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New mega-refinery helps Kuwait to record capacity: Minister 29 May 2024 - 03:36 pm
Kuwait Amir HH Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (C) turns a symbolic equipment during the opening of the Al-Zour oil Refinery on May 29, 2024, in al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. (Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP)
Pakistan bus crash kills at least 29 people: hospital 29 May 2024 - 03:09 pm
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Turkey's Erdogan says 'spirit of United Nations dead in Gaza' 29 May 2024 - 12:52 pm
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WHO delivers aid to north of Gaza for 1st time in 2 weeks, says Tedros 29 May 2024 - 12:19 pm
WHO Surgeon Dr Athanasios Gargavanis speaking of the mission that delivered fuel, hospital beds, medicines and other medical supplies to the Al-Ahli hospital.
LIVE UPDATES: UN Security Council meets over deadly strike as Israel expands Gaza offensive 29 May 2024 - 12:18 pm
Palestinians fleeing unsafe areas in Rafah arrive with their belongings on a donkey-cart in Khan Yunis. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers 29 May 2024 - 09:13 am
The world's first wooden satellite made from wood and named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, is shown during a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto on May 28, 2024. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Blinken and Sudan army chief discuss need to end war 29 May 2024 - 12:18 am
A fighter loyal to Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan holds up a weapon backdropped by the minaret of a mosque, during a graduation ceremony in the southeastern Gedaref state on May 27, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
World must not tire of Ukraine war, says Zelensky 28 May 2024 - 11:50 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gets off his plane upon his arrival at Figo Maduro military airport in Lisbon on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Patricia De Melo Moreira / AFP)
21 displaced Palestinians killed in new Rafah massacre 28 May 2024 - 10:58 pm
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
India temperature surpasses 122°F (50°C) as brutal heat waves grip nation 28 May 2024 - 09:39 pm
A boy plays with water during a hot summer day in Chennai on May 28, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu / AFP)
France 'HR killer' has life sentence upheld 28 May 2024 - 09:37 pm
This court sketch made on June 13, 2023 shows Gabriel Fortin (C) during his trial in the courtroom in Valence, southeastern France, on June 13, 2023. Photo by Benoit PEYRUCQ / AFP
Israel's Rafah incursion taking dire health toll: WHO 28 May 2024 - 09:22 pm
Palestinian boys stand near a damaged structure at the site of an Israeli strike a day earlier on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024.(Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Cases of bacterial disease rise in Brazil's flooded south 28 May 2024 - 07:36 pm
A car is partially submerged in a flooded street in the Sarandi neighborhood, one of the hardest hit by the heavy rains in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on May 27, 2024. Photo by Anselmo Cunha / AFP
Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cyclone 28 May 2024 - 07:20 pm
People walk on a damaged embankment along the Sonatola river during heavy rainfall in Patuakhali on May 27, 2024, following the landfall of Cyclone Remal in Bangladesh. Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP
Taiwan parliament passes controversial bills despite protest 28 May 2024 - 07:19 pm
Lawmakers from main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) wave the Anthurium flowers to celebrate their victory as Parliament Speaker Han Kuo-yu (C) knocking the hammer to pass Parliament Reform Bills in Taipei on May 28, 2024. Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP.
France lawmaker suspended for waving Palestinian flag 28 May 2024 - 07:13 pm
French leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) party member of parliament Sebastien Delogu waves a Palestinian national flag during a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on May 28, 2024. Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP.
South Africa gears up for 'most unpredictable' vote 28 May 2024 - 07:11 pm
An Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) official prepares a ballot to be handed out to a voter during special voting at the Glebe Community Hall polling station in Umlazi on May 28, 2024 the day ahead of the South African elections scheduled for May 29, 2024. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP)
23 are dead across the US after weekend tornadoes. Texas is getting battered again 28 May 2024 - 07:05 pm
This handout photo taken on May 26, 2024, courtesy of Jacob Chambers shows an aerial view of widespread damage from a tornado in Valley View, Texas. Photo by Jacob CHAMBERS / HANDOUT / AFP.