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Eritrea troops still on Ethiopian soil - US 28 Jan 2023 - 07:06 pm
A building is seen through a bullet hole in a window of the Africa Hotel in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, on March 16, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Sweden tells citizens to avoid crowds in Turkey after Koran burning 28 Jan 2023 - 06:28 pm
Turkish riot police patrol outside the Swedish consulate In Istanbul, Turkey on January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
China aims to boost consumption and imports as global demand cools 28 Jan 2023 - 06:22 pm
A woman and a child walk past workers sorting toys at a shopping mall in Beijing, China on January 11, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Rwanda arrests six for insulting trailblazing female football ref 28 Jan 2023 - 05:00 pm
Mukansanga was the first woman from Rwanda to referee at the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the AFCON [Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters]
Italy's Meloni in Libya to conclude $8bn gas deal 28 Jan 2023 - 05:00 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the head of Libya's Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah attend a joint news conference in Tripoli, Libya on January 28, 2023. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
Hundreds pay tribute to slain Eswatini rights activist 28 Jan 2023 - 04:47 pm
Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released 28 Jan 2023 - 03:42 pm
A protestor steps on the windshield of a police vehicle, on the day of the release of a video showing police officers beating Tyre Nichols, the young Black man who died three days after he was pulled over while driving during a traffic stop by memphis police officers, in New York, U.S., January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Congo revivalist churches draw in Catholics 28 Jan 2023 - 03:39 pm
Faithfuls pray inside the Emmanuel-Butsili Catholic Parish in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Erikas Mwisi Kambale
Italy's Meloni expected to sign major gas deal during Libya visit 28 Jan 2023 - 03:01 pm
Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah receives his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, in the capital Tripoli, on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
Woman accused of murdering Saudi national in US arrested: Embassy  28 Jan 2023 - 02:24 pm
File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
France extends Covid tests for travellers from China 28 Jan 2023 - 02:05 pm
Travellers wait for their trains at Hangzhou East railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 20, 2023. File Photo: China Daily via REUTERS.
Cracking under pressure: Inside the race to fix France’s nuclear plants 28 Jan 2023 - 12:47 pm
This photograph taken on January 26, 2023, shows people walking in the manufacturing workshop Georges Besse 1, an Uranium enrichment site at the Tricastin nuclear power plant in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateau, southern France. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP)
Two Indian air force jets crash, one pilot killed 28 Jan 2023 - 12:19 pm
People gather around the debris of a crashed aircraft in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, January 28, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a handout video. ANI/Handout via Reuters
Retired NATO general set to win Czech presidential vote 28 Jan 2023 - 12:15 pm
Presidential candidate and former Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the czech Republic Petr Pavel meets with supporters during in the presidential elections on January 27, 2023 in Cernoucek village, czech Republic. - Petr Pavel will face billionaire lawmaker Andrej Babis in the second round of the Presidential Elections on January 27 and 28, after having secured a narrow first place in the first round. (Photo by Michal Cizek / AFP)
Holiday trips within China surge after lifting of COVID curbs 28 Jan 2023 - 10:59 am
Travellers wait for their trains at Hangzhou East railway station during the Spring Festival travel rush ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China January 20, 2023. China Daily via Reuters
Russian foreign ministry calls for avoiding a nuclear clash in Northeast Asia 28 Jan 2023 - 10:36 am
A still image from video, released by the Russian Defence Ministry, shows what it said to be Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launched during exercises held by the country's strategic nuclear forces at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, in this image taken from handout footage released October 26, 2022. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
BBC Arabic Radio goes off air after 85 years 28 Jan 2023 - 10:23 am
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Peru Congress rejects president's plan for early elections 28 Jan 2023 - 10:01 am
Demonstrators hold a protest against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and to demand her resignation, in Juliaca, southern Peru, on January 27, 2023. - Peru's embattled President Dina Boluarte on Friday urged Congress to advance elections slated for April 2024 to December 2023 as protests against her leadership that have left dozens dead continue. Peru has been embroiled in a political crisis with near-daily protests since December 7 when former president Pedro Castillo was arrested after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree. (Photo by Juan Carlos CISNEROS / AFP)