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UK's Birmingham airport evacuated, flights suspended over 'suspicious vehicle': police 23 Oct 2024 - 05:47 pm
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Greenland extends detention of anti-whaling activist Watson 23 Oct 2024 - 05:43 pm
(FILES) Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrives for a court hearing in Nuuk, Greenland, on October 2, 2024. (Photo by Leiff Josefsen / AFP)
Dinosaur fossils discovered for first time in Hong Kong 23 Oct 2024 - 05:07 pm
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Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI 'presenters' 23 Oct 2024 - 02:52 pm
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Iran's Pezeshkian urges BRICS members to help 'end the war' in Gaza, Lebanon 23 Oct 2024 - 02:16 pm
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP.
South Africa 'shattered' by divorce of rugby star Kolisi 23 Oct 2024 - 02:08 pm
(Files) South Africa's flanker and captain Siya Kolisi (3rd L) and his wife Rachel Kolisi (R) pose for a photo with their family after South Africa won the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Final match  on October 28, 2023. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat / AFP)
US warns of attack threat in Sri Lanka surf hotspot 23 Oct 2024 - 01:21 pm
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German foreign minister warns Lebanon 'on brink of collapse' 23 Oct 2024 - 12:37 pm
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (3rd R) speaks with with her counterparts in Berlin on October 21, 2024. Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP.
Building collapses during heavy rains in southern India city, killing at least 5 workers 23 Oct 2024 - 11:40 am
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel inspect the site for survivors during a search operation after an under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on October 22, 2024. Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP.
In Photos: Seven dead, thousands evacuated as tropical storm batters Philippines 23 Oct 2024 - 11:18 am
This handout photo taken and released on October 23, 2024 by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows residents affected by Tropical Storm Trami standing on the roofs of their submerged houses before being evacuated, in Libon town, Albay province, South of Manila. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
70% of Cuba's population has power back after blackout 22 Oct 2024 - 09:59 pm
A man walks down a street in Havana on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage / AFP)
It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, says UN report 22 Oct 2024 - 09:23 pm
A woman pushing a wheel chair loaded with her personal belongings as displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli military operations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza strip walk along the Salah al-Din main road in eastern Gaza City making their way to the city centre, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
NGO urges Albania to 'transparently' probe suspected toxic waste 22 Oct 2024 - 09:08 pm
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Uganda fuel truck explosion kills at least 10 22 Oct 2024 - 09:07 pm
Forensic specialists and emergency responders inspect an area of destroyed houses following a fuel truck explosion in Kigogwa, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP)
India's Modi calls for quick end to Ukraine conflict in talks with Putin 22 Oct 2024 - 08:17 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Alexander Zemlianichenko / POOL / AFP)
Bangladesh students decry surge in violence against women 22 Oct 2024 - 08:10 pm
Female students chant slogans during a protest to condemn violence against women in Dhaka on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Salahuddin Ahmed / AFP)
Rwandan genocide survivors describe the 1994 mass killings at a Paris trial 22 Oct 2024 - 07:56 pm
File photo used for demonstration purposes. President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame look on as a member of the Rwandan Military Band carries a wreath during the commemorations of the 30th Anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide at the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali on April 7, 2024. Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP.
Activists say over 70 dead in two days of Sudan fighting 22 Oct 2024 - 07:26 pm
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on October 12, 2024. Fierce fighting has raged since October 11 around Khartoum, much of which is controlled by the RSF, with the military pounding the centre and south of the city from the air. Photo by AFP.