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Kremlin slams US ban on cybersecurity firm Kaspersky 21 Jun 2024 - 02:23 pm
(FILES) A view of the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab, Russia's leading antivirus software development company, in Moscow on October 25, 2017. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
As millions sweat out the heat wave, blocks of lake ice keep these campers cool 21 Jun 2024 - 02:20 pm
Children play with water guns at a splash pad at LeFrak Center at Lakeside at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, as a heat wave hits the northeast US on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)
Historic flooding in south China kills 47, more floods feared 21 Jun 2024 - 02:06 pm
A villager walks out from a damaged building in the aftermath of flooding in Meizhou, in southern China's Guangdong province on June 21, 2024. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT
South Korea summons Russian ambassador to protest strategic partnership agreement with North Korea 21 Jun 2024 - 01:21 pm
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Ukraine reinforces embattled hilltop town in east 21 Jun 2024 - 11:23 am
Ukrainian armoured military vehicles drive on a road in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, on June 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denies it's a hazard after US Commerce Dept bans software 21 Jun 2024 - 11:19 am
File photo: An employee works near screens in the virus lab at the headquarters of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Labs in Moscow July 29, 2013. Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin
South Sudan's vice president expresses concerns over ongoing peace talks 21 Jun 2024 - 11:15 am
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Armenia says recognises State of Palestine 21 Jun 2024 - 11:05 am
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Palestinians martyred, injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip 21 Jun 2024 - 11:03 am
Smoke from Israeli bombardment billows in the background near an area previously housing displaced Palestinians leaving Rafah towards Khan Yunis on June 20, 2024, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Al Jazeera English's Fault Lines premieres documentary on attacks on civilians in Gaza 21 Jun 2024 - 09:35 am
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Higher than normal temps all summer in US: govt 20 Jun 2024 - 09:43 pm
People try to cool off at Coney Island on a sweltering afternoon on the first day of summer on June 20, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images via AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 37,431; wounded 85,653 20 Jun 2024 - 08:26 pm
A man with his children walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis on June 20, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
European stocks advance, AI propels US into record territory 20 Jun 2024 - 07:09 pm
A laptop computer with Microsoft Copilot+ installed is on display at the Best Buy store on June 18, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP.
Thousands of young Kenyans protest tax hikes 20 Jun 2024 - 06:30 pm
A protester reacts as a Kenyan police water canon sprays water at them during a demonstration against tax hikes as Members of the Parliament vote the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairoibi, on June 20, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
New $1.2 bn plan to boost African vaccine production launched 20 Jun 2024 - 06:25 pm
Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye delivers a speech during the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation at the French Foreign Ministry, the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, on June 20, 2024. Photo by Dylan Martinez / POOL / AFP.
Over 6 million Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced since nakba, says Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 20 Jun 2024 - 05:21 pm
A picture shows a displacement camp in the al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Sudan one of world's 'worst crises' in decades: medical charity 20 Jun 2024 - 05:18 pm
People carry parcels of meat from freshly-slaughtered sacrificial animals in the eastern city of Gedaref, distributed to internally displaced Sudanese on the second day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice on June 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Photo by AFP.
UNHCR chief warns of 'insufficent' humanitarian access to Sudan 20 Jun 2024 - 03:57 pm
Peolpe displaced from Sudan's Jazira state arrive in packed vehicles to the entrance of the eastern city of Gedaref on June 10, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Photo by AFP.