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Kenya airport workers' union delays strike by two weeks 17 Aug 2024 - 05:27 pm
Aircrafts belonging to Kenya Airways are statione at the departure terminal during a strike by the airline workers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on March 6, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi CHIBA
Algerian city welcomes home gold-winner Khelif 17 Aug 2024 - 04:52 pm
Algerian gold medallist Imane Khelif greets crowds during a bus tour in her hometown city of Tiaret on August 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
War on Gaza: Death toll from Israeli assault surges to 40,074 martyrs 17 Aug 2024 - 04:46 pm
Palestinians mourn their relatives, killed in an Israeli strike, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 17, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP
Around 100 firefighters tackle blaze at historic London art centre 17 Aug 2024 - 03:43 pm
Viewed from Waterloo Bridge, smoke is seen rising into the sky from a fire located in the roof of Somerset House beside the River Thames in London on August 17, 2024. Photo by James RYBACKI / AFP
Health sector in North Gaza could stop functioning within 24 hours due to shortage of fuel 17 Aug 2024 - 03:36 pm
Injured Palestinians receive emergency treatment at the Nasser hospital following Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 14, 2024. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP
Youth to appear in Irish court over army chaplain stabbing 17 Aug 2024 - 03:25 pm
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Equatorial Guinea's president names new PM 17 Aug 2024 - 01:07 pm
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Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm 17 Aug 2024 - 12:42 pm
This satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ernesto (C) at 12:10 Zulu on August 14, 2024. Ernesto was moving through the Caribbean on August 14, and was forecast to become a hurricane as it passed north of Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center said. Photo by Handout / NOAA/GOES / AFP.
Hundreds evacuated as forest fire rages in Turkiye 17 Aug 2024 - 12:04 pm
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Israeli strike on the South of Lebanon kills 10 17 Aug 2024 - 11:59 am
A man inspects the damage to a building after an Israeli strike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024. Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations 17 Aug 2024 - 11:39 am
Palestinian women and children hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 14, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
More than 18,700 mpox cases detected in Africa since January: health agency 17 Aug 2024 - 11:07 am
Health workers monitor Mpox patients at the Mpox treatment centre of the Nyiragongo general reference hospital, north of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on August 16, 2024. Photo by GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP.
Thousands of wildfire evacuees return to Jasper, Canada 17 Aug 2024 - 09:35 am
This photo taken and handout on July 12, 2024 shows an aerial view of an out-of-control wildfire near the northeastern town of Wabush in Canada. Photo by Simon Contant / AFP
Stars and 'unscrupulous doctors': Perry death highlights toxic history 17 Aug 2024 - 09:31 am
Actor Matthew Perry attends the ABC Disney summer TCA press tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on August 1, 2010. Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP
New Zealand diplomat reportedly beaten at home in Paris 17 Aug 2024 - 09:23 am
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China youth unemployment jumps to 17.1% in July 17 Aug 2024 - 08:59 am
This photo taken on June 2, 2024 shows people attending a job fair in Huai'an, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. Photo by AFP
Typhoon Ampil veers away from Japan, allows transport to resume 17 Aug 2024 - 08:56 am
People visit Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on August 16, 2024, as Typhoon Ampil barrels towards Japan's capital. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Indonesia celebrates Independence Day in future capital 17 Aug 2024 - 08:26 am
Performers take part in a ceremonial event to mark Indonesia's 79th Independence Day in Banda Aceh on August 17, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)