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Unaccompanied minors on plane held in France over suspected trafficking 23 Dec 2023 - 01:38 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows a civil protection vehicle parked outside the Vatry airport. (Photo by Francois Nascimbeni / AFP)
US woman with rare double uterus gives birth to twin girls 23 Dec 2023 - 12:44 pm
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Drone strike hits ship off India's coast: maritime agencies 23 Dec 2023 - 12:40 pm
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South Korea says warship named for torpedoed vessel begins new mission 23 Dec 2023 - 11:32 am
South Korean Navy's new warship Cheonan, a 2,800-ton frigate with significantly enhanced anti-submarine capability, arriving at the Navy's 2nd Fleet Command in Pyeongtaek. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Defence Ministry / AFP) /
LIVE UPDATES: Humanitarian crisis worsens as Israel continues Gaza bombardment 23 Dec 2023 - 10:40 am
Flares fired by Israeli soldiers over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)
UN Security Council adopts resolution allowing urgent aid to Gaza  22 Dec 2023 - 11:01 pm
Ambassadors vote during a meeting about the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at UN headquarters in New York on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities 22 Dec 2023 - 08:48 pm
Ambassadors vote during a meeting about the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at UN headquarters in New York on December 22, 2023.(Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
US starts targeting banks that help Russian war in Ukraine 22 Dec 2023 - 08:14 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on December 22, 2023, shows damages in a multi-storey residential building, after a Russian drone attack in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP) 
Iceland's volcano eruption no longer visible: met office 22 Dec 2023 - 07:18 pm
People watch flowing lava during an volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, south-west of Reykjavik in Iceland on July 10, 2023. (Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP)
Spanish police seize over two tonnes of cocaine in major bust 22 Dec 2023 - 07:11 pm
This handout photo taken in an undisclosed place and released on December 22, 2023 by Spain's Guardia Civil shows a speed boat loaded with parcels, seized as part of a drug trafficking investigation led simultaneously in Spain and Portugal and coordinated by Europol. (Photo by Spanish Guardia Civil / AFP)
Shock, tears as Prague reels from university shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 07:02 pm
Well wishers light candles as people mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims outside the Charles University in central Prague, on December 22, 2023, as police investigators kept working on the campus the day after a deadly mass shooting. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Probe says ex-Nigeria Central Banker opened 593 foreign accounts 22 Dec 2023 - 06:19 pm
The Central Bank of Nigeria's logo is seen on its headquarters building in Abuja, Nigeria, on January 22, 2018. File Photo / Reuters
Key US inflation gauge cools in November 22 Dec 2023 - 05:27 pm
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China shuts down 34,000 online accounts for spreading 'rumours' 22 Dec 2023 - 05:10 pm
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Last French troops bow out of Africa's Sahel 22 Dec 2023 - 04:58 pm
The last French soldiers board a French military plane to leave Niger for good, at the French base which was handed over to the Nigerien army, in Niamey on December 22, 2023. (Photo by Boureima Hama / AFP)
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan granted bail but remains jailed 22 Dec 2023 - 04:41 pm
File photo of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan
France's Macron to attend India's Republic Day parade 22 Dec 2023 - 04:34 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron visits the Royal Jordanian Air Force's Prince Hassan Air Base (H5), about 117 kilometres northwest of the capital Amman, on December 22, 2023, during a two-day visit to Jordan. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)
Police seek motive in Prague mass shooting 22 Dec 2023 - 01:53 pm
Prague's Police chief Petr Matejcek (C-R, in blue shirt) addresses a press conference on December 22, 2023 in Prague to inform about a deadly mass shooting at a university the day before. Photo by Radek Mica / AFP