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Syria govt loses control of key city Daraa 07 Dec 2024 - 09:24 am
An anti-government fighter gestures in the city of Hama after forces captured the central Syrian city, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
South Korea president apologises but doesn't resign over martial law fiasco 07 Dec 2024 - 08:27 am
This handout photo taken and released on December 7, 2024 by the South Korean Presidential Office shows South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol bowing after the end of his address at the Presidential Office in Seoul. (Photo by Handout / South Korean Presidential Office / AFP)
Romania's top court scraps presidential election 06 Dec 2024 - 11:33 pm
Demonstrators hold EU and Romanian national flags during a pro-European rally and in support of democracy at Piata Universitatii square in Bucharest on December 5, 2024. (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu / AFP)
TikTok closer to US ban after losing court appeal 06 Dec 2024 - 09:07 pm
File: In this photo illustration the social media application logo for TikTok is displayed on the screen of an iPhone in front of a US flag and Chinese flag background in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2023. (Photo by Olivier Douliery / AFP)
UK's Guardian agrees sale of world's oldest Sunday paper 06 Dec 2024 - 07:46 pm
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Gaza civil defence says 29 dead after Israeli strikes near northern hospital 06 Dec 2024 - 05:37 pm
The bodies of victims lie amid the rubble in the courtyard of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike that hit the medical complex on December 6, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Jordan shuts borders with Syria: interior minister 06 Dec 2024 - 05:18 pm
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Russia urges citizens to leave Syria amid rebel advance 06 Dec 2024 - 05:10 pm
Photo used for representation purposes. A boy waves the opposition Syrian flag as he stands in one of the water wheels, or norias, in Hama, after anti government fighters captured of the central city, on December 6, 2024. Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP.
Georgia PM says 'won battle' with pro-EU protesters as crisis deepens 06 Dec 2024 - 04:33 pm
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze holds a briefing in Tbilisi on December 4, 2024. Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP.
Prince William to attend Notre Dame cathedral reopening 06 Dec 2024 - 04:26 pm
This photograph shows video mapping on the facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral a few days before its reopening after reconstruction following the fire on April 15, 2019 when it was devastated, in Paris on December 5, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP.
Indonesia, Philippines agree to repatriate Filipina on death row 06 Dec 2024 - 03:36 pm
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra (L) and the Philippines’ Undersecretary at the Department of Justice Raul Vasquez (R) speak to reporters after signing documents regarding the plan to repatriate death row inmate Mary Jane Veloso in Jakarta on December 6, 2024. Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP.
Not a pipe dream: Notre Dame's organ to be 'revived' 06 Dec 2024 - 02:21 pm
This photograph shows video mapping on the facade of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral a few days before its reopening after reconstruction following the fire on April 4, 2019 when it was devastated, in Paris on December 5, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP
New York police hunt brazen Manhattan gunman 06 Dec 2024 - 01:43 pm
This handout image released by the New York Police Department (NYPD) via X (formerly Twitter) on December 5, 2024 shows the individual sought in connection to the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Photo by NYPD / AFP
Three climbers missing on New Zealand peak believed dead: police 06 Dec 2024 - 01:38 pm
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Crocodile mauls Indonesia plantation worker to death 06 Dec 2024 - 01:33 pm
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Philippine police says kidnapped American feared dead 06 Dec 2024 - 01:26 pm
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South Korean ruling party says 'dangerous' president must go 06 Dec 2024 - 01:09 pm
People take part in a protest calling for the ouster of South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol outside the National Assembly in Seoul on December 6, 2024. Photo by Philip FONG / AFP
Europe's oldest nuclear power plant to shut in 2033: Swiss operator 05 Dec 2024 - 07:07 pm
This picture taken on July 9, 2019, shows a general view of Switzerland's Beznau nuclear plant near Dottingen. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP