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Polls close in Taiwan election under China's glare 13 Jan 2024 - 11:50 am
An official of a polling station examines a ballot slip, as vote counting for the presidential election commences, at a high school in New Taipei City on January 13, 2024. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
At least 10 dead in China mining accident: state media 13 Jan 2024 - 11:02 am
Rescuers are seen at the site of an accident in a coal mine in central China's Henan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)
Prosecutors to seek death penalty for White supremacist who killed 10 at Buffalo supermarket 12 Jan 2024 - 10:02 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 19, 2022, Payton Gendron arrives for a hearing at the Erie County Courthouse in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
117 journalists killed since start of Israeli aggression on Gaza 12 Jan 2024 - 01:10 pm
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 11, 2024.
LIVE UPDATES: Gaza children enduring unspeakable horrors, reports Save The Children 12 Jan 2024 - 12:33 pm
A picture taken from Rafah shows children pointing towards a rainbow over the southern Gaza Strip on January 11, 2024. Photo by AFP
South Africa tells the UN top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as a landmark case begins 11 Jan 2024 - 11:16 pm
South Africa's Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola (R) delivers remarks to journalists outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after the first day of hearing on the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP)
UK maternal deaths reaches highest level in 20 years: study 11 Jan 2024 - 03:52 pm
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Belgian police stop bus over 'terrorist' conversation 11 Jan 2024 - 03:48 pm
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Strong quake rattles Afghanistan 11 Jan 2024 - 01:49 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: International Court of Justice to hold South Africa's genocide case against Israel 11 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
A protestor holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration simultaneously at the hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, January 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP
Tanker in Gulf of Oman boarded by men in military uniforms 11 Jan 2024 - 11:21 am
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Video appears to show the Israeli army shot 3 Palestinians, killing 1, without provocation 10 Jan 2024 - 05:32 pm
Israeli troops enter Nablus during a raid on the occupied West Bank city on January 10, 2024. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
Sunak, Starmer unleash attack lines as UK’s long campaign begins 10 Jan 2024 - 05:29 pm
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (left) and Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak come out to lay wreaths at The Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Whitehall in central London, on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
Three-metre tsunami recorded at Japan nuclear plant after quake 10 Jan 2024 - 03:42 pm
This photo taken on January 8, 2024 shows a woman walking under a downed utility pole after snow blanketed the disaster-hit area in the city of Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture, a week after a major 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa prefecture on New Year's Day. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Spain following with 'concern' Ecuador crisis: Sanchez 10 Jan 2024 - 03:05 pm
Ecuadorean security forces patrol the area around the main square and presidential palace after Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa declared the country in a state of
Disinformation top risk as elections loom: Davos study 10 Jan 2024 - 12:53 pm
(Files) A photograph shows a sign of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Congress centre on the opening day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 16, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
 Singapore seeks indefinite jail for 'high-risk' offenders 10 Jan 2024 - 12:48 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: Gazans desperate for humanitarian assistance amid Israeli bombing 10 Jan 2024 - 11:19 am
Palestinians look from the windows of a minibus at a market in Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 8, 2024. Photo by AFP