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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)
UK bans TikTok on government phones on security grounds 16 Mar 2023 - 04:52 pm
In this file photo taken on November 17, 2020, the TikTok building, in Culver City, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP)
TRT: At least 15 killed in Turkiye floods 16 Mar 2023 - 03:28 pm
:People stand at a high pont looking down at the flood waters in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey on March 15, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Freight train carrying hazardous material derails in Arizona 16 Mar 2023 - 03:21 pm
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Eight arrested after Champions League violence in Naples 16 Mar 2023 - 03:00 pm
This photo obtained from Italian news agency Ansa shows Eintracht Frankfurt fans (Rear) facing anti-riot police (Front) within clashes on March 15, 2023 in downtown Naples prior to the UEFA Champions League round of 16, second leg football match between SSC Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt to be played at the Diego-Maradona stadium in Naples. Photo by Ciro FUSCO / ANSA / AFP
France to force Paris binmen back to work as trash stacks up 16 Mar 2023 - 02:45 pm
A protestor stands among rubbish bins with burning materiel during a demonstration on the eighth day of strikes and protests across the country against the government's proposed pensions overhaul, in Rennes, western France on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Jean-Francois Monier / AFP)
US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone 16 Mar 2023 - 02:31 pm
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) listens as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 15, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
Indonesia acquits 2 police, jails 1 for deadly soccer crush 16 Mar 2023 - 02:25 pm
Police officer Hasdarmawan (C) arrives for his trial at a courthouse in Surabaya on March 16, 2023. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)
TikTok facing ban on UK govt devices: media 16 Mar 2023 - 02:25 pm
In this file photo taken with a fish-eye lens on March 1, 2023 in Paris shows the social media application logo TikTok. Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP
El Salvador extends anti-gang state of emergency 16 Mar 2023 - 01:11 pm
This handout picture released by the El Salvador's Presidency shows the second arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the new prison
Japan lifts export curbs on South Korea as Yoon visits 16 Mar 2023 - 10:54 am
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol is escorted by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on 16 March 2023. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota / Pool / AFP)
'Increased' US spying on Russia led to drone incident: Moscow 15 Mar 2023 - 11:53 pm
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 15, 2023. (Photo by Vladimir GERDO / SPUTNIK / AFP)
US Senate confirms Garcetti as India ambassador after 20-month fight 15 Mar 2023 - 10:30 pm
Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. File photo / AFP
Blinken says China's brokering of Iran-Saudi accord 'good thing' 15 Mar 2023 - 09:12 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he speaks during a visit to a UN Logistics centre warehouse in Addis Ababa on March 15, 2023.  (Photo by TIKSA NEGERI / POOL / AFP)
UK court ruled Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3 billion loan to Russia 15 Mar 2023 - 08:38 pm
The logo for the Supreme court at the entrance to the court in central London on the third and final day of the hearing into the decision by the government to prorogue parliament on September 19, 2019. File photo / AFP
Senegalese opposition figure barricaded by police on eve of trial 15 Mar 2023 - 08:25 pm
Opposition party supporters gather during an opposition meeting two days before Ousmane Sonko's trail in Dakar on March 14, 2023. (Photo by GUY PETERSON / AFP)