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No deal as IMF leaves crisis-hit Pakistan 11 Feb 2023 - 12:11 am
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar speaks during a press conference in Islamabad on February 10, 2023. - An IMF team left Pakistan on February 10 after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
UEFA sends aid money to Champions League final host Turkey 10 Feb 2023 - 10:31 pm
The UEFA logo at the organization's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, February 28, 2020.  File / AFP Photo
FBI searches home of ex-VP Pence for classified documents: media 10 Feb 2023 - 09:57 pm
In this file photo taken on April 12, 2022 former US Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a campus lecture hosted by Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.  (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly / AFP)
Up to 5.3 million in Syria may be homeless after quake: UN 10 Feb 2023 - 09:42 pm
Musa Hmeidi, a Syrian child who was pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building on February 10, 2023, four days after a deadly earhquake hit the area, in the rebel-held town of Jindayris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, is pictured in front of the building from which he was rescued. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
8 Croatians plead not guilty to child trafficking in Zambia 10 Feb 2023 - 08:14 pm
Eight Croatian nationals charged with attempting to traffic children, outside the magistrates court in Ndola, Zambia, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023. The 8 have pleaded not guilty to the charge of child trafficking before a magistrate. (AP Photo/Salim Dawood)
Poland closes border crossing with Belarus 10 Feb 2023 - 08:01 pm
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attends a bilateral meeting with EU leaders as part of a EU summit in Brussels, on February 9, 2023.  (Photo by JOHANNA GERON / POOL / AFP)
Children rescued as Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 23,000 10 Feb 2023 - 07:53 pm
Local residents walk in the rubble of a destroyed mosque in Hatay, on February 10, 2023, after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed over 20,000 people. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
UN urges 'immediate ceasefire' in Syria to facilitate quake aid 10 Feb 2023 - 06:38 pm
A driver closes the tarpaulin of a truck, containing humanitarian aid collected by Croatian government, Caritas and the Croatian Red Cross and lining-up at the logistics center of the directorate of civil protection in Jastrebarsk, near Zagreb, on February 10, 2023, ready to deliver to areas of Turkey after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck early February 6 near the Turkish-Syrian border. (Photo by DENIS LOVROVIC / AFP)
Two Israeli settlers killed in car-ramming operation in Occupied Jerusalem 10 Feb 2023 - 06:28 pm
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Brazil's Amazon deforestation down 61% in January 10 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm
In this file photo taken on August 16, 2020, shows an aerial view of a burning area of Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para State, Brazil. - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell 61% in January 2023, the first month of the government of President Luiz Inلcio Lula da Silva, compared to the same period in 2022, according to an official report published on February 10, 2023. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)
Uncertainty in Nigeria as cash, fuel shortages bite ahead of vote 10 Feb 2023 - 05:08 pm
Drivers wait in line to buy fuel at and next to a filling station, causing traffic gridlock on Lagos' Ibadan expressway, in Lagos on January 30, 2023. Nigerian drivers spend hours in traffic gridlocks less than a month prior to the presidential election [Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP]
Search expands after UK woman's mysterious disappearance 10 Feb 2023 - 04:55 pm
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Erdogan admits quake rescue effort not as quick as hoped 10 Feb 2023 - 04:52 pm
Mourners attend the funeral of seven Cypriot students killed in a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey, on February 10, 2023. (Credit: Birol Bebek/AFP)
Hong Kong woman duped $770,000 in crypto-ruse while attempting to adopt kitten 10 Feb 2023 - 04:44 pm
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Indonesian domestic worker wins compensation for abuse in Hong Kong 10 Feb 2023 - 04:41 pm
In this file photo taken on October 7, 2022, Indonesian woman Kartika Puspitasari shows a scar on her arm from an injury inflicted by previous employers, at Bethune House, a shelter operated by the migrant worker advocacy group (MFMW), in Hong Kong.(Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)
Tens of thousands of Palestinians perform Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque 10 Feb 2023 - 04:41 pm
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Search expands after UK woman's mysterious disappearance 10 Feb 2023 - 04:20 pm
Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP
Malaysian leader wants tougher ASEAN pressure on Myanmar 10 Feb 2023 - 04:09 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (L) and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha (R) attend a joint press conference during an official state visit at Government House in Bangkok on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)