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World

Burundi declares polio outbreak: WHO 17 Mar 2023 - 02:57 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 6, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears 17 Mar 2023 - 01:57 pm
The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Vatican unveils new ethnographic display of Rwanda screens 16 Mar 2023 - 11:56 pm
Pope Francis leaves his weekly open-air general audience at St.Peters' square in the Vatican, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
Italy's Meloni revives contentious Sicily bridge plan 16 Mar 2023 - 10:59 pm
 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.  AFP
Poland to be 1st NATO member to give Ukraine fighter jets 16 Mar 2023 - 10:08 pm
This file photo taken on October 12, 2022 shows two MiG 29 fighter jets taking part in the NATO Air Shielding exercise near the air base in Lask, central Poland. (Photo by RADOSLAW JOZWIAK / AFP)
Malawians dig through mud in search of bodies after Cyclone Freddy 16 Mar 2023 - 09:40 pm
A general view of the destruction caused by a mudslide which occurred due to heavy rains resulting from the effects of tropical cyclone Freddy, which left hundreds of people dead in Malawi, pictured during Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers' operation to rescue victims or recover their bodies at Manje informal settlement in Blantyre, southern Malawi on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Amos Gumulira / AFP)
Uranium 'missing' by IAEA in Libya recovered: military 16 Mar 2023 - 09:02 pm
Libyan special forces in charge of illegal migration assemble in the southern region of Bani Walid, on January 14, 2023, ahead of their mission as part of a security plan to enforce inspections at points of entry through the desert borders. (AFP)
Helicopter crash kills five in Iraq's Kurdistan region 16 Mar 2023 - 08:24 pm
Smoke billows following reported Turkish warplane raids, from a site in the Matin Mountains near the village of Koherzi in the Amadiyah district, northeast of Dohuk in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq, on April 28th 2022. The Thursday helicopter crash also took place in the Dohuk province. (AFP)
Nurses, paramedics reach pay deal to end England strikes 16 Mar 2023 - 07:34 pm
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt standing at the despatch box making his annual budget statement in the House of Commons in London on March 15, 2023.  (Photo by Andy Bailey / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP)
UN grants one-year extension to Afghanistan mission 16 Mar 2023 - 07:28 pm
Peninsula
From acclaim to blame: Lebanon's bank chief Riad Salameh 16 Mar 2023 - 07:19 pm
A file photo taken on December 20, 2021 shows Lebanon's Central Bank governor Riad Salameh posing during a studio photo session in Beirut. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)
Thai police to get mental health checks after fatal standoff 16 Mar 2023 - 06:56 pm
This picture taken on March 4, 2023 shows the Thai Parliament complex in Bangkok, the meeting place of the National Assembly of Thailand.  (Photo by Amaury PAUL / AFP)
Comedian Trevor Noah wins prestigious Dutch Erasmus Prize 16 Mar 2023 - 06:40 pm
Peninsula
Flood deaths in Turkiye's earthquake-stricken area rise to 16 16 Mar 2023 - 06:31 pm
A family leaves a camp for those displaced after the February 6 earthquake, during heavy rains in Diyarbakir, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Pakistan court rejects ex-PM Khan's plea to suspend warrant 16 Mar 2023 - 06:09 pm
Supporters of former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan shout slogans as they march towards Khan's residence in Lahore on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
China urges Ukraine, Russia to restart peace talks 'as soon as possible' 16 Mar 2023 - 06:04 pm
A Ukrainian T64 tank moves outside the area of Bachmut, in the region of Donbas, on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Clashes in Senegal amid opposition leader's trial 16 Mar 2023 - 05:28 pm
Members of the security team of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko surrounds the vehicle he is travelling in to go to a court appearance in Dakar on March 16, 2023.  (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Blinken on rare Niger trip as Western support dwindles in West Africa 16 Mar 2023 - 05:15 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (centre) departs for Niger from Bole International Airport, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 16, 2023. (Photo by TIKSA NEGERI / POOL / AFP)