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'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under heat wave 16 Jul 2024 - 06:28 pm
A man bathes on the banks of river Cijevna, in the outskirts of the city, as temperatures reach as high as 42 degrees Celsius amid a heat wave, in Podgorica on July 15, 2024. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)
Gaza civil defence says 44 killed in three strikes 16 Jul 2024 - 06:23 pm
A man comforts a woman as she reacts at a trauma ward at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Six people found dead in a Bangkok, poisoning suspected: police 16 Jul 2024 - 06:19 pm
A general view of the street after an incident, in which six bodies were found at a hotel in Bangkok on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Families buried, livelihoods lost as Afghan storm toll hits 47 16 Jul 2024 - 06:07 pm
Afghan residents shovel mud following flash floods after heavy rainfall at Pesgaran village in Dara district, Panjshir province on July 15, 2024. At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on July 15, after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said. (Photo by AFP)
Kyiv and Prague agree to produce rifles, ammo in Ukraine 16 Jul 2024 - 05:44 pm
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal (L) and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala deliver a joint press conference following a meeting of the Czech and Ukrainian governments in Prague, Czech Republic on July 16, 2024. (Photo by MILAN KAMMERMAYER / AFP)
Toll from Oman mosque attack rises to six, three gunmen killed: police 16 Jul 2024 - 04:03 pm

 A collage of image grabs from a UGC video taken on July 16, 2024 shows shows people fleeing the scene of a shooting at the Imam Ali Mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area in the east of Oman's capital Muscat. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
JD Vance is Trump's bold choice for VP, but can he win? 16 Jul 2024 - 03:46 pm
US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice-president candidate JD Vance waves during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Three killed in Bangladesh job quota protests 16 Jul 2024 - 03:01 pm
Anti-quota protesters and students backing the ruling Awami League party clash in Dhaka on July 16, 2024 (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / AFP)
Sweeping floods in the Philippines kill five 16 Jul 2024 - 02:39 pm
Peninsula
Chinese kindergartens pivot to senior care as population ages 16 Jul 2024 - 02:21 pm
Participants practicing a dance at a kindergarten-turned-elderly centre in Taiyuan, in China's northern Shanxi province. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Iraq invites private companies to operate Baghdad airport 16 Jul 2024 - 02:14 pm
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Elon Musk pledges $45 million a month to electing Trump 16 Jul 2024 - 02:02 pm
Peninsula
IOF slaughters 9,241 Palestinian students since October 2023: Palestinian Education Ministry 16 Jul 2024 - 01:38 pm
 A Palestinian youth walks past piles of smouldering waste, as garbage collection and any other municipality services come to a halt due to the Israeli bombardment of the GAZA Strip, at the al-Maghazi Palestinian refugee camp, in the central GAZA Strip on July 15, 2024.(Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Trump appears at convention with bandaged ear after shooting 16 Jul 2024 - 01:04 pm
US former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (bottom L) smiles as he is cheered on during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
High-ranking North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South 16 Jul 2024 - 12:38 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2022 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 1, 2023 shows a ceremony of donating 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket System in the yard of the headquarters of the Centr
Four killed in shooting near Oman mosque: police 16 Jul 2024 - 12:12 pm
Collage of image grabs from a UGC video taken on July 16, 2024 shows shows people fleeing the scene of a shooting at the Imam Ali Mosque in the Al-Wadi Al-Kabir area in the east of Oman's capital Muscat. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
'Super spicy' crisps land Japan schoolkids in hospital 16 Jul 2024 - 11:32 am
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Romania seeks to cull nearly 500 bears after hiker killed 16 Jul 2024 - 08:24 am
(Files) A bear descends towards a road to pick up food thrown by a truck driver, on September 29, 2023, in Covasna, Romania. (Photo by Andrei Pungovschi / AFP)