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Seeing double in Nigeria's 'twins capital of the world' 13 Oct 2024 - 07:37 pm
Twins pose for a photograph during the Igboora World Twins Festival 2024, in Igbo-Ora on October 12, 2024. Nigeria’s self-proclaimed ‘twins capital of the world’ Igbo-Ora holds its annual festival to celebrate the town’s unusually high incidence of multiple births. Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP.
‘Game of Thrones’ dragon-forged Iron Throne fetches nearly $1.5 million at auction 13 Oct 2024 - 07:23 pm
Image: Heritage Auctions on X
Pentagon says will send THAAD missile defense system to Israel 13 Oct 2024 - 07:12 pm
File photo of the THAAD air defense system.
Peacekeepers say Israeli tanks 'forcibly entered' UN Lebanon position 13 Oct 2024 - 06:34 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A United Nations flag flies in the back of one of the armoured vehicles of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Palestinians in Gaza's Jabalia grieve and try to survive 13 Oct 2024 - 05:21 pm
Ali Assaf (R), 20, reportedly the only survivor from his family killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is comforted by a young man as mourns near the bodies of his relatives in front of the al-Maamadani on October 12, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster at landing pad 13 Oct 2024 - 05:05 pm
Starship's Super Heavy Booster is grappled at the launch pad in Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, during the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully
Qatari aircraft arrives in Beirut with humanitarian aid for Lebanese people 13 Oct 2024 - 04:09 pm
Peninsula
Italy's Salvini fuels row with carmaker Stellantis 13 Oct 2024 - 03:46 pm
The logo of Stellantis is seen on a company's building in Velizy-Villacoublay near Paris, France, February 23, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
UNICEF: Ongoing conflicts destroy children's lives in Middle East 13 Oct 2024 - 03:24 pm
File photo for representation purposes.
SpaceX to try to 'catch' giant Starship rocket shortly before landing 13 Oct 2024 - 02:52 pm
Visitors look at the SpaceX Starship as it sits on a launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 12, 2024, ahead of the Starship Flight 5 test. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES / AFP)
Indian politician known for close ties with Bollywood killed in Mumbai 13 Oct 2024 - 12:41 pm
Pic: Instagram
France's 'unhappy' Macron seeks new role after government shakeup 13 Oct 2024 - 10:31 am
French President Emmanuel Macron, AFP file photo.
4.6-magnitude earthquake hits central Ethiopia 13 Oct 2024 - 10:11 am
Peninsula
Zelensky says Ukrainian forces 'holding the line' in Kursk 12 Oct 2024 - 10:04 pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint press conference with the German Chancellor at the Chancellery in Berlin on October 11, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who sought Scotland's independence, dies at 69 12 Oct 2024 - 08:34 pm
(FILES) Member of Parliament and former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond speaks to journalists in central London on June 27, 2016. Scotland's former leader and figurehead of the independence movement Alex Salmond has died at the age of 69, members of the Scottish National Party (SNP) that he led for 10 years said October 12, 2024. (Photo by Leon NEAL / AFP)
Kenya says extra police ready for Haiti in early Nov 12 Oct 2024 - 07:58 pm
President of Kenya William Ruto delivers his remarks during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Haiti Garry Conille (unseen) at the State House in Nairobi on October 11, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO / AFP)
UN warns against 'catastrophic' regional conflict 12 Oct 2024 - 06:17 pm
Spanish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) coordinate their patrol with the Lebanese army, in Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Tusk says Poland wants to limit asylum rights 12 Oct 2024 - 05:14 pm
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk addresses participants during the opening session of XVI European Economic Congress (EEC) in Katowice, Poland, on May 7, 2024. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)