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Italy to resume funding for UN agency for Palestinian refugees 25 May 2024 - 10:24 am
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (front) welcomes her Palestinian Authority counterpart Mohammed Mustafa prior to their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on May 25 2024. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP)
Emergency convoy takes provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in Papua New Guinea 25 May 2024 - 08:10 am
People gather at the site of a landslide in Maip Mulitaka in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on May 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Swiss return three confiscated artefacts to Iraq 25 May 2024 - 12:19 am
This handout photograph released on May 21, 2024, by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture shows a torso fragment from the monumental statue of a king discovered during excavations carried out in 1959 in Hatra and dated from the second - third centuries AD. (Photo by Handout / Swiss Federal Office of Culture / AFP) 
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 35,800 24 May 2024 - 09:28 pm
A Palestinian woman cries after identifying victims at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah following Israeli bombardment overnight on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
EU told to tackle food cost differences across the bloc 24 May 2024 - 09:14 pm
European Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on an antitrust case at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP)
GCC welcomes ICj's decision to stop attack on Rafah 24 May 2024 - 08:26 pm
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Eiffel Tower ticket prices to rise by 20 percent 24 May 2024 - 07:57 pm
This photograph taken on December 5, 2023, shows a general view of the Eiffel tower along the Seine River in Paris. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Passengers had seconds to react as turbulence hit Singapore flight 24 May 2024 - 05:46 pm
A general view shows the exterior of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers were being treated two days after the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore, in Bangkok on May 23, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
ICJ orders Israel to 'immediately halt' offensive in Rafah 24 May 2024 - 04:42 pm
Magistrates are seen at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of South Africa's request on a Gaza ceasefire in The Hague, on May 24, 2024. Photo by Nick Gammon / AFP
At least 100 killed in massive landslide in Papua New Guinea 24 May 2024 - 04:31 pm
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40,000 worshippers perform friday prayer at Al-Aqsa mosque 24 May 2024 - 04:23 pm
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Philippines opens coast guard post after China build-up 24 May 2024 - 03:10 pm
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Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens 24 May 2024 - 02:11 pm
A general view shows the exterior of Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers were being treated three days after the turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore, in Bangkok on May 24, 2024. Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Four dead in Spanish resort restaurant collapse 24 May 2024 - 01:49 pm
Graphic content / A Police officer investigates one day after a two-storey club-restaurant collapsed, killing four and injuring 16 people on Playa de Palma, south of the Spanish Mediterranean island's capital Palma de Mallorca, on May 24, 2024. Photo by Jaime REINA / AFP
Kenyan president warns debt clouds Africa climate potential 24 May 2024 - 12:08 am
US President Joe Biden and Kenya's President William Ruto during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
French media progress against X in legal battle over payments 23 May 2024 - 09:03 pm
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US 'strongly' urges China restraint amid Taiwan drills 23 May 2024 - 07:08 pm
An outdoor screen shows a news coverage of China military drills around Taiwan, in Beijing on May 23, 2024. Photo by Jade Gao / AFP.
Kenyan and Nepali climbers die on Everest, three missing 23 May 2024 - 06:57 pm
This photograph taken on May 3, 2024 shows mountaineers at the Khumbu Glacier during their ascend to Mount Everest's summit, in Nepal. Photo by Tsering Pemba Sherpa / AFP.