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Ethiopian journalist honored by US sounds alarm on media freedom 11 Mar 2023 - 09:37 pm
Meaza Mohammed of Ethiopia, a 2023 International Women of Courage Award recipient, poses at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
French protests lose steam as pensions reform nears final vote 11 Mar 2023 - 09:30 pm
People take part in a demonstration, as part of a nationwide day of strikes and protests called by unions over the proposed pensions overhaul, in Rennes on March 11, 2023.  (Photo by Jean-Francois MONIER / AFP)
Five accused of killing DR Congo Italian envoy request acquittal 11 Mar 2023 - 09:18 pm
Nicolas de Rivière (third left), Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), speaks with peacekeepers during a ceremony in honour of peacekeepers killed in the line of duty since the mission began, in Goma on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP)
Libya rivals can agree election terms 'by mid-June': UN envoy 11 Mar 2023 - 07:58 pm
Abdoulaye Bathily, UN Special Representative for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), gives a press conference in Tripoli on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)
Hong Kong hands jail terms to Tiananmen vigil organisers 11 Mar 2023 - 07:06 pm
Elizabeth Tang Yin-ngor (right), secretary-general of the International Domestic Workers Federation, speaks to the media as she leaves the Wan Chai police headquarters in Hong Kong on March 11, 2023 after posting bail following her arrest on March 9, 2023 on suspicion of
Landmine blast kills 2, injures 1 in SW Pakistan 11 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
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Ramaphosa receives graft ombud’s report on cash-in-sofa scandal 11 Mar 2023 - 05:38 pm
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. File photo / AFP
Three truffle hunters killed, 26 kidnapped in north Syria: monitor 11 Mar 2023 - 05:01 pm
In this file photo merchants present their desert truffles at a market in the city of Hama in west-central Syria on March 6, 2023. - Suspected Islamic State group militants killed three truffle hunters and kidnapped at least 26 others in northern Syria on March 11, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, in the latest grisly incident during this year's harvest. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
Private firm to launch maiden rocket flight in Spain 11 Mar 2023 - 04:55 pm
Jounalists gather next to the Spanish aerospace company PLD Space's 'Miura-1' suborbital rocket, the first European private rocket to be launched into space, in Almonte's launch pad, near Huelva, southern Spain, on March 11, 2023. - 'Miura-1' micro rocket is aimed at sending small satellites to space. (Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP)
Angola to send forces to conflict-torn DR Congo 11 Mar 2023 - 04:45 pm
This handout image provided by the UAE Ministry Of Presidential Affairs shows UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (right) meeting with Angola's President Joao Lourenco (left) at Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Hamad AL-KAABI / UAE's Ministry of Presidential Affairs / AFP)
Yemen sides begin UN-brokered talks on prisoner exchange 11 Mar 2023 - 04:33 pm
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BBC crisis escalates as players, stars rally behind Lineker 11 Mar 2023 - 03:40 pm
In this file photo taken on January 9, 2021 BBC presenter Gary Lineker smiles during the build-up for the English FA Cup third round football match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium in London. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / AFP)
Some 1,000 migrants brought to safety at Italian ports: reports 11 Mar 2023 - 03:03 pm
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Japan mourns tsunami and Fukushima disaster as nuclear support grows 11 Mar 2023 - 02:59 pm
People attend a vigil with lanterns to mark the 12th anniversary of 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2023. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)
Maine college goes into lockdown after shot fired on campus 11 Mar 2023 - 02:41 pm
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Biden scraps Trump's paint scheme for Air Force One 11 Mar 2023 - 01:31 pm
This handout image, courtesy of the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs, released on March 10, 2023, shows a rendering of the livery design for the
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash 11 Mar 2023 - 01:10 pm
Thick smoke rises during an eruption from Mount Merapi, Indonesia痴 most active volcano, as seen from Tunggularum village in Sleman on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Devi Rahman / AFP)
Bomb kills 1, wounds 5 at press award event in Afghanistan 11 Mar 2023 - 11:50 am
Wounded journalists are shifted on a vehicle to a hospital, in Mazar-i-Sharif on March 11, 2023. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)