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Bangladesh probe reveals children held in secret jails 21 Jan 2025 - 02:49 pm
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WHO 'regrets' Trump decision to pull US from organization 21 Jan 2025 - 02:39 pm
(Files) The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on October 24, 2017 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
Hackers target websites of Swiss banks, local councils 21 Jan 2025 - 02:32 pm
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Fire at Turkiye ski resort hotel kills 10, injures 32 21 Jan 2025 - 01:46 pm
This handout photograph released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on January 21, 2025, shows an aerial picture of a fire on the fourth floor of the 11-storey hotel in Bolu's Kartalkaya ski resort. (Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Qatari aid aircraft arrives to Damascus as part of Air Bridge to Syria 21 Jan 2025 - 12:58 pm
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Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1 21 Jan 2025 - 11:55 am
US President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Photo by Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP.
12-yr-old Akita dog Japan gifted to Putin 'in good health' 21 Jan 2025 - 12:19 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin pets his Akita dog Yume at the Russian presidential office in Moscow in December 2016 / The Japan News
US to withdraw from Paris climate accord, expand drilling 20 Jan 2025 - 11:50 pm
The Capitol is adorned with flags ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)
Iranian airliner crashes at Mehrabad airport, no injuries 20 Jan 2025 - 10:28 pm
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Federal employee union sues Trump over Musk's DOGE 20 Jan 2025 - 10:22 pm
US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, outgoing US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden participate in the departure ceremony for the Bidens on the East Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC after the swearing-in of Donald Trump as President on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Chris KLEPONIS / POOL / AFP)
Massive oil reserve discovered in central Iraq 20 Jan 2025 - 10:02 pm
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Trump sworn in for second term vowing sweeping change 20 Jan 2025 - 08:23 pm
US President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office from US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
China's power use up 6.8 pct in 2024 20 Jan 2025 - 06:56 pm
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Tanzania confirms outbreak of Marburg virus disease 20 Jan 2025 - 06:43 pm
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Death toll rises from anti-Sudanese violence in S.Sudan: police 20 Jan 2025 - 05:58 pm
A picture taken on January 19, 2025 shows a general view of damaged shops and houses in Sudan's Al-Jazira state capital Wad Madani following its takeover by the army from paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Photo for representational purposes only. (Photo by AFP)
French mother on trial accused of starving teen daughter to death 20 Jan 2025 - 05:54 pm
French police secure an area in Villejuif near Paris, France, January 3, 2020 after police shot dead a man who tried to stab several people in a public park. File Photo: Reuters/Charles Platiau
Spain PM urges Europe to resist 'caste' controlling social media 20 Jan 2025 - 04:50 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is running for a second term, attends the second day of the parliamentary investiture debate to vote for a premier at the Spanish Congress (Las Cortes) in Madrid on July 23, 2019. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
S Korea's central bank slashes forecasts over political crisis 20 Jan 2025 - 04:01 pm
Policemen stand guard in front of the main gate at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on January 20, 2025, after supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed the building on January 19. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)