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Gaza economy shrank by more than 80% in 4th quarter due to conflict: World Bank 22 Feb 2024 - 08:19 pm
Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Pakistan blocks X for the sixth day as activists criticize the social media platform's shutdown 22 Feb 2024 - 08:04 pm
Supporters of a party alliance consisting of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, the Balochistan National Party, the National Party and the Hazara Democractic Party chant slogans during protest held outside an Election Commission office in Pishin on February 22, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Photo by Banaras Khan / AFP)
Russian skier killed in Indian Kashmir avalanche 22 Feb 2024 - 04:50 pm
File photo shows a general view of the ski slopes at Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Drifting with purpose: sports car enthusiasts rally in Afghanistan 22 Feb 2024 - 03:16 pm
(Files) Spectators watch modified cars compete in a drag race along a street during a car racing event in Kabul on February 16, 2024. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Eiffel Tower closed for fourth day as staff strike 22 Feb 2024 - 02:56 pm
Visitors walk at the Esplanade du Trocadero with the Eiffel Tower in the background, which is closed to the public on the fourth day of its staff's strike, in Paris on February 22, 2024. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
UK backs Dutch PM Mark Rutte as next NATO chief: official 22 Feb 2024 - 02:25 pm
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Avalanche hits popular Indian ski resort; 1 foreign skier killed and 3 rescued 22 Feb 2024 - 02:11 pm
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Pupils injured in attack at German school, suspect detained 22 Feb 2024 - 02:08 pm
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Ex-Brazil star Dani Alves sentenced to 4.5 years in jail 22 Feb 2024 - 01:21 pm
(Files) Brazilian footballer Dani Alves looks down during his trial at the High Court of Justice of Catalonia in Barcelona, on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Alberto Estvez / POOL / AFP)
China plans to send more pandas to US zoo 22 Feb 2024 - 01:14 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: 'Inhumane' situation in Gaza; over 90 killed in past 24 hours 22 Feb 2024 - 12:02 pm
Palestinian men check the rubble of the al-Faruq mosque on February 22, 2024, following an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Two dead after cargo ship hits bridge in southern China 22 Feb 2024 - 09:07 am
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows the fractured Lixinsha Bridge in Nansha District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. Xinhua/Lu Hanxin
Biden's brother questioned in Republican impeachment probe 21 Feb 2024 - 09:08 pm
James Biden, a consultant and brother of U.S. President Joe Biden, enters an elevator as he arrives for a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee at the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Federal Building on February 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Senegal presidential hopeful Khalifa Sall campaigns despite uncertainty 21 Feb 2024 - 08:25 pm
Senegalese presidential candidate Khalifa Sall greets supporters during a campaign meeting in Hann Bel-Air, Dakar, on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP)
Zelenskyy invites Poland's leaders to border to resolve farmers' blockade 21 Feb 2024 - 07:13 pm
Ukrainian truck drivers take part in a protest against the blockade of the border by the Polish protesters at the Rava-Ruska border crossing point of the Ukrainian-Polish border, with trucks bannered with messages and Ukrainian flags on February 20, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by YURIY DYACHYSHYN / AFP)
Families demand release of jailed Tunisian opposition figures 21 Feb 2024 - 06:03 pm
Dalila Ben Mbarek, the lawyer and member of the defense committee of detainees accused of involvement in a conspiracy case against state security, addresses a press conference in Tunis on February 21, 2024. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Spain logged lowest birthrate in 8 decades in 2023 21 Feb 2024 - 05:49 pm
File photo: Group of school children cool off along a fountain at the Plaza Espana square on April 26, 2023 in Seville, Spain.
Pakistan parties reach power-sharing agreement, Khan loyalists left out 21 Feb 2024 - 05:38 pm
Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) party protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's general election results, at a national highway in Moro, Sindh province on February 20, 2024. (Photo by Shahid ALI / AFP)