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South Korea's ousted PM says tried to stop martial law decree 20 Feb 2025 - 04:21 pm
(L-R) The Constitutional Court of Korea's eight justices Chung Kye-sun, Kim Bok-hyeong, Jung Jung-mi, Lee Mi-son, Moon Hyung-bae, Kim Hyung-du, Cheong Hyung-sik and Cho Han-chang are seated in their courtroom for the trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol during the tenth hearing over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on February 20, 2025. (Photo by SONG Kyung-Seok / POOL / AFP)
Nigeria bans large fuel trucks after deadly explosions 20 Feb 2025 - 03:54 pm
A man fishes inside the Eko Atlantic city project in Lagos, on February 19, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
India's ruling party takes control of capital as chief minister sworn in 20 Feb 2025 - 01:45 pm
Newly elected Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta, gestures after taking an oath during a swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi on February 20, 2025. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)
Hamas hands over four Israeli captives’ bodies in Gaza’s Khan Younis 20 Feb 2025 - 11:36 am
Hamas fighters ahead of the handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Sri Lanka train derailed after smashing into elephants 20 Feb 2025 - 07:59 am
Police and railway personnel examine a derailed train at Habarana in eastern Sri Lanka on February 20, 2025, which killed six elephants. (Photo by AFP)
British journalist missing for 11 days in Brazil 20 Feb 2025 - 12:14 am
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Jordanian King stresses rejection of attempts to annex lands, displace Palestinians 19 Feb 2025 - 10:58 pm
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US to designate several drug cartels as 'terrorist' groups: document 19 Feb 2025 - 10:42 pm
This handout picture released on February 17, 2025, by the Mexican Army shows Mexican soldiers dressed in biosecurity suits dismantling a drug production laboratory in Cosala, Sinaloa State, Mexico. (Photo by Handout / MEXICAN ARMY / AFP)
Religious freedom and peacemaking conference discusses Sudanese crisis 19 Feb 2025 - 10:30 pm
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Ecuador says will ask allied countries for special forces to fight drug gangs 19 Feb 2025 - 10:25 pm
A handout picture released by Ecuador's Presidency Press Office shows President Daniel Noboa giving an interview with the journalist Mauricio Ayora at a local TV channel in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on February 18, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Ecuador's Presidency press office / AFP)
Sudan slams Kenya for hosting RSF government declaration 19 Feb 2025 - 10:11 pm
Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo (R), Sudan's Rapid Support Forces deputy commander and brother to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as Hemedti), flanked by chairperson of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA-North) Abdelaziz al-Hilu (L), arrive at the venue ahead of their planned signing of the Government of Peace and Unity Charter, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on February 18, 2025. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Trump calling Zelensky a dictator is 'wrong and dangerous': Scholz 19 Feb 2025 - 09:59 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz holds his chair as he arrives for the weekly meeting of the German cabinet at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 19, 2025. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Saudi Stock Index closes lower 19 Feb 2025 - 09:32 pm
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Qatar partakes in first meeting of Cybercrime Committee at Interior Ministries of GCC countries 19 Feb 2025 - 08:32 pm
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Ethiopia launches nationwide polio vaccination, targeting 13.8 mln children 19 Feb 2025 - 08:10 pm
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Thailand to continue crackdown on transnational crimes as measures yield results PM 19 Feb 2025 - 07:42 pm
Members of the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) carry out an inspection at a work place during a crackdown operation on illicit activity linked to scam centres in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on February 18, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
SpaceX debris enters atmosphere over Poland: agency 19 Feb 2025 - 07:39 pm
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Google pays 326 mn euros to settle Italy tax dispute: prosecutor 19 Feb 2025 - 07:37 pm
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