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Chemical cat sparks alert in Japan 12 Mar 2024 - 11:56 am
This handout picture taken and released by Nomura Plating on March 12, 2024 shows footprints believed to be from the cat in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Photo by Handout / Nomura Plating / AFP)
Ramadan kicks off in much of Asia, a day after most of the Middle East 12 Mar 2024 - 10:02 am
A man reads the Koran after praying during the Muslim holy month of ramadan at Al Makmur mosque in Banda Aceh on March 12, 2024. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Man bitten by crocodile after falling off boat at Florida Everglades marina 12 Mar 2024 - 12:57 am
Photo for representational purposes only.
Blinken attends urgent meeting with Caribbean leaders as Haiti's violent crisis grows 12 Mar 2024 - 12:49 am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) speaks during a bilateral meeting with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (R) at the Pegasus Hotel ahead of the emergency meeting on Haiti at the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Gaza Health Ministry says 67 killed by Israeli strikes during first day of Ramadan 12 Mar 2024 - 12:12 am
A Palestinian woman prepares to serve an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, amidst the ruins of her family's house, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)
Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for altering family photo that fueled rumors about her health 12 Mar 2024 - 12:01 am
A jogger runs past Kensington Palace in London on March 11, 2024. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Police to monitor Russians voting from Latvia 11 Mar 2024 - 09:11 pm
Peninsula
Iraqi Security Forces arrest three ISIS members in Baghdad 11 Mar 2024 - 08:25 pm
Iraqi forces take part in an anti-ISIS group operation, launched by Iraqi security forces, in al-Miqdadiyah in Iraq's Diyala province on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Younis AL-BAYATI / AFP)
TikTok dragged into US election as Trump opposes ban 11 Mar 2024 - 08:12 pm
Peninsula
Ramadan in Gaza begins with hunger worsening and no end to war in sight 11 Mar 2024 - 08:11 pm
A Palestinian youth plays with a sparkler in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
UN chief 'appalled' as Gaza conflict defies Ramadan 11 Mar 2024 - 07:36 pm
A Palestinian man climbs a tree to collect clothes after the Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Four dead, three missing after French weekend storms 11 Mar 2024 - 06:57 pm
Rescuers take part in searching operations of seven missing persons on the Gardon river in Russan, on March 10, 2024 following heavy rain over south-eastern France. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP)
Richard Truly, astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86 11 Mar 2024 - 06:44 pm
Adm. Truly in 1979. He earned the NASA Distinguished Service Medal twice (Photo by: NASA).
India tests missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads 11 Mar 2024 - 06:42 pm
File: Agni-5 Missile during a rehersal in 2013 for the Republic Day parade in New Delhi / Raveendran
S. Korea starts process to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors 11 Mar 2024 - 06:37 pm
Medical workers walk outside a children's hospital in Seoul on March 11, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
U.S. transportation head: Boeing to face ‘enormous’ scrutiny 11 Mar 2024 - 06:11 pm
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg)
Youths having to grow up 'too quickly' amid climate fears: Thunberg 11 Mar 2024 - 05:19 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (2nd L) and a group of fellow activists block the main entrances of the Swedish Parliament during a protest due to the lack of action from the Swedish authorities, on March 11, 2024, in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
Philippines aims to produce nearly 130,000 semiconductor talents by 2028 11 Mar 2024 - 05:00 pm
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr. arrives at Government House, one of the venues for the 50th ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne on March 6, 2024. (Photo by Martin KEEP / AFP)