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Blinken visits Mexico seeking way forward on migration surge 27 Dec 2023 - 08:57 pm
View of a makeshift camp in the Tlahuac area of Mexico City was taken on December 26, 2023. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
Eiffel Tower closed after workers strike on 100th anniversary of founder's death 27 Dec 2023 - 06:11 pm
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Police prevent election protest in DR Congo capital 27 Dec 2023 - 05:56 pm
A Police officer throws a rock as opposition supporters run into a opposition leader Martin Fayulu's party house during a demonstration in Kinshasa on December 27, 2023. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)
Dense fog shrouds Indian capital affecting flights, trains 27 Dec 2023 - 03:16 pm
An aircraft prepares to take off amid dense fog on a cold winter morning at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Sri Lanka speeds up dengue control before university entrance exams 27 Dec 2023 - 03:06 pm
A worker sprays insecticide to prevent mosquito breeding at a railway station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 13, 2023. Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua
Eiffel Tower closes as staff go on strike 27 Dec 2023 - 02:59 pm
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UK retains metric system for selling after overwhelming support 27 Dec 2023 - 02:45 pm
Shoppers carry their shopping bags along Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales in London on December 26, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
Japan department store chain red-faced after 'cake collapse' fiasco 27 Dec 2023 - 01:53 pm
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Indonesian students force Rohingya refugees from temporary shelter 27 Dec 2023 - 01:48 pm
University students burn tyres as they protest against the arrival of Rohingya refugees in front of the People's Representative Council (DPR) in Banda Aceh on December 27, 2023. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin / AFP)
Romania guesthouse blaze kills 7, search for missing ongoing 27 Dec 2023 - 01:38 pm
This handout photo taken and made available by the Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova (ISU Prahova) on December 26, 2023 shows firemen working to extinguish a fire at the site of teh 'Ferma Dacilor' guest house in Tohani, Romania. Photo by Handout / ISU PRAHOVA - Inspectorate of Emergency Situations Prahova / AFP
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif to seek fourth term in office 27 Dec 2023 - 12:13 pm
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shehbaz Sharif addressing a meeting with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dies at 81 27 Dec 2023 - 12:01 pm
(Files) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party member and former German Minister of Interior Wolfgang Schaeuble attends his honor festive matinee in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Lisi Niesner / Pool / AFP)
Philippines attracts four bidders for $3 billion Manila airport upgrade 27 Dec 2023 - 10:56 am
People queue at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on December 22, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Indonesian workers protest after deadly blast at nickel plant 27 Dec 2023 - 10:14 am
A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi on December 24, 2023. Photo by AFP
Six dead, tens of thousands hit by southern Thailand flooding 27 Dec 2023 - 09:40 am
A woman carries her belongings as she walks through floodwaters following heavy rain in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on December 25, 2023. Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Israel expands offensive; UN names new aid coordinator for Gaza 27 Dec 2023 - 09:34 am
Mourners attend the funeral procession of two men killed in an Israeli army incursion in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on December 26, 2023. Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP
Nine dead after storms pound eastern Australia 27 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
This handout photo taken and released by the Victoria Police on December 27, 2023 shows an emergency worker during a rescue operation in the midst of flood waters after heavy rain at the Buchan campground in east Gippsland, located east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Photo by Handout / VICTORIA POLICE / AFP
Turkiye close to approving Sweden NATO bid 26 Dec 2023 - 07:35 pm
File photo: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (top center), Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (right) during a meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius on July 10, 2023. (Photo by Yves Herman / AFP)