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Seoul to make all public facilities earthquake-resistant by 2030 07 Jan 2024 - 03:20 pm
A person crosses a footbridge as the first sunrise of the new year is seen in Seoul on January 1, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
South Korea accuses North of firing artillery for 3rd day, as Kim sister mocks it 07 Jan 2024 - 03:10 pm
A general view shows the North Korean coastline with artillery bunkers as seen from a viewpoint on Yeonpyeong island on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Stringer / Yonhap / AFP)
EU Council President Michel says to step down in July 07 Jan 2024 - 02:48 pm
European Council President Charles Michel (L), Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (2L) and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (C) applaud during the opening event of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the Bozar centre in Brussels, on January 5, 2024. Photo by Benoit DOPPAGNE / various sources / AFP
Jordan King warns of catastrophic consequences of ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza 07 Jan 2024 - 02:21 pm
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordan's King Abdullah II receiving US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
Son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh killed in air strike 07 Jan 2024 - 02:17 pm
People check the car in which two journalists,Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television network, were killed in a reported Israeli strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on January 7, 2024. Photo by AFP
Winter storm arrives in NYC, bringing mix of rain and snow 07 Jan 2024 - 12:35 pm
A person takes a photograph of snowfall in Central Park in New York City on January 6, 2024. Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP
Over 170 aircrafts worldwide to be affected as US orders Boeing 737 MAX 9 inspection 07 Jan 2024 - 12:31 pm
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images/AFP
Thousands of Rohingya homeless after Bangladesh fire 07 Jan 2024 - 11:26 am
Picture shared by Office of the Refugee Relief & Repatriation Commissioner, Cox's Bazar
Bhutan to vote as economic strife hits 'national happiness' 07 Jan 2024 - 11:03 am
Bhutanese people line up to vote at a polling station in Thimpu on October 18, 2018. Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA / AFP
A Boom, a whoosh, a flicker: ‘I started to text my loved ones’ 07 Jan 2024 - 11:00 am
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane sits at a gate at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 6, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images/AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli devastation in besieged Gaza continues on 92nd day of war 07 Jan 2024 - 10:37 am
A picture taken from Rafah on January 7, 2024, shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
Protesters calling for cease-fire in Gaza block freeway in Seattle for several hours 07 Jan 2024 - 10:00 am
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Bangladesh votes in election without opposition 07 Jan 2024 - 09:01 am
Police personnel inspect vehicles at a checkpoint near a polling station during Bangladesh's general elections in Dhaka on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
Woman in 90s pulled from rubble five days after Japan quake 07 Jan 2024 - 08:17 am
This picture shows damaged buildings in the town of Misaki in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP)
Wives of mobilised Russians protest in earshot of Kremlin 06 Jan 2024 - 07:32 pm
A relative of Russian soldiers, taking part in the so-called
Canadian skier Grenier takes rain-marred World Cup GS for 2nd career win 06 Jan 2024 - 06:25 pm
Canada's Valerie Grenier competes during the second run of the Women's Giant Slalom race of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Jure Makovec / AFP)
Sudan paramilitary chief bids for legitimacy in Africa tour: analysts 06 Jan 2024 - 05:29 pm
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Life on the frontline: fear, camaraderie on S. Korean border island 06 Jan 2024 - 04:09 pm
A general view shows a wall damaged by a North Korean artillery attack in late 2010 at Yeonpyeong island, near the 'northern limit line' sea boundary with North Korea, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)