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France bans pension protests opposite parliament 18 Mar 2023 - 06:43 pm
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Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua after Ortega's crackdown 18 Mar 2023 - 06:25 pm
A woman prays before a Viacrucis at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, on March 17, 2023. (Photo by OSWALDO RIVAS / AFP)
Pakistan court drops arrest warrant against ex-PM Imran Khan 18 Mar 2023 - 06:16 pm
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters stand atop a damaged police van outside a court in Islamabad on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP)
Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world's poor 18 Mar 2023 - 06:05 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via a video link at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Mikhail METZEL / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Turkey's Erdogan says Ukraine grain deal extended 18 Mar 2023 - 06:00 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan points towards Finnish President Sauli Niinisto during a joint press conference held after their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia 18 Mar 2023 - 05:14 pm
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. - Millions of dead and rotting fish have clogged a vast stretch of river near a remote town in the Australian Outback as a searing heatwave sweeps through the region. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP)
UN says helped Myanmar junta officials travel to Bangladesh for Rohingya return talks 18 Mar 2023 - 04:52 pm
Myanmar junta military soldiers parade during a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the country’s Union Day in Naypyidaw on February 12, 2022. File photo / AFP
Husband of Scotland first minister resigns after party membership row 18 Mar 2023 - 04:37 pm
In this file photo taken on June 23, 2016 Scotland's First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon (left) and her husband Peter Murrell, react as leave after casting their votes at a polling station at Broomhouse Community Hall in east Glasgow, as Britain holds a referendum on whether to stay or leave the European Union (EU). (Photo by Robert Perry / AFP)
Former Air Force officer gets prison term for Capitol attack 18 Mar 2023 - 04:30 pm
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Greece sacks police chief after train tragedy protests 18 Mar 2023 - 04:03 pm
Protesters march during a demonstration of students and pupils in central Athens on March 3, 2023, following a deadly train accident near the city of Larissa. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)
Erdogan and Egypt's Sisi to meet: Turkish minister 18 Mar 2023 - 04:00 pm
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, give a joint press conference in Cairo, on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP)
Nigeria local elections open in shadow of contested vote 18 Mar 2023 - 01:22 pm
A voters casts his ballot at polling station for a gubernatorial and House of Assembly candidates during local elections, in Lagos, on March 18, 2023. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lava 18 Mar 2023 - 12:59 pm
Mount Merapi volcano spews lava from its crater as seen from Sleman in Yogyakarta early on March 18, 2023. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)
Indigenous Peruvians seize oil station, demand cleanup 18 Mar 2023 - 12:55 pm
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Millions of dead fish clog Australian river 18 Mar 2023 - 12:52 pm
This image grab from a video taken on March 17, 2023 courtesy of Graeme McCrabb shows dead fish clogging a river near the town of Menindee in New South Wales. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Graeme McCrabb / AFP)
South Korea moves to 'normalise' military pact with Japan 18 Mar 2023 - 12:44 pm
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a meeting between the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and South Korean business leaders during a Japan-Korea Business Roundtable meeting in Tokyo on March 17, 2023. (Photo by Philip FONG / POOL / AFP)
Pakistan: Police storm Imran Khan home in Lahore, arrest 30 18 Mar 2023 - 12:21 pm
Supporters of former Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan gather around his car as he leaves his residence in Lahore on March 18, 2023, on his way to appear in a court in Islamabad. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi / AFP)
Trump posts on Facebook for first time since 2021 after ban ends 17 Mar 2023 - 11:42 pm
File Photo: Former US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally to support Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections, in Dayton, Ohio, US, November 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Gaelen Morse)