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Banning aid is collective punishment for Gazans: UNRWA 23 Mar 2025 - 09:21 pm
Palestinian children look into a tent as workers search through the rubble of a building at the site of an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Trump envoy expects 'real progress' in Ukraine-Russia talks 23 Mar 2025 - 09:13 pm
File: US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP)
Wang Yi meets Japan-China friendship groups to enhance ties 23 Mar 2025 - 08:42 pm
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, meets with representatives from seven Japan-China friendship groups in Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)
Joint statement at the conclusion of the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee meeting on Gaza with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy 23 Mar 2025 - 08:34 pm
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Under threat from Trump, Canada calls snap elections for April 28 23 Mar 2025 - 08:28 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference after the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa, Canada on March 21, 2025. (Photo by Dave Chan / AFP)
Aubameyang World Cup brace boosts Gabon and sinks Kenya 23 Mar 2025 - 08:20 pm
Gabon's #9 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates after scoring a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Africa qualifiers group F football match between Kenya and Gabon at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi on March 23, 2025. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
Sri Lankan police digitize fingerprints of 1 mln individuals convicted by courts 23 Mar 2025 - 08:15 pm
Photo for representational purposes only. Pic from Unsplash.
Kenyan president hails safe conclusion of WRC Safari Rally 23 Mar 2025 - 07:56 pm
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT's British driver Elfyn Evans (R) and co-driver Scott Martin (2nd L) hold their trophies as they pose for the media with President of Kenya William Ruto (2nd R) after winning the World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally Kenya in Naivasha on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Luis TATO / AFP)
Pope returns to Vatican after five weeks in hospital 23 Mar 2025 - 07:54 pm
Pope Francis waves from a window of the Gemelli hospital before being discharged following a five weeks hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025. Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP
Pakistan celebrates 85th Republic Day 23 Mar 2025 - 07:54 pm
People watch as the Pakistan Air Force Karakoram-8 (K-8) aircraft team performs aerobatic manoeuvres during the national day parade as they fly past near the President's House in Islamabad on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Wife of US VP Vance to visit Greenland 23 Mar 2025 - 07:44 pm
US Vice President JD Vance join by his wife Usha Vance and plant owner Paul Aultman, speaks at Vantage Plastics in Bay City, Michigan, March 14, 2025. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Palestinian Foreign Ministry warns against Occupation's approval of facilitating displacement from Gaza 23 Mar 2025 - 06:56 pm
Peninsula
Duterte confident has 'no case' to answer at ICC: daughter 23 Mar 2025 - 06:46 pm
Vice-president of Philippines Sara Duterte (L) addresses the people gathering outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, on March 14, 2025, as former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte appears for the first time before International Criminal Court to face crimes against humanity charges. Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP
Kremlin expects 'difficult negotiations' in Saudi Arabia over Ukraine 23 Mar 2025 - 04:26 pm
Photo collage by AFP.
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 50,021 martyrs 23 Mar 2025 - 04:20 pm
Palestinians search through the rubble of a building at the site of an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 23, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Pope sends thanks in first public appearance since Feb 14 23 Mar 2025 - 02:22 pm
Pope Francis waves as he leaves the Gemelli hospital after a five weeks hospitalization for pneumonia, in Rome on March 23, 2025. Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP.
Chinese premier calls for 'dialogue' as US senator visits Beijing 23 Mar 2025 - 02:03 pm
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (R) shakes hands with US Senator Steve Daines before a meeting held in the Xinjiang Room at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 22, 2025. Photo by Ng Han Guan / POOL / AFP.
'Antipathy' to US: Tourists turning away from Trump's America 23 Mar 2025 - 02:00 pm
Pedestrians and cars move through the Times Square district of Manhattan, New York, on March 22, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)