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Nobel Peace Prize winner Hidankyo calls for a world without nukes 10 Dec 2024 - 07:35 pm
The representatives of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka and Toshiyuki Mimaki applaud during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2024. Photo by Javad Parsa / NTB / AFP
Russia's military bases in Syria under threat 10 Dec 2024 - 06:48 pm
This handout satellite provided by Planet Labs shows the empty Russian naval base in Tartus on December 9, 2024. The collapse of Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government has lead to Russia facing the prospect of having to withdraw from its military bases in the country. Photo by Planet Labs PBC / AFP.
EU to consider 'measures' over Georgia protest crackdown 10 Dec 2024 - 06:29 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Anti-government demonstrators take photographs of a coffin containing an image depicting Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili as it burns after being set on fire during the twelfth consecutive day of mass protests against the government's postponement of EU accession talks until 2028, in central Tbilisi on December 9, 2024. Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP
Shell, Greenpeace settle lawsuit over ship protest 10 Dec 2024 - 06:25 pm
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Polish PM says Ukraine peace talks could start this winter 10 Dec 2024 - 06:22 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks with concrete anti-tank barriers in the background during his inspection of the first completed section of fortifications
German factory outfitters warn of difficult 2025 10 Dec 2024 - 06:11 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. An overview shows employees gather as they attend a rally of the metalworkers' union IG Metall in front of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) headquarters, during a warning strike at the company's main factory in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, on December 9, 2024. Photo by Martin Meissner / POOL / AFP.
Wildfire quickly spreads in western US city Malibu 10 Dec 2024 - 04:40 pm
Firefighters work as the Franklin Fire burns near a building on December 10, 2024 in Malibu, California. Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
South Korea slaps travel bans on more top officials 10 Dec 2024 - 04:25 pm
Protesters take part in a demonstration demanding President Yoon Suk Yeol's resignation outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 10, 2024. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
Police make first arrests in deadly Dutch building collapse 10 Dec 2024 - 03:24 pm
Rescuers work on the site where an explosion and fire destroyed an apartment block, killing at least six people, on the Tarwekamp in The Hague on December 9, 2024. Photo by Josh Walet / ANP / AFP
Jordanian man returns home after 38 years in Syria's prisons 10 Dec 2024 - 02:34 pm
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Air passenger numbers to top five billion in 2025: IATA 10 Dec 2024 - 01:53 pm
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Japan's atomic bomb survivors to accept Nobel Prize in Oslo 10 Dec 2024 - 12:45 pm
Norwegian politician Jorgen Watne Frydnes (R) shakes hands with Terumi Tanaka representing the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner, the Nihon Hidankyo group, at the end of a press conference in Oslo, Norway, on December 9, 2024, on the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Iceland wants immigrants to learn the language 10 Dec 2024 - 12:38 pm
Icelandic national flags are seen flying outside as the Hallgrimskirkja church is seen in the background, in Reykjavik, Iceland, on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Halldor Kolbeins / AFP)
Spain royals join memorial mass for flood victims 09 Dec 2024 - 11:01 pm
King Felipe VI of Spain (left) and his wife Queen Letizia arrive to attend a funeral mass held on December 9, 2024 at the Cathedral of Valencia in memory of the victims of the deadly floods that devastaded the region in late October. (Photo by Kai Fosterling / POOL / AFP)
Ghana opposition leader Mahama officially wins election 09 Dec 2024 - 10:51 pm
Supporters of Ghana's President and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party, John Mahama, celebrate after the opposition candidate, Ghana's Vice President and ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Mahamudu Bawumia, conceded defeat of the 2024 presidential election, in Accra on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Rare Roman coin sells for €1.98 million at auction 09 Dec 2024 - 10:29 pm
File: A rare Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the famed assassin of Julius Caesar is diplayed at the Numismatica Genevensis (NGSA) auction house in Geneva on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Nearly 200 dead in Haiti massacre as voodoo community reportedly targeted 09 Dec 2024 - 09:44 pm
Peninsula
Situation in Syria set to stabilize within few days, says Syrian Minister  09 Dec 2024 - 07:21 pm
A Syrian refugee girl waits to cross the destroyed border between the two countries in Al-Arida on December 9, 2024, as they return to their homeland. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)