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UK says aware of 'escalatory risks' in arming Ukraine 09 Feb 2023 - 06:04 pm
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace attends during a press conference at the end of a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence of the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at Villa Madama in central Rome, on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
UK govt defends potential talks with Xinjiang governor 09 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
The cross-party group of MPs said Erkin Tuniyaz had played ‘a central role in the persecution of Uyghurs – crimes our own parliament has declared a genocide’. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP
5 dead in apartment building fire in Novosibirsk, Russia 09 Feb 2023 - 02:41 pm
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Mini quakes shut museums in Italy's Siena 09 Feb 2023 - 02:13 pm
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Zelenskyy wraps up European tour with visit to EU summit 09 Feb 2023 - 11:56 am
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with France's President and German Chancellor at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on February 8, 2023. Photo by SARAH MEYSSONNIER / POOL / AFP
Greek MPs bar jailed neo-Nazi from leading new party in election 09 Feb 2023 - 12:01 am
Ilias Kasidiaris was handed prison sentences in 2020 by a court that called the Golden Dawn party a criminal organisation. LOUISA GOULIAMAKI / AFP
Wish You Were (not) Here: Pink Floyd's Waters slammed for UN speech 08 Feb 2023 - 10:16 pm
British musician Roger Waters is displayed on a screen during an address to a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, at UN headquarters in New York on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Ed Jones / AFP)
Norwegian minister apologizes over TikTok on her work phone 08 Feb 2023 - 10:02 pm
File photo: Norwegian Minister of Justice and Public Security Emilie Enger Mehl. (REUTERS/Johanna Geron)
UK climate activists fined for da Vinci glue stunt 08 Feb 2023 - 09:53 pm
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UK PM says 'nothing is off the table' for Ukraine including fighter jets 08 Feb 2023 - 09:41 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky stands with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as they wait to meet Ukrainian troops being trained to command Challenger 2 tanks at a military facility in Lulworth, Dorset in southern England on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Matthews / POOL / AFP)
Putin likely armed rebels who downed MH17 jetliner, probe finds  08 Feb 2023 - 09:08 pm
Dutch head of the National Crime Investigations Division Andy Kraag answers journalists questions after a press conference on the results of the ongoing investigation into other parties involved in the downing of flight MH17 at EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) headquarters in The Hague on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)
Zelenskyy flies West: If it's Thursday, this must be Belgium 08 Feb 2023 - 08:43 pm
King Charles III shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Buckingham Palace, in London, during his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)
Swedish police blocks Holy Quran burning protest 08 Feb 2023 - 07:29 pm
Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom speaks during the Hanalys foreign policy forum in Espoo, Finland, on February 7, 2023. (Lehtikuva / AFP) /
Paris Olympic Games unveils 'joyful' look for 2024 08 Feb 2023 - 06:16 pm
This photograph taken on February 8, 2023, shows an illustration of the dominant colours and visual identity on the Centre Pompidou, displayed on a screen during the presentation of the pictograms of each discipline and visual identity of Paris 2024 and Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Sweden mulling bid for 2030 Winter Olympics 08 Feb 2023 - 06:07 pm
The Japanese city of Sapporo, once seen as a favourite, has put its 2030 Winter Olympics bid on hold. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
Belarus hands 8-year term to journalist for top Polish paper 08 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm
In this file photo taken on January 16, 2023 Andrzej Poczobut - a correspondent for the top Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza and a representative of the Polish minority in Belarus, who was arrested in March 2021 and accused of
Britain vows more Ukraine support as Zelensky visits 08 Feb 2023 - 04:43 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) talks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in central London on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
Florence Baptistry mosaics to be available for visitors inspection up close 08 Feb 2023 - 03:59 pm
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A general view of the Presidential Palace in Bissau on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP) Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup, president's arrest
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Representational file photo. Death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg outbreak rises to 5

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President Donald Trump participates in a call with U.S. service members from his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Thanksgiving Day on November 27, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Pete Marovich/Getty Images/AFP Trump says to 'permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries'
Secret Service uniformed division officers patrol in Lafayette Square across from the White House, in Washington, DC on November 27, 2025. Two National Guard troops were shot November 26 in a FBI launches terror probe after Washington shooting
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Neymar Santos SR, father of Brazilian forward Neymar Jr and owner of NR Sports, gestures to the media at the announcement of the acquisition of late Brazilian football legend Pele brand at the Pele Museum, in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 25, 2025. (Photo by Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP) Pele's brand acquired by family business of Neymar Jr.

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Representational file photo. Omani oil prices rise to $64.1 a barrel
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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed and Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan H E Nazar Agahanov during the meeting.

Qatar-Turkmenistan Joint Committee holds third session in Doha