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Spain pledges 1 bln in military aid to Kyiv as Zelensky visits 27 May 2024 - 04:15 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pose for photographs after signing a security deal at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo / AFP)
Saudi fund launches new group to boost space industry 27 May 2024 - 03:59 pm
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WHO chief urges countries to quickly seal pandemic deal 27 May 2024 - 02:57 pm
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Gaza officials say 45 killed as Israeli strikes set tents ablaze 27 May 2024 - 02:00 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)
Ten dead after Cyclone batters Bangladesh and India 27 May 2024 - 12:01 pm
A woman stands next to her damaged house after Cyclone Remal made landfall near a beach in Kuakata on May 27, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
At least nine dead in US tornadoes, storms 26 May 2024 - 09:49 pm
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Putin arrives in Uzbekistan on the 3rd foreign trip of his new term 26 May 2024 - 09:34 pm
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev welcomes Russia's President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival at the airport in Tashkent on May 26, 2024. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / POOL / AFP) 
Israeli occupation murders 35,984 Palestinians, injures 80,643 in aggression on Gaza Strip 26 May 2024 - 08:43 pm
Palestinians react after an Israeli strike on a building in Nuseirat on May 25, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Three injured in knife attack in France's Lyon: officials 26 May 2024 - 08:28 pm
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12 people injured after Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin 26 May 2024 - 06:34 pm
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800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cyclone 26 May 2024 - 06:31 pm
A man pulls a fishing boat to a sea shore as a preventive measure during rainfall in Kuakata on May 26, 2024, ahead of cyclone Remal's landfall in Bangladesh. Cyclone Remal is set to hit the country and parts of neighbouring India on May 26 evening, with Bangladesh's weather department predicting crashing waves and howling gales with gusts of up to 130 kilometres (81 miles) per hour. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Macron begins the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years 26 May 2024 - 05:49 pm
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (2ndL) and his wife Elke Buedenbender (L) walk with French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndR) and his wife Brigitte Macron (R) past the Chancellery on their way to attend a debate as part of the Festival of Democracy (Demokratiefest) on May 26, 2024 in Berlin. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP.
Seven young elephants drown in Sri Lanka 26 May 2024 - 05:49 pm
A carcass of a wild elephant, believed to have drowned following the onset of the South-West monsoon in Dimbulagala, 250 kilometres (156 miles) north-east of Colombo on May 26, 2024. Photo by AFP
Four children among 27 dead in India amusement park fire 26 May 2024 - 05:36 pm
Officials inspect the site of a fire accident on the following day of the disaster, at an amusement park facility in Rajkot, in India's Gujarat state on May 26, 2024. Photo by AFP
Recognising Palestinian state is 'justice' for Palestinians: Spain 26 May 2024 - 05:07 pm
Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albares speaks during a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the European Union in Brussels, on May 26, 2024. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP.
At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say 26 May 2024 - 04:29 pm
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Sunday cricket an escape for migrant workers in Lebanon 26 May 2024 - 04:05 pm
A player from Eleven Brothers migrants' team plays weekly in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on May 19, 2024. (Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP)
Six newborns killed in fire at India baby hospital: police 26 May 2024 - 03:44 pm
A medical ward of a children's hospital lies in shambles a day after a fire blazed through it in New Delhi on May 26, 2024. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP