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Kremlin warns France against 'political persecution' of Telegram founder 29 Aug 2024 - 01:53 pm
Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 in San Francisco, California on September 21, 2015. (Photo by Steve Jennings / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
France charges Telegram chief Durov: prosecutor 28 Aug 2024 - 11:26 pm
File: Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov. (Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)
Captain and two crew under investigation over Sicily yacht sinking 28 Aug 2024 - 02:26 pm
Prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano (L) and the chief of the public prosecutor's office of Termini Imerese Ambrogio Cartosio (R) give a press conference on August 24, 2024 in Termini Imerese, Sicily. Photo by Alessandro FUCARINI / AFP.
French prosecutors set to charge or release Telegram CEO Pavel Durov as his custody order expires 28 Aug 2024 - 12:38 pm
This handout photograph posted on the official Telegram channel of the Vice Speaker of the State Duma from the
Captain of sunken Sicily superyacht doesn't respond to prosecutors' questions: lawyer 27 Aug 2024 - 06:57 pm
Italian Carabinieri stand on the quay with health workers look at a Coast Guard boat prepares to search for six others missing after recovering a victim due to a sailboat sank off the coast of Porticello, nosthwestern of Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. (Photo by Igor Petyx / ANSA / AFP)
Deadly Russian strikes pound Ukraine for 2nd day 27 Aug 2024 - 06:35 pm
This photograph shows a destroyed school building in the town of Myrnohrad on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Germany confirms economy shrank in second quarter 27 Aug 2024 - 03:11 pm
A woman stands on August 27, 2024 in front of a sprinkler watering the lawn close to the Chancellery in Berlin, where temperatures were expected to reach up to 30 degrees Celsius during the following days. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Eurostar train cancellations between Brussels, London after accident 27 Aug 2024 - 02:06 pm
This picture shows the new logo of of high-speed train operator Eurostar on a Eurostar train at the the Bruxelles-Midi train station in Brussels, on January 24, 2023. Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Kremlin warns France against trying to 'intimidate' Telegram boss Durov 27 Aug 2024 - 01:10 pm
Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Photo by Steve JENNINGS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
Spain PM heads to West Africa as migrant arrivals surge 26 Aug 2024 - 08:06 pm
Members of police forces and emergency services help 175 migrant people on board a boat, upon its arrival at Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro on August 18, 2024. (Photo by Antonio Sempere / AFP)
Greece hit by '50 percent more' wildfires than last year 26 Aug 2024 - 06:44 pm
A photo shows flames burning vegetation during a wildfire near Prodromos, 100km northeast from Athens, on August 21, 2023. Photo by Spyros BAKALIS / AFP
Kremlin says has no information on Telegram founder's arrest 26 Aug 2024 - 05:39 pm
(FILES) Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve JENNINGS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Paris metro 'impossible' for disabled, transport boss admits 26 Aug 2024 - 05:38 pm
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Fire engulfs apartment building in east London, sending 2 to hospital 26 Aug 2024 - 03:09 pm
A handout image released by the London Fire Brigade on August 26, 2024, shows fire services working to control a fire in Dagenham in East London. Photo by London Fire Brigade / AFP
France extends detention of Telegram chief Durov 25 Aug 2024 - 11:42 pm
File: Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings / Getty Images via AFP)
UK woman marks 102nd birthday with 'scary' skydive 25 Aug 2024 - 07:20 pm
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Reuters says team member missing in Russian strike on east Ukraine hotel 25 Aug 2024 - 07:16 pm
Ukrainian emergency services carry out a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel after a strike in the town of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on August 25, 2024. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
Telegram chief Pavel Durov to appear in court after French arrest 25 Aug 2024 - 05:46 pm
This picture taken on March 23, 2022 shows the mobile messaging and call service Telegram logo and US instant messaging software Whatsapp logo on a smartphone screen in Moscow. Photo by AFP.

Africa

An adult and two juvenile Masai giraffes sprint across the savannah after one is darted with a tranquilizer from a helicopter during an exercise to translocate large herbivores from Kedong Ranch due to land subdivisions and corralling that have disrupted wildlife migratory routes in Naivasha, Nakuru County, on November 16, 2025. Photo by Tony Karumba/ AFP 'Stranded, stressed' giraffes in Kenya relocated as habitats encroached
EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan EAA Foundation, FAO launch livestock restocking initiative to strengthen food security in Sudan
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Americas

Peninsula Ecuador bus crash kills 21, injures 40
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after an explosion in an industrial area of Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina on November 15, 2025. Powerful explosions rocked an industrial area and ignited a fire south of Buenos Aires on the night of November 14, 2025, officials said, with at least 22 people sent to the hospital. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP Huge fire sparked by explosions near Argentine capital 'contained'
Former first lady Michelle Obama addresses the crowd at the When We All Vote Rally outside Atlanta, a campaign appearance stumping for Vice President Kamala Harris last year. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post Michelle Obama says America is ‘not ready’ for a female president
Visitors walk through the recently re-opened National Museum of American History on November 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl/Getty Images/AFP 'So happy': Tourists flock to Washington museums after US shutdown

Gulf

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