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Dozens of settlers storm Al Aqsa Mosque 01 Jan 2026 - 06:29 pm
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Aubameyang banned as Gabon government suspend national team 01 Jan 2026 - 06:16 pm
Ivory Coast's forward #22 Evann Guessand scores his team's second goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group F football match between Gabon and Ivory Coast at the Grand Stadium in Marrakech on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Fire ravages Amsterdam church on 'unsettled' Dutch New Year 01 Jan 2026 - 02:57 pm
People look at the tower of the Vondelkerk church on fire during New Year's Eve, in Amsterdam on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Laurens Niezen / ANP / AFP)
VIDEO: Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul 01 Jan 2026 - 01:58 pm
This aerial picture shows thousands of people demonstrating their solidarity with the Palestinian people at the Galata Bridge in Istanbul on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
Train collides with car at rail crossing in Japan's Saitama Prefecture 01 Jan 2026 - 01:51 pm
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France's Reunion warns of 'probable or imminent' volcanic eruption 01 Jan 2026 - 10:54 am
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Several dead in explosion at Swiss ski resort town Crans Montana: police 01 Jan 2026 - 10:43 am
Police officers walk near ambulances at the site of an explosion that ripped through a bar in Crans-Montana on January 1, 2026.  (Photo by Maxime Schmid / AFP)
Mamdani to take over as New York mayor under Trump shadow 01 Jan 2026 - 10:34 am
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France plans social media ban for children under 15 01 Jan 2026 - 09:30 am
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World begins to welcome 2026 after a year of Trump, truces and turmoil 01 Jan 2026 - 09:07 am
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UN Rights Chief condemns Israeli move to suspend humanitarian groups in Gaza 31 Dec 2025 - 09:53 pm
A Palestinian woman arrives with a child at the Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) clinic, in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on new year's Eve, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Sudan extends 3‑month opening of Adre border crossing with Chad to deliver humanitarian aid 31 Dec 2025 - 08:24 pm
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Saudi Stock Index closes higher 31 Dec 2025 - 08:11 pm
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Pakistan reports sharp decline in polio cases in 2025 31 Dec 2025 - 07:45 pm
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Turkiye ramping up efforts to stop Israel's attacks on Gaza: Erdogan 31 Dec 2025 - 07:24 pm
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Bangladesh mourns ex-PM Khaleda Zia with state funeral 31 Dec 2025 - 03:53 pm
An aerial view shows mourners gathered for the funeral ceremony of Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia at the Parliament House premises in Dhaka on December 31, 2025 a day after her death. Photo by S M Ariful AMIN / AFP
Finnish police say vessel seized after new cable damage in Gulf of Finland 31 Dec 2025 - 03:41 pm
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Germany bank heist nets about 30mn euros in cash, valuables: Police 31 Dec 2025 - 11:50 am
This handout photo taken on December 29, 2025 in Gelsenkirchen, Wwestern Germany, and handed out by the Police Gelsenkirchen shows a giant hole in a wall of the bank vault of a Sparkasse bank branch after the unknown perpetrator(s) broke in during the Christmas holidays. According to media reports from December 30, 2025, concerned bank customers gathered in front of the bank to find out what happened to their valuables. (Photo by Handout / Police Gelsenkirchen / AFP)