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Dutch foreign ministry apologises for 'institutional racism' 12 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Wopke Hoekstra speaks at a press conference, at the Ukraine Accountability Conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 14, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Lockerbie bombing suspect to appear in US court 12 Dec 2022 - 07:33 pm
This handout photo obtained on December 12, 2022, courtesy of the Alexandria Sheriff's Office shows a mugshot of Abu Agila Mohammad Masud. (AFP)
Snow, blizzards and tornadoes will sweep the US this week 12 Dec 2022 - 07:16 pm
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Chinese, Indian troops injured in fresh border 'face-off' 12 Dec 2022 - 07:11 pm
A signboard is seen from the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla, in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, November 11, 2009. Picture taken November 11, 2009. File Photo / Reuters
Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed; two foreigners injured 12 Dec 2022 - 05:39 pm
Members of the Taliban security forces walk near a site of an attack at Shahr-e-naw which is city's one of main commercial areas in Kabul on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Goods pile up in North Korea after trains resume from Russia, think-tank says 12 Dec 2022 - 05:27 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un addresses the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, which passed a law officially enshrining its nuclear weapons policies, in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 8, 2022 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).  File Photo / Reuters
Heavy snow disrupts UK travel; three boys die after falling into lake 12 Dec 2022 - 04:56 pm
A person with a dog walks through frost and mist alongside a frozen lake in Bushy Park in London, Britain, December 11, 2022. (REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska)
Attack in Kabul hotel popular with Chinese nationals 12 Dec 2022 - 03:51 pm
Smoke rises from a site of an attack at Shahr-e-naw which is city's one of main commercial areas in Kabul on December 12, 2022. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
Three boys die after falling into frozen lake in UK: police 12 Dec 2022 - 03:48 pm
A police officer walks on the street as cold weather continues, in London, Britain, December 12, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Beijing choked by worst air pollution in more than a year 12 Dec 2022 - 01:47 pm
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Loud blast, shots near China guest house in Afghan capital 12 Dec 2022 - 01:42 pm
Peninsula
UK economy rebounds from royal funeral hit, outlook remains bleak 12 Dec 2022 - 10:57 am
A dog walker makes their way through fog on a frosty morning at Primrose Hill in north London on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
New Zealand offers nurses residency to meet shortfall 12 Dec 2022 - 10:45 am
Peninsula
Businesses in China's Wuhan face fresh worries after COVID easing 12 Dec 2022 - 10:30 am
A person walks past shops, after the government eased curbs on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) control, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Martin Pollard
Protests spread against Peru's new president 11 Dec 2022 - 11:56 pm
People take part in a protest demanding the closure of Congress after Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo was ousted and detained in a police prison, in Lima, Peru, on December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda
Lockerbie: mid-air blast led to worldwide probe 11 Dec 2022 - 11:32 pm
In this file photo taken on December 22, 1988 policemen and firemen look at the scene of devastation in Lockerbie, after a 747 Pan Am Jumbo jet exploded and crashed over the town the day before on the route to New-York, with 259 passengers on board. (Photo by ROY LETKEY / AFP)
Volcano erupts in Guatemala, forcing airport closure 11 Dec 2022 - 11:09 pm
Fuego volcano, as seen from Alotenango, a municipality in Sacatepequez department 65 kilometres southwest of Guatemala City, erupts on December 11, 2022. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)
UK defends royals after race row and Harry documentary 11 Dec 2022 - 11:02 pm
A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on December 11, 2022, shows Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (right) shaking hands with Medical Director of NHS England, Stephen Powis during an appearance on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' political television show with journalist Laura Kuenssberg at the BBC headquarters in London. (Photo by Jeff OVERS / BBC / AFP)