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EU to host donor conference on Syria, Turkey quake aid 08 Feb 2023 - 09:08 pm
Women react as they wait for a rescue team next to their collapsed building in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, on February 8, 2023. (AFP)
Putin likely armed rebels who downed MH17 jetliner, probe finds  08 Feb 2023 - 09:08 pm
Dutch head of the National Crime Investigations Division Andy Kraag answers journalists questions after a press conference on the results of the ongoing investigation into other parties involved in the downing of flight MH17 at EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) headquarters in The Hague on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)
US in touch with allies over global Chinese balloon 'fleet' 08 Feb 2023 - 08:59 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023.  (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson / US NAVY / AFP)
Zelenskyy flies West: If it's Thursday, this must be Belgium 08 Feb 2023 - 08:43 pm
King Charles III shakes hands with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at Buckingham Palace, in London, during his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP)
Twitter down in Turkey as quake response criticism mounts 08 Feb 2023 - 08:23 pm
Turkey has a history of restricting social media networks during national emergencies. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Erdogan acknowledges 'shortcomings' in quake response 08 Feb 2023 - 07:52 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Iraq jails YouTuber, TikToker over 'indecent' videos 08 Feb 2023 - 07:51 pm
The building of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's top court, Baghdad, Iraq, on January 19, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Syrian man digs for 30 relatives buried by quake 08 Feb 2023 - 07:36 pm
A Syrian man sits amidst the rubble as he waits for new about family members stuck under the wreckage in the town of Harim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Swedish police blocks Holy Quran burning protest 08 Feb 2023 - 07:29 pm
Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom speaks during the Hanalys foreign policy forum in Espoo, Finland, on February 7, 2023. (Lehtikuva / AFP) /
More survivors found as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 11,700 08 Feb 2023 - 06:59 pm
People search for missing relatives in the rubble of a collapsed building in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, on February 8, 2023, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Germany's Merkel receives UNESCO peace prize in Ivory Coast 08 Feb 2023 - 06:36 pm
Reuters file photo
North Korean leader Kim brings daughter to visit troops 08 Feb 2023 - 06:25 pm
This picture taken on February 7, 2023 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on February 8, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a banquet to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA), with his wife Ri Sol-Ju (left) and his daughter (centre) in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)
Paris Olympic Games unveils 'joyful' look for 2024 08 Feb 2023 - 06:16 pm
This photograph taken on February 8, 2023, shows an illustration of the dominant colours and visual identity on the Centre Pompidou, displayed on a screen during the presentation of the pictograms of each discipline and visual identity of Paris 2024 and Olympic and Paralympic Games, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Sweden mulling bid for 2030 Winter Olympics 08 Feb 2023 - 06:07 pm
The Japanese city of Sapporo, once seen as a favourite, has put its 2030 Winter Olympics bid on hold. Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP
South Africa police probe 'unusual' corpse theft 08 Feb 2023 - 05:32 pm
The body of a man who was buried on January 22, was stolen, and the coffin was left. Picture: SAPS
Belarus hands 8-year term to journalist for top Polish paper 08 Feb 2023 - 05:27 pm
In this file photo taken on January 16, 2023 Andrzej Poczobut - a correspondent for the top Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza and a representative of the Polish minority in Belarus, who was arrested in March 2021 and accused of
India's Modi hits back at opposition after Adani furore 08 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activist holds a placard in support of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the union budget while riding a horse in Kolkata on February 7, 2023. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Syria's White Helmets rescuers urge international quake help 08 Feb 2023 - 04:54 pm
Algerian rescue teams take part in the search and rescue operations in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake struck Syria and Turkey.   (Photo by AFP)