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Lebanese President meets UN Secretary General 18 Jan 2025 - 05:08 pm
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Over 55,000 displaced Sudanese return to southeastern state: IOM 18 Jan 2025 - 05:00 pm
People displaced by conflict ride aboard a bus from Port Sudan in northeastern Sudan on January 7, 2025 to return home to the southern city of Singah in Sennar province, which was retaken by the Sudanese army forces from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in November 2024. (Photo by AFP)
US grounds SpaceX's starship after fiery mid-air explosion 18 Jan 2025 - 04:40 pm
Debris from the SpaceX Starship is seen in the sky near Providenciales, Turks and Caicos on January 16, 2025. Photos by AFP.
Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages 18 Jan 2025 - 03:33 pm
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S. Korea's impeached president attends court to fight detention extension 18 Jan 2025 - 03:04 pm
Pro-Yoon supporters wave flags as they gather on a road outside the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Anthony Wallace / AFP)
Two judges shot dead at Iran's supreme court: media 18 Jan 2025 - 02:22 pm
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Indian court finds man guilty in notorious hospital rape case 18 Jan 2025 - 01:37 pm
Social activists shout slogans near the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court in Kolkata on January 18, 2025. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP)
India uses AI to stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering 18 Jan 2025 - 12:31 pm
Police monitor the situation via screens at the Integrated Command and Control Center during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni / AFP)
TikTok's journey from fun app to US security concern 18 Jan 2025 - 12:08 pm
In this photo illustration, the TikTok logo is displayed on a phone on January 17, 2025 in New York City. Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP
Trump administration plans mass immigrant arrests next week: incoming official 18 Jan 2025 - 11:42 am
A man wearing a Trump hat looks at the US Capitol on January 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP)
Palestinian president says ready to assume 'full responsibility' in Gaza 18 Jan 2025 - 09:01 am
A girl rides a bicycle outside tents at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Greenpeace among Spanish environment NGOs quitting X 18 Jan 2025 - 08:26 am
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Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold 17 Jan 2025 - 11:47 pm
Preparations for President-elect Donald Trump's 2nd term inauguration in the US Capitol rotunda on January 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via AFP)
Nearly 60,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque 17 Jan 2025 - 11:28 pm
Approximately 60,000 worshippers attended the Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque. (Photo by Hazem Bader / AFP)
Malawi launches 5-year cholera control plan 17 Jan 2025 - 10:26 pm
File: A clinician at Ndirande Health Centre demonstrates to clients how to take the cholera vaccine in response to the latest cholera outbreak in Blantyre, Malawi, November 16, 2022. (Eldson Chagara/Reuters)
Pakistan airline apologises for Eiffel Tower advert 17 Jan 2025 - 09:27 pm
A man looks at an advert of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane flying at the Eiffel Tower, on his mobile phone in Islamabad on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Farooq Naeem / AFP)
Gaza's destruction in numbers 17 Jan 2025 - 08:27 pm
A boy runs with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
G7 nations announce full support for Gaza ceasefire agreement 17 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
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