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North Korea says it fired ICBM as warning to US, Seoul 19 Feb 2023 - 11:44 am
This picture taken on February 18, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 19, 2023 shows test-firing of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
Plane crashes in Philippines, search underway for 4 on board 19 Feb 2023 - 09:38 am
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Qatari Search, Rescue Group conclude operations in southern Turkiye 18 Feb 2023 - 11:42 pm
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Turkey: Couple saved 296 hours after quake, but children die 18 Feb 2023 - 11:27 pm
Men look on at the site of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
Tunisia's Saied expels Europe's top trade unionist for 'interference' 18 Feb 2023 - 11:17 pm
Protesters chant slogans during a demonstration called by the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) over worsening economic woes and the arrest of a top union official, in Tunisia's second city of Sfax, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by IMED HADDAD / AFP)
US to cull 150 'feral cattle' in protected New Mexico forest 18 Feb 2023 - 09:16 pm
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Al-Qaeda says swapped prisoners with Houthis in Yemen: report 18 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
A Houthi supporter looks on as he carries a weapon during a gathering in Sanaa, Yemen on April 2, 2020.
Funerals held for victims of Michigan State campus attack 18 Feb 2023 - 07:59 pm
The casket is carried during the funeral for Brian Fraser on February 18, 2023 at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Brian Fraser was one of three students killed in the shooting that occurred at Michigan State University on Monday, February 13, 2023. Nic Antaya/Getty Images/AFP
UK PM splashes cold water on prospects of quick trade deal 18 Feb 2023 - 07:37 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a tv interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Ben Stansall / POOL / AFP)
Bulgaria detains 7 over deaths of 18 migrants found in truck 18 Feb 2023 - 07:26 pm
This handout photograph released by the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office on February 18, 2023, shows the abandoned truck, in which eighteen migrants have been found dead inside the day before, near the village of Lokorsko, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) north-east of Sofia.  (Photo by HANDOUT BULGARIAN PROSECUTORS OFFICE / AFP
Trial ordered in shooting that killed 1 officer, wounded 2nd 18 Feb 2023 - 07:18 pm
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Free trade, armed conflict dominate African Union summit 18 Feb 2023 - 07:09 pm
A general view of the opening session of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP)
Iran prosecutes woman for 'disrepecting' headscarf 18 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
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Thousands of Nigerians rally a week before crucial vote 18 Feb 2023 - 06:44 pm
A woman looks over a bridge in Lagos on February 18, 2023, ahead of the Nigerian presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)
Mali PM cuts short visit north over security fears 18 Feb 2023 - 06:37 pm
Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga.
Bird flu costs pile up as outbreak enters second year 18 Feb 2023 - 06:31 pm
In the current outbreak, 58.4 million birds have been slaughtered on more than 300 commercial farms in 47 states.  (AFP)
Finland could join NATO ahead of Sweden: Defence minister 18 Feb 2023 - 05:38 pm
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto (left) shakes hands with Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
North Korea fires ICBM missile that lands in Japan's EEZ 18 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno leaves the prime minister's office after a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on North Korea's missile launch, in Tokyo on February 18, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT