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World Bank stops some Tunisia work, cites anti-racist stance 07 Mar 2023 - 10:29 am
Sub-Saharan migrants head with their belongings to a bus taking them to a repatriation flight, leaving Tunis for their countries of origin. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines: USGS 07 Mar 2023 - 09:51 am
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Woman funded lavish lifestyle with stolen COVID funds: Feds 07 Mar 2023 - 12:21 am
Danielle Miller allegedly used the identities of more than 10 people and used fake business names to apply for and receive more than $1 million Covid relief fund. (Image: social media)
Alliance picks main opposition leader to run against Erdogan 06 Mar 2023 - 11:41 pm
Kemal Kilicdaroglu leader of the Republican People party CHP speaking after he was confirmed as the Turkish opposition's joint candidate to run against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkiye's Presidential elections in May in Ankara, Turkiye, on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
South African leader names electricity minister in cabinet reshuffle 06 Mar 2023 - 11:02 pm
Ramaphosa last month declared a state of emergency to help tackle severe energy shortages. File photo / AFP
UNESCO chief promises help in restoring Iraq's looted sites 06 Mar 2023 - 09:39 pm
UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay smiles as she is gifted a traditional dress during a visit to the national museum in Baghdad on March 6, 2023 as part of a three-day visit to Iraq where many priceless cultural treasures have been damaged or destroyed during decades of conflict. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
US bans entry to Syria security agent over killings on video 06 Mar 2023 - 07:19 pm
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Women still barred as Afghan universities reopen for men 06 Mar 2023 - 06:58 pm
A banner seen with images of women defaced using spray paint are pictured inside a private university after the universities were reopened in Kabul on March 6, 2023. - Male students trickled back to their classes on March 6 after Afghan universities reopened following a winter break but women remain barred by Taliban authorities. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
In "junk fee" fight, US details airline family seating rules 06 Mar 2023 - 06:53 pm
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Central African ex-president leaves Chad for new exile 06 Mar 2023 - 06:32 pm
François Bozizé had seized power in 2003 but was overthrown 10 years later. File photo / AFP
Police bust Russia-linked international hacking network: Germany 06 Mar 2023 - 06:24 pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (first row, center) and members of his cabinet pose on the stairs of Schloss Meseberg palace in Meseberg near Gransee, northeastern Germany, at the end of the federal cabinet retreat on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth Sphinx-like Roman-era statue 06 Mar 2023 - 06:16 pm
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Ukraine vows to fortify defences in frontline Bakhmut 06 Mar 2023 - 06:09 pm
A man walks outside a destroyed school after a missile strike in Kramatorsk, Dombass regions, on March 6, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP)
Al-Qaida says 2 operatives killed in drone strike in Yemen 06 Mar 2023 - 06:02 pm
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Four Americans kidnapped in northern Mexico, officials say 06 Mar 2023 - 05:51 pm
The Gateway International Bridge is seen with migrants waiting close to the border check point with the United States, in Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, on November 5, 2019. File photo / AFP
'No improvement' in Eritrea's dire human rights record: UN 06 Mar 2023 - 05:49 pm
(FILE PHOTO) In this file photo taken on November 09, 2018 Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki smiles upon his arrival at the airport in Gondar, for a visit in Ethiopia. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)
Lebanon to quiz embattled central bank chief 06 Mar 2023 - 05:28 pm
File Photo: Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh
School poisonings, if deliberate, deserve death: Iran leader 06 Mar 2023 - 05:19 pm
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 6, 2023 shows him speaking following a ceremony marking the week of