42 pm
This photo taken on February 15, 2024 shows Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats queueing for free fuel beside the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ship BRP Datu Tamblot (L) as a Chinese coast guard ship (background R) monitors near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Iranian guns down 12 relatives in shooting spree with Kalashnikov rifle 17 Feb 2024 - 11:03 am
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Jailed Thai ex-premier Thaksin to be freed Sunday: PM 17 Feb 2024 - 10:22 am
(Files) Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) arrives to greet his supporters after landing at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok on August 22, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
Italy, home of the mafia, now one of Europe's safest countries 17 Feb 2024 - 10:04 am
(Files) A police car stands in front of the Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) in Milan on August 12, 2020. (Photo by Miguel Medina / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Fears grow for crucial Gaza hospital after Israeli raid 17 Feb 2024 - 09:14 am
Displaced Palestinians camp near the border fence between Gaza and Egypt, on February 16, 2024 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Singapore engineer pivots from oil rigs to 'fish farm of the future' 17 Feb 2024 - 09:00 am
This photograph taken on December 6, 2023 shows Leow Ban Tat, CEO and founder of the Aquaculture Centre of Excellence (ACE) Farm Eco Ark fish farm, outside the facility in Singapore. (Photo by Roslan Rahman / AFP)
Japan successfully launches next-gen H3 rocket 17 Feb 2024 - 08:34 am
Japan's H3 rocket leaves the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan on February 17, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Palestinians forced to eat weeds to stave off hunger 16 Feb 2024 - 11:34 pm
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Olympic cycling champion Hoy reveals he has cancer 16 Feb 2024 - 10:59 pm
(FILES) Former Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy poses on the red carpet prior to the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony in Paris on May 8, 2023. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Prince Harry says family could reunite over king's illness 16 Feb 2024 - 10:23 pm
File: Britain's Prince William and Prince Harry 
Philippines awards top Filipino conglomerate $3 billion airport makeover 16 Feb 2024 - 09:50 pm
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Blinken raises Russia's anti-satellite arm with China, India 16 Feb 2024 - 08:49 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands as they meet at the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, southern Germany on February 16, 2024. (Photo by WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL / AFP)
Senegal president vows election to come 'as soon as possible' 16 Feb 2024 - 08:35 pm
(FILES) Senegal's President Macky Sall as he departs after meeting with France's President at the Elysee Palace, amid the New Global Financial Pact Summit in Paris on June 23, 2023. Senegal's President Macky Sall pledged to organise presidential elections