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Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100: US media 30 Dec 2024 - 12:33 am
File photo: Former president Jimmy Carter, along with family members, arrives for the funeral of former first lady Rosalynn Carter last year / Washington Post
IATA calls for thorough Azerbaijan Airlines crash probe 29 Dec 2024 - 10:49 pm
Scene from the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)
Baltic Sea cables probe uncovers drag track on seafloor 29 Dec 2024 - 10:10 pm
This undated handout photo obtained from the Finnish police (Poliisi) on December 29, 2024 shows a robotic ROV (Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle) used for underwater investigation off Porvoo (Borga), Gulf of Finland, as Finnish authorities have been investigating the Eagle S oil tanker that sailed from a Russian port over suspected
Croatia president wins election in first round: exit poll 29 Dec 2024 - 09:28 pm
Croatia's outgoing President and Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic casts his ballot to vote in the country's presidential elections at a polling station in Zagreb on December 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Italian tourist killed in Egypt shark attack: foreign ministry source 29 Dec 2024 - 09:24 pm
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Cambodia pardons jailed surrogate Philippine mothers 29 Dec 2024 - 09:20 pm
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Palestinian health ministry demands immediate release of detained healthcare workers by occupation 29 Dec 2024 - 08:03 pm
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Suriname ex-dictator died of liver failure, autopsy shows 29 Dec 2024 - 07:28 pm
(FILES) Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse speaks during a rally at his NDP party centre, where he asked supporters to calmly wait for the High Court of Justice verdict in his appeals case against the Court Martial, in Paramaribo, on December 16, 2023. (Photo by Ranu Abhelakh / AFP)
Three Ethiopian journalists kidnapped in Tigray 29 Dec 2024 - 07:23 pm
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Some Americans in Panama reject Trump's canal threat 29 Dec 2024 - 07:02 pm
A cargo ship sails through the Agua Clara Locks of the Panama Canal in Colon City, Panama, on December 28, 2024. (Photo by ARNULFO FRANCO / AFP)
Israel continues to breach ceasefire seal in southern Lebanon 29 Dec 2024 - 06:00 pm
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Spain arrests traffickers accused of killing asylum seekers 29 Dec 2024 - 05:55 pm
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Turkiye targets more Chinese tourists by 2025, promoting new horizons 29 Dec 2024 - 05:29 pm
Tourists visit the Aizanoi ancient city in Kutahya Province, Tィケrkiye, on Dec. 27, 2024. (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua)
Longest cross-sea bridge in China's Guangxi opens to traffic 29 Dec 2024 - 05:11 pm
An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 24, 2024 shows Longmen Bridge in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Azerbaijan accuses Russia of trying to hide causes of plane crash 29 Dec 2024 - 04:19 pm
(FILES) In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states leaders' summit in Astana on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sergei SAVOSTYANOV / POOL / AFP)
Both Jeju Air black boxes found: officials 29 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm
Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province, some 288 kilometers southwest of Seoul on December 29, 2024. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP)
IOF murders over 45,514 Palestinians since beginning of Israel's genocide on Gaza 29 Dec 2024 - 03:52 pm
A Palestinian man mourns a relative, killed in an Israeli strike, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 28, 2024. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Shock, grief at South Korea Jeju Air crash site 29 Dec 2024 - 02:31 pm
People and relatives of passengers of the crashed Jeju Air Boeing react at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province on December 29, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je / AFP)