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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years jail: party 30 Jan 2024 - 10:43 am
A vendor sits at his tuck shop displaying posters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, in Hyderabad on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Akram SHAHID / AFP)
Vietnam, Philippines boost South China Sea ties amid China row 30 Jan 2024 - 10:33 am
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Nikki Haley's dilemma in South Carolina: winning over voters who like her, but love Trump 30 Jan 2024 - 12:02 am
Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley greets supporters at a rally on January 28, 2024 in Conway, South Carolina. (Photo by Allison Joyce / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Philippines' Marcos blames fentanyl for Duterte's drug accusations 29 Jan 2024 - 11:55 pm
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a speech during the kick-off rally for the New Philippines movement at Quirino Grandstand in Manila on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Jam Sta Rosa / AFP)
Myanmar sends representative to ASEAN meet for first time in two years 29 Jan 2024 - 11:18 pm
(L-R) Myanmar Permanent secretary Marlar Than Htaik, Undersecretary Philippine Som leader Theresa P. Lazaro, Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Vietnam's Foreign Minister But Thanh Son, Laos' Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, Malaysia's Foreign Mohamad Hasan, Brunei's Foreign Minister Erywan Pehin Yusof, Cambodia's Foreign Minister Sok Chenda Sophea, Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Luang Prabang on January 29, 2024. (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP)
Mali sends ECOWAS 'formal notice' of withdrawal from bloc: ministry 29 Jan 2024 - 10:28 pm
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Son of Bolsonaro targeted by investigation over alleged political spying 29 Jan 2024 - 06:19 pm
Federal Police vehicles drive on their way to the Federal Police headquarters after a raid on the house of councilman Carlos Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 29, 2024. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
Austin back at Pentagon after secret hospital stay 29 Jan 2024 - 06:01 pm
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Kuwait Prime Minister takes oath as Deputy Amir 29 Jan 2024 - 01:21 pm
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CNN Philippines to close due to financial losses 29 Jan 2024 - 12:56 pm
The logo of CNN Philippines is seen outside their office in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila on January 29, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Lawsuit filed over 'everyday' racial profiling by Japan police 29 Jan 2024 - 12:08 pm
Maurice (first name only), a US citizen with Japanese permanent residency status, speaks to the media outside Tokyo district court in Tokyo on January 29, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Dozens killed in overnight assault on Khan Younis 29 Jan 2024 - 11:36 am
Smoke and flames rise in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 29, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Fire in Argentina UNESCO park caused by arson: official 29 Jan 2024 - 10:54 am
A picture released by Telam news agency shows tourists looking at smoke billowing from a forest fire at Los Alerces National Park in Chubut province, Argentina, on January 28, 2024. Photo by MARTIN LEVICOY / TELAM / AFP
Saudi arts hub CEO arrested for money laundering: Statement 29 Jan 2024 - 10:49 am
Amr bin Saleh Abdulrahman al-Madani, Saudi CEO of the Royal Commission for AlUla in the northwestern Medina region, speaks to an employee while touring the Sharaan Nature Reserve near the town of al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia on February 11, 2019. Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP
Suspending UNRWA funds will aggravate humanitarian crisis in Gaza: OIC 28 Jan 2024 - 11:44 pm
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Burkina, Mali, Niger quit West African bloc ECOWAS 28 Jan 2024 - 05:26 pm
File photo of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff from ECOWAS countries as they deliberate in Abuja, Nigeria on the political unrest in the Republic of Niger on August 2, 2023. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)
33 people have been killed in separate traffic crashes in eastern Afghanistan 28 Jan 2024 - 04:57 pm
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Armed attack on Italian church in Istanbul, one dead: minister 28 Jan 2024 - 03:06 pm
Turkish forensic police stand in front of Santa Maria church after an attack, in Istanbul, on January 28, 2024. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)