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Philippines seizes hundreds of giant clam shell pieces 19 Feb 2024 - 03:50 pm
This handout photo taken on February 14, 2024 and released on February 19 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows coast guard personnel gathering seized giant clam shells on a beach at a village in Bugsuk island, Palawan province. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP
Mongolian arrested trying to smuggle komodo dragons, pythons out of Thailand 19 Feb 2024 - 03:37 pm
This handout photo taken on February 17, 2024, and released on February 19 by Thailand's Customs Department shows a rescued snake at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. (Photo by Handout / Thailand's Customs Department / AFP)
S. Korean government orders doctors back to hospitals 19 Feb 2024 - 01:30 pm
Medical staff are seen at a university hospital in Gwangju on February 19, 2024. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
Waffle House shooting in Indianapolis leaves 1 dead, 5 injured, police say 19 Feb 2024 - 12:28 pm
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Singapore to require gradual use of low-carbon jet fuel from 2026 19 Feb 2024 - 12:13 pm
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Julian Assange: All you need to know about the WikiLeaks founder 19 Feb 2024 - 11:05 am
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Cambodia looks to import Indian tigers to revive big cat population 19 Feb 2024 - 10:38 am
(Files) A tiger rests in an enclosure during the inauguration of Phnom Penh Safari in Phnom Penh on June 23, 2018. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Gaza death toll crosses 29,000, over 100 killed in past 24 hours 19 Feb 2024 - 09:50 am
Women mourn after the death of relatives in an Israeli air strike that hit the Baraka family home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on February 18, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Lightning bolt scorches four people near Sydney Opera House 19 Feb 2024 - 08:27 am
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Seven dead in Philippines clashes with militants: army 19 Feb 2024 - 08:15 am
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Russia trying to attack beyond Avdiivka, Ukraine warns 18 Feb 2024 - 11:02 pm
Ukrainian servicemen pile up earthbags to build a fortification not far from town of Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)
Trump VP contender Tim Scott doesn't want to talk about vice president's role in certifying election 18 Feb 2024 - 09:24 pm
US Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, speaks during a US Senate Committee on Banking, House and Urban Affairs hearing about recent bank failures on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 18, 2023. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP)
French boats rescue nearly 140 trying to cross to UK 18 Feb 2024 - 08:55 pm
A policeman of the French Air and Border Police (PAF) inspects a villager's boat documentation during a patrol to intercept boats sailing clandestinely from the Comoros to the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
Canada not a rival, says China FM 18 Feb 2024 - 08:44 pm
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Photo by Cristina Quicler / AFP)
Call to free Senegal presidential candidate from jail 18 Feb 2024 - 07:57 pm
Civil society groups and political groups hold placards as they march calling on authorities respect the election date, in Dakar, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Haley bashes Trump for continued silence on Navalny death 18 Feb 2024 - 06:28 pm
US Republican presidential hopeful and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event at Irmo Town Park in Irmo, South Carolina, on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP)
Turkiye detains company director as part of inquiry into gold mine landslide that left 9 missing 18 Feb 2024 - 06:23 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on February 13, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a view of an area following a substantial landslide affecting a large area around the gold mine in the Ilic district of Erzincan. (Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Lula urges against 'speculation' on Navalny death 18 Feb 2024 - 05:52 pm
This handout picture released by the Brazilian Presidency shows Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) attending the opening ceremony of the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 17, 2024. (Photo by Ricardo STUCKERT / Brazilian Presidency / AFP)