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Sicily divers seek tycoon's daughter after superyacht sinking 23 Aug 2024 - 11:29 am
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Indian Prime Minister arrives in Ukraine 23 Aug 2024 - 11:26 am
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Hungary to provide free tickets to Brussels for migrants trying to enter the EU 22 Aug 2024 - 08:51 pm
Refugees sit on the pavement close to their former shelter in Kocs village, about 70 km north-west from the Hungarian capital Budapest, on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Attila Kisbenedek / AFP)
Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia's Kursk region 22 Aug 2024 - 08:48 pm
Ukrainian soldiers take part in a casualty simulation training excercise operated by Britain's armed forces, as part of the Interflex programme, in southern England, on August 22, 2024. (Photo by Justin Tallis / AFP)
Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest 21 Aug 2024 - 11:18 pm
A Regional Civil Protection Service helicopter fights a wildfire raging through Pico do Areeiro mountain on August 21, 2024 in Santana on the Portuguese island of Madeira, which broke out one week ago in the Ribeira Brava district. (Photo by Helder Santos / AFP)
Five bodies found, one still missing in UK tycoon shipwreck 21 Aug 2024 - 09:23 pm
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive in Porticello harbor near Palermo, with a third body at the back of the boat on August 21, 2024, two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Police shoot man who set fire at French town hall 21 Aug 2024 - 08:08 pm
French police stand guard in front of the Town Hall after a man attempted to set the building alight with petrol in Angouleme on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Romain PERROCHEAU / AFP)
Divers retrieve 4 bodies during sunken Sicily superyacht wreckage search 21 Aug 2024 - 07:57 pm
Italian Coast Guards carry a body on a rescue boat in Porticello harbor near Palermo, with a third body at the back of the boat on August 21, 2024, two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Kursk assault 'severe blow' to Putin: EU's Borrell 21 Aug 2024 - 07:29 pm
An image taken from a handout footage released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 21, 2024, reportedly shows a Russian Mi-35m attack helicopter firing rockets on Ukrainian Armed Forces at the border area of Kursk region in Russia. (Photo by Handout / Russian Defence Ministry / AFP)
Ukraine civilians flee advancing Russian troops in east 21 Aug 2024 - 07:03 pm
Ukrainian firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a private house that broke out a day after a missile attack in Myrnograd, Donetsk region, on August 21, 2024. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Greek authorities rescue 147 migrants trying to reach the country in small boats 21 Aug 2024 - 06:13 pm
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Two bodies found in Sicily yacht wreck search 21 Aug 2024 - 05:27 pm
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters arrive with a body bag at the back of the boat in Porticello near Palermo, on August 21, 2024 two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Switzerland moves towards cashless future with instant payments 21 Aug 2024 - 03:18 pm
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Bosnia high school staffer shoots dead three colleagues: police 21 Aug 2024 - 02:04 pm
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Hope fading as search for Sicily yacht missing enters third day 21 Aug 2024 - 11:56 am
A rescue boat of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters operates off Porticello near Palermo, on August 20, 2024 a day after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP.
Tech tycoon, defense attorney, and Morgan Stanley banker among those missing in freak yacht sinking 21 Aug 2024 - 11:34 am
A woman watches rescue teams at work in Porticello near Palermo, on August 21, 2024 two days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP.
Turkiye Central Bank keeps interest rate at 50 percent 20 Aug 2024 - 09:52 pm
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Scotland drug deaths rise, among worst in Europe 20 Aug 2024 - 07:45 pm
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An adult and two juvenile Masai giraffes sprint across the savannah after one is darted with a tranquilizer from a helicopter during an exercise to translocate large herbivores from Kedong Ranch due to land subdivisions and corralling that have disrupted wildlife migratory routes in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on November 16, 2025. Photo by Tony Karumba/ AFP 'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan
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People walk on the street as the rain pours in the Manhattan borough of New York City on November 19, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) US unemployment up even as hiring beats expectations in delayed report
(Combo) This combination of pictures created on November 19, 2025 shows Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani on October 19, 2025 in New York City and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, October 24, 2025. (Photo by Angela Weiss and Saul Loeb / AFP) Trump says will meet with New York mayor-elect Mamdani on Friday
The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge lies in the water after it collapsed in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP. Ninety seconds could have saved lives on Baltimore bridge: probe

Gulf

Photo credit: Dubai Media Office Pilot dead in Indian warplane crash at Dubai Airshow: govt statement
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia HRH Mohammed bin Salman and member of the Saudi Arabia at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) Saudi AI firm Humain inks Nvidia deal as US allows chip sales
A Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport during the Dubai Airshow 2025 in Dubai on November 17, 2025. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) Flydubai orders 75 Boeings as deals roll in at Dubai airshow

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