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World Bank estimates Lebanon's recovery and reconstruction needs at $11bn  07 Mar 2025 - 07:34 pm
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SpaceX's starship explodes minutes after launch, debris falls over the Caribbean 07 Mar 2025 - 06:50 pm
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US stocks climb after February jobs data 07 Mar 2025 - 06:40 pm
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on March 7, 2025, in New York City. (Photo by Charly Triballeau / AFP)
Lebanese Prime Minister meets Qatari Ambassador 07 Mar 2025 - 05:25 pm
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Saudi Arabia confirms continued efforts to end Ukrainian crisis; to host US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah next week 07 Mar 2025 - 05:08 pm
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Poll shows Zelensky's approval rating rose after Trump attacks 07 Mar 2025 - 04:50 pm
King Philippe of Belgium greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Royal Palace, on the sidelines of the Special European Council, in Brussels on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie Lecocq / POOL / AFP)
Two dead, 186 missing as migrant boats capsize off Yemen and Djibouti coasts 07 Mar 2025 - 04:42 pm
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Around 90,000 Palestinians perform first Ramadan Friday prayer at Al Aqsa Mosque 07 Mar 2025 - 03:58 pm
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Thousands stranded as WWII bomb paralyses Paris train station 07 Mar 2025 - 03:40 pm
Passengers queue to take a bus from Opera district, in order to reach Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport (CDG), as train traffic has been stopped at the Gare du Nord station in Paris on March 7, 2025, following the discovery of a World War II bomb. (Photo by Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP)
South Korean impeached president released after court cancels arrest warrant 07 Mar 2025 - 03:16 pm
Supporters of arrested and impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold a placard showing a picture of Yoon and reading
Sri Lanka signs $2.5bn debt deal with Japan 07 Mar 2025 - 03:06 pm
Japan's ambassador to Sri Lanka Akio Isomata (L) and Secretary to Sri Lanka's finance ministry Mahinda Siriwardana shake hands after signing of debt restructuring agreements between two governments in Colombo on March 7, 2025. Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
Hungary reports first foot-and-mouth cases in 50 years 07 Mar 2025 - 02:31 pm
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Three dead, five missing in Indonesia floods and landslides 07 Mar 2025 - 02:24 pm
An aerial picture shows a flooded residential area after some rivers overflowed following heavy rain in Bekasi, a suburb of Jakarta, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Aditya Irawan / AFP)
Serbian student protesters call for general strike 07 Mar 2025 - 01:19 pm
Demonstrators hold a banner reading 'Struggle' as students, pupils and citizens block a street in front of the National Assembly building in Belgrade, on March 4, 2025, standing in silence to pay tribute to the 15 victims of the tragedy at Novi Sad railway station in November 2024. Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP
Three children die in fire in Croatian Roma settlement 07 Mar 2025 - 01:15 pm
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German factory orders in largest fall in a year 07 Mar 2025 - 01:12 pm
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Australians told 'prepare for worst' as tropical cyclone nears 07 Mar 2025 - 12:08 pm
A yacht, swept away by the waves, rests at Point Danger on the southern end of the Gold Coast on March 7, 2025. Photo by David GRAY / AFP
Japan wildfire evacution orders partially lifted 07 Mar 2025 - 11:21 am
This photo taken on March 5, 2025 and released on March 6 by Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency shows firefighters battling a wildfire in Ofunato city of Iwate Prefecture. Photo by Handout / Fire and Disaster Management Agency / AFP