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German train drivers' strike causes disruption 16 Nov 2023 - 02:18 pm
A near empty platform is pictured at the main station of Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on November 16, 2023, as German train drivers' union GDL called for a 20-hour strike after failing to reach agreement on pay increases. Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP
Video: Split sunset in Florida stuns netizens 16 Nov 2023 - 01:53 pm
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South Koreans sit key exam as flights halted to limit distraction 16 Nov 2023 - 01:40 pm
South Korean students wait to take the annual College Scholastic Ability Test, known locally as Suneung, at a school in Seoul on November 16, 2023. Photo by Chung Sung-Jun / POOL / AFP
26 dead, dozens hospitalised in China building fire: state media 16 Nov 2023 - 01:04 pm
Photo credit: Xinhua
Al-Shifa Hospital building destroyed, people taken to unknown areas 16 Nov 2023 - 10:29 am
Smoke billowing over the Gaza Strip on November 16, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Police make arrests after protest outside Democratic HQ calling for ceasefire in Gaza 16 Nov 2023 - 09:01 am
Members of US Capitol Police and protesters stand off outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee on November 15, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
Australian health workers call for immediate ceasefire 16 Nov 2023 - 08:47 am
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South Africa to take Israel to ICC over Gaza war crimes 16 Nov 2023 - 08:27 am
South African President H E Cyril Ramaphosa speaking during a meeting with business people and mediapersons in Doha, yesterday.
UN Security Council adopts resolution for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza 16 Nov 2023 - 08:16 am
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Biden, Xi vow to reduce tensions at key summit 15 Nov 2023 - 11:53 pm
US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Israeli forces convert Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital into military barracks: Euro-Med Monitor 15 Nov 2023 - 06:37 pm
This handout picture released by the Israeli army on November 15, 2023, shows soldiers on an armed vehicle during a military operation around at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. (AFP)
Bangladesh to hold general election on January 7: official 15 Nov 2023 - 05:37 pm
Islami Andolan Bangladesh party activists march towards the election commission in Dhaka on November 15, 2023, to protest the announcement of the general election date by the commission in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP)
Madagascar imposes curfew in capital ahead of presidential vote 15 Nov 2023 - 04:38 pm
Supporters cheer as members of the collective of opposition candidates march through the streets of Analamahitsy district to protest against the holding of the 2023 Presidential Election, in Antananarivo, on November 14, 2023.
India contacts Thai cave experts in bid to free trapped tunnel workers 15 Nov 2023 - 04:29 pm
This picture taken on on November 15, 2023, shows a section of the under construction road tunnel that collapsed in Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state. (Photo by AFP)
Despite fuel delivery, UN warns Gaza operations 'on verge of collapse' 15 Nov 2023 - 04:21 pm
An Egyptian fuel truck waits on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the southern Gaza Strip, in the northeastern Sinai province on November 15, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
EU opens probe into Amazon's consumer protection measures 15 Nov 2023 - 03:27 pm
In this file photo taken on April 16, 2020, a picture shows the Amazon logo at the entrance area of the Amazon logistics centre in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, on April 16, 2020. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)
'Stop this horror', UNICEF chief says on visit to Gaza 15 Nov 2023 - 02:42 pm
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Humanitarian Action and Supply Operation Ted Chaiban visited Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip on 14 November 2023. Pic: UNICEF
UK Supreme Court rejects govt's contentious Rwanda migrant policy 15 Nov 2023 - 02:25 pm
(Files) Migrants travel in an inflatable boat across the English Channel, bound for Dover on the south coast of England. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)