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German ex-president Horst Koehler dead at 81 01 Feb 2025 - 03:07 pm
(Files) United Nations (UN) envoy for the Western Sahara Horst Koehler attends a press briefing on December 6, 2018 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
India unveils income tax cuts to boost slowing economy 01 Feb 2025 - 02:53 pm
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) along with minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary (C, left) poses as she leaves the ministry of finance to present the annual budget at the parliament in New Delhi on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP)
LA fires fully contained after burning for 3 weeks: state agency 01 Feb 2025 - 01:39 pm
Vehicles which burned in the Eaton Fire are marked 'NOT EV' as EPA hazardous materials disposal ramp up on January 31, 2025 in Altadena, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
Bus with released Palestinians reaches West Bank town 01 Feb 2025 - 01:33 pm
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Rescuers build slope to reach man in Japan sinkhole 01 Feb 2025 - 01:04 pm
A worker controls the traffic as rescue operations continue for the truck driver in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP)
Hamas releases three Israelis in exchange for 183 Palestinians 01 Feb 2025 - 11:53 am
Hamas secures an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
South Korea's language museum catches fire 01 Feb 2025 - 10:46 am
Fire engines are seen on a road as smoke rises from the roof of the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on February 1, 2025. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
Benin seeks home-grown cotton 'revolution' 01 Feb 2025 - 10:16 am
A worker collects cotton in a field in Soclogbo, on January 13, 2025. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Philadelphia plane crash marks a second US aviation disaster 01 Feb 2025 - 09:00 am
Emergency service members respond to a plane crash in a neighborhood near Cottman Avenue on January 31, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images/AFP
WHO calls for resumption of urgent medical evacuation from Gaza Strip 01 Feb 2025 - 08:49 am
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Trump to impose Canada, Mexico, China tariffs at weekend: White House 31 Jan 2025 - 11:52 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
Army helicopter’s altitude seen as factor in probe of Washington crash 31 Jan 2025 - 08:37 pm
Recovery teams search the wreckage after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images/AFP)
Putin approves Goldman Sachs' Russia exit 31 Jan 2025 - 08:06 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Transport Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP)
Afghan women cricketers get help from new global refugee fund 31 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
Afghanistan Women's XI players say a prayer before the cricket match between Afghanistan Women's XI and Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Martin Keep / AFP)
Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict 31 Jan 2025 - 07:51 pm
(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Zimbabwe and SADC Chairman Emmerson Mnangagwa and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi gesture ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare on January 31, 2025.  (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP)
Hamas to release three Israeli detainees tomorrow as part of exchange deal 31 Jan 2025 - 07:42 pm
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Jordan resumes flights to Syria after 13-year hiatus 31 Jan 2025 - 07:38 pm
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Uphold migrants' dignity, UN says after Trump Guantanamo plan 31 Jan 2025 - 07:27 pm
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