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At least 118 killed in China earthquake, deadliest in a decade 19 Dec 2023 - 11:19 am
Rescue workers search a house for survivors after an earthquake in Kangdiao village, Dahejia, Jishishan County, in northwest China's Gansu province on December 19, 2023. Photo by AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Death toll continues to rise as UN calls for accountability in Gaza war 19 Dec 2023 - 10:42 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
IN PHOTOS: Volcano erupts in southwest Iceland after weeks of earthquakes 19 Dec 2023 - 09:03 am
Flowing lava is seen during at a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula 3km north of Grindavik, western Iceland on December 18, 2023. Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP
Kishida says Japan ready to lead Asia in decarbonization and energy security 18 Dec 2023 - 06:16 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida listens to the speech of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo at the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation luncheon meeting at the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) in Tokyo on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko / POOL / AFP)
Egypt's President Sisi re-elected with 89.6% of vote 18 Dec 2023 - 05:23 pm
(FILES) Motorists drive past campaign billboards of Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi along a street in Cairo on December 7, 2023, ahead of the country's presidential election. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Explosion, blaze at Guinea fuel depot leave eight dead 18 Dec 2023 - 04:02 pm
This image grab taken from AFPTV video footage on December 18, 2023 shows flames from the fire at Conakry's main fuel depot. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Germany business mood sours as 2023 ends 18 Dec 2023 - 01:35 pm
A man ride bicycle along the Main river embankment during a sunny day in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on August 10, 2023. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Incheon hotel fire injures 54, including 8 foreigners 18 Dec 2023 - 12:58 pm
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Philippine jeepney drivers protest shift to EV-powered minibuses 18 Dec 2023 - 12:51 pm
Motorists and vehicles travel along a road amid traffic jam in Manila on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Mass casualties as Israel continues to target Gazan hospitals, refugee camps 18 Dec 2023 - 12:37 pm
A man inspects the damage in a room following Israeli bombardment at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 17, 2023. Photo by STRINGER / AFP
Security scare near Biden as car hits motorcade 18 Dec 2023 - 08:30 am
Members of the US Secret Service rush to a car, after it hit a motorcade SUV, as US president Joe Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on December 17, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Colombian rebels pledge to stop kidnappings for ransom 17 Dec 2023 - 09:18 pm
Luis Manuel Diaz, father of Liverpool's forward Luis Diaz, is consoled by his wife Cilenis Marulanda during a press conference at his house in Barrancas, Colombia on November 10, 2023. Luis Diaz was held hostage for nearly two weeks by members of a guerilla group in Colombia, officials said. (Photo by Daniel Munoz / AFP)
DeSantis loses strategist from group supporting presidential bid 17 Dec 2023 - 06:12 pm
Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives a radio interview at Ashley's BBQ Bash hosted by Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) on August 06, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Australia export revenue to tumble as iron ore, coal prices drop 17 Dec 2023 - 06:02 pm
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NYC braces for powerful storm with heavy rain and winds 17 Dec 2023 - 05:54 pm
File photo: People walk under umbrellas during a coastal storm in Lower Manhattan on September 29, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)
South Korea military says North fires ballistic missile 17 Dec 2023 - 05:50 pm
File photo for representational purposes. This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Russian President affirms West is bent on destroying his country 17 Dec 2023 - 05:35 pm
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South African kidnapped in 2017 released in Mali: security sources 17 Dec 2023 - 04:40 pm
(FILES) This undated and unlocated handout picture released by the van Deventer family shows Gerco van Deventer. South African Gerco van Deventer, who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over five years, has been released on the border between Mali and Algeria, security and humanitarian sources told AFP on December 17, 2023. (Photo by HANDOUT / COURTESY OF THE FAMILY / AFP)