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Brush fires on Long Island spark state of emergency 09 Mar 2025 - 04:21 pm
A rescue helicopter picks up water at Wild Wood Lake on March 8, 2025 in Westhampton, New York. Photo by Andrew Theodorakis / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House: spokesman 09 Mar 2025 - 04:00 pm
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Ailing pope thanks doctors as condition improves 09 Mar 2025 - 03:30 pm
People pray at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalised with pneumonia, in Rome, on March 9, 2025. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP
Syria leader issues plea for national unity, peace 09 Mar 2025 - 02:47 pm
A convoy of Syria's new security forces departs from the northwestern city of Idlib, as reinforcement for the coastal area on March 8, 2025. Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP.
Washington ends waiver for Iraq to buy Iranian electricity 09 Mar 2025 - 01:39 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. This picture shows the busy Shorja market in central Baghdad on February 27, 2025. Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP.
310,000 homes in Australia suffer power cuts as storm Alfred hits east coast 09 Mar 2025 - 01:29 pm
A general view shows erosion at Miami Beach after the sand was washed away during Tropical Cyclone Alfred on the Gold Coast on March 9, 2025. Photo by David GRAY / AFP.
Art lovers mob Paris's Pompidou Centre ahead of five-year closure 09 Mar 2025 - 01:19 pm
Visitors stroll through the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou (Centre Pompidou) in Paris on March 8, 2025. (Photo by Anna Kurth / AFP)
China pledges to provide certainty as world grapples with turbulence 09 Mar 2025 - 08:40 am
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference on China's foreign policy and external relations on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Ethiopian Airlines marks International Women's Day with 6 all-women-functioned flights 09 Mar 2025 - 12:57 am
Ethiopian Airlines' all-women-operated flight arrives in Delhi. Pic by: flyethiopian on X.
Turkiye's daily oil production reaches 132,000 barrels minister 09 Mar 2025 - 12:48 am
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3 killed, 5 missing after flash floods, landslides hit Indonesia's West Java 08 Mar 2025 - 11:20 pm
People wade through flood water after heavy rain and overflow of Siak River in Pekanbaru, Riau province, Indonesia, March 6, 2025. (Photo by Hadly Vavaldi/Xinhua)
Germany to crack down on irregular immigration, says likely next leader Merz 08 Mar 2025 - 10:30 pm
The leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz gives a statement in Berlin on March 8, 2025, as exploratory talks were held between the conservative CDU/CSU union and the social democratic SPD party on forming a future government coalition following Germany's February 23 general election. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
Sleeping man struck by train in Peru survives 08 Mar 2025 - 10:23 pm
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Families of MH370 victims in China seek end to decade of 'torment' 08 Mar 2025 - 09:58 pm
Jiang Hui (R), a relative of a passenger on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, stands with others with missing loved ones as he speaks to the media after a meeting in Beijing on March 8, 2025, on the 11th anniversary of the flight's disappearance. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Vietnam welcomes over 3.9 million international arrivals in 2 months 08 Mar 2025 - 09:55 pm
This photo taken on April 23, 2023 shows a view of Hanoi, capital of Vietnam. (Xinhua/Hu Jiali)
Iran's Khamenei slams 'bullying' after Trump threats 08 Mar 2025 - 09:38 pm
This handout picture released by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him speaking during a meeting with Iranian goverment officials in Tehran on March 8, 2025. (Photo by KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
Israeli occupation forces detain three Palestinian youths in West Bank 08 Mar 2025 - 09:29 pm
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Arab League condemns violence, attacking security forces in Syria 08 Mar 2025 - 09:09 pm
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