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A 6-year-old in Gaza City was calling to be rescued. Did anyone find her? 02 Feb 2024 - 10:30 pm
Hind Hamada, 6, celebrates her kindergarten graduation. Ihab Hamada
Panama ex-president loses last bid to avoid jail 02 Feb 2024 - 09:08 pm
(FILES) Panama's former president (2009-2014) Ricardo Martinelli speaks during a press conference at the Realizando Metas party headquarters in Panama City, on June 27, 2023.  (Photo by ROBERTO CISNEROS / AFP)
'Disaster in waiting': Kenya fire victims slam authorities 02 Feb 2024 - 01:54 pm
An injured man walks at the Embakasi neighbourhood with heavily damaged houses and shops, a day after a gas explosion in Nairobi, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
Public transport walkout hits strike-battered Germany 02 Feb 2024 - 01:38 pm
Trams are parked during a nationwide strike over a wage dispute held by public transport workers on February 2, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
Massive fire set off by gas explosion in Kenya's capital kills at least 3 people, injures over 270 02 Feb 2024 - 11:11 am
A man stands next to heavily damaged houses and shops, a day after a gas explosion in the Embakasi area of Nairobi, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
More than 100 Rohingya flee a Malaysian detention center 02 Feb 2024 - 10:51 am
Immigration officers inspect the area near the immigration detention centre in Bidor in Malaysia's northern Perak state on February 2, 2024, after more than 100 Rohingya refugees escaped the facility. More than 100 Rohingya refugees escaped a detention centre in Malaysia after a riot broke out, with one man killed after being hit by a vehicle on a highway as he fled, police said February 2. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Small plane crashes into US mobile home park, several dead 02 Feb 2024 - 10:06 am
Firefighters work to put out a fire after a small plane crashed into the Bayside Waters mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, on February 1, 2024. Photo by OCTAVIO JONES / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: UNRWA warns funding suspension may force shutdown in operations 02 Feb 2024 - 09:39 am
A woman walks past a destroyed building in the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees, which was severely damaged by Israeli bombardment. Photo by ANAS BABA / AFP
UNRWA's Middle East Humanitarian operations in peril amid funding suspension 02 Feb 2024 - 09:02 am
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UN experts decry killing, silencing of journalists in Gaza 02 Feb 2024 - 08:46 am
Smoke rising above destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip yesterday. (AFP)
Biden imposes sanctions over 'intolerable' Israeli settler violence 01 Feb 2024 - 11:19 pm
US President Joe Biden gives remarks during the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol in Washington, on February 01, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
US approves $4 billion drone deal for India 01 Feb 2024 - 10:51 pm
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US defense chief apologizes for secrecy over cancer 01 Feb 2024 - 09:21 pm
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pauses while speaking during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
Indian police released a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup 01 Feb 2024 - 04:11 pm
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UK police manhunt after 'corrosive substance' attack on family 01 Feb 2024 - 03:11 pm
A car is seen behind police cordon after a suspected acid attack in south London on February 1, 2024. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
Tens of thousands grounded in German airport security staff strike 01 Feb 2024 - 03:04 pm
A participant walks past a banner of the German Civil Service Association (dbb beamtenbund und tarifunion) outside a terminal at Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on February 1, 2024, as flights are cancelled or delayed due to a nationwide strike of airport security staff. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Two dead, at least five hurt in Philippine fireworks factory blast 01 Feb 2024 - 02:13 pm
Firefighters respond as a huge fire engulfs buildings at a crowded neighborhood in Manila on January 31, 2024. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP)
Sri Lanka price hike after tax rises for IMF bailout 01 Feb 2024 - 11:20 am
A vendor sorts pumpkins as customers buy vegetables in Hambantota on December 22, 2021. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)