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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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Trump, Xi speak by phone, vow improved ties despite threats 17 Jan 2025 - 07:20 pm
This combination of pictures created on November 07, 2024 shows former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2024, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a press conference in Belgrade, on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Charly Triballeau and Elvis Barukcic / AFP)
EU deepens probe into X after Musk outbursts 17 Jan 2025 - 04:07 pm
This illustration photograph shows Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) account displayed on a smartphone in front a European Union flag in Brussels on January 7, 2025. Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
S. Korea plane crash investigators find feathers in engines: media 17 Jan 2025 - 03:01 pm
Investigators and emergency response personnel work at the site where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in Muan, some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul on January 4, 2025. Photo by YONHAP / AFP
South Korea investigators seek to extend President Yoon's detention 17 Jan 2025 - 02:55 pm
Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol chant slogans during a rally outside the government complex building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon on January 16, 2025. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP
Nintendo shares down on detail-light Switch 2 teaser 17 Jan 2025 - 12:29 pm
A woman walk past an electronic board showing the numbers of Nintendo's stock price (top, R) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in central Tokyo on January 17, 2025. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP