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World

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond 30 Sep 2024 - 08:44 pm
People walk with their hands over their faces to protect themselves from the stench of decomposing bodies as they pass the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 4, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Seven killed in Ecuador's latest massacre 30 Sep 2024 - 08:02 pm
View of the site were seven people were killed the day before in Samborondon, Ecuador, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Gerardo MENOSCAL / AFP)
Kyiv arrests two suspected of arson on 'enemy orders' 30 Sep 2024 - 07:53 pm
Drones explode as they are being destroyed by Ukrainian air defence during mass night strike to Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)
NY Times endorses Harris as 'only patriotic choice' for president 30 Sep 2024 - 06:48 pm
Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris (L), poses for photos with supporters after speaking during a campaign rally at the Expo at World Market Center on September 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Trio plead not guilty in UK after Van Gogh soup attack 30 Sep 2024 - 06:37 pm
A handout picture from the Just Stop Oil climate campaign group shows three activists sitting on the floor under Vincent van Gogh's
US stocks mostly down ahead of Powell speech 30 Sep 2024 - 06:14 pm
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Austria far right scores historic win in national vote 30 Sep 2024 - 05:15 pm
Herbert Kickl, leader and top candidate of right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) is celebrated by supporters as he arrives at the party's election event after exit poll numbers where announced at the Stiegl-Ambulanz restaurant in Vienna, Austria on September 29, 2024, during Austria's general election. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)
Spain renews search for dozens of missing migrants off Canaries 30 Sep 2024 - 05:05 pm
A captain of Spanish Salvamento Maritimo (Sea Search and Rescue agency) scorts one of the 17 minors (C) who arrived in a group of 133 migrants at La Restinga port, after being rescued by the Spanish Salvamento Maritimo Salvamar Adhara vessel off the coast of the Canary island of El Hierro, prior to being transferred to the San Andres Temporary Reception Center for Foreigners. (Photo by Antonio SEMPERE / AFP)
12 Tunisians dead as boat capsizes off Djerba: judiciary 30 Sep 2024 - 04:33 pm
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Two-thirds of Gaza buildings damaged in war: UN 30 Sep 2024 - 04:26 pm
Palestinian civil defence rescue workers battle a fire after an Israeli strike in Gaza City on September 17, 2024, amid the continuing war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
South Korean court gives prison sentences to 3 police officers over deadly 2022 Halloween crush 30 Sep 2024 - 03:56 pm
Family members of Itaewon crush victims cry at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on September 30, 2024, after Yongsan-gu District Office mayor Park Hee-young was found not guilty in the Itaewon disaster case. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP
100,000 have fled Lebanon for Syria due to Israeli strikes: UN 30 Sep 2024 - 03:00 pm
Civil defence workers dig through the rubble of a building at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighbourhood in the eastern city of Baalbek on September 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Over 90,000 Georgia residents sheltering a day after chemical plant fire sends chlorine into the air 30 Sep 2024 - 02:44 pm
Peninsula
Iran says will not send forces to confront Israel 30 Sep 2024 - 01:55 pm
A man walks past banners in Tehran bearing pictures of slain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (top) and Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard general Abbas Nilfrushan, two days after their targeted assassination by Israeli forces in Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP.
Nepal's urban poor count cost of 'nightmare' floods 30 Sep 2024 - 01:31 pm
Vendors clear mud from a vegetable market in a flood-affected area following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu on September 30, 2024. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Philippines' Marcos opens first EV battery plant 30 Sep 2024 - 12:21 pm
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EU to hold emergency talks on Lebanon escalation 30 Sep 2024 - 11:45 am
High Representaitve of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference following the EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the European Union Delegation headquarters ahead of the 79th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on September 23, 2024. Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP.
Britain's last coal-fired electricity plant is closing, ending 142 years of coal power in the UK 30 Sep 2024 - 11:28 am
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