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Casualties in Israeli aggression on Gaza reaches over 20,600 martyrs 26 Dec 2023 - 09:49 am
Men recover the body of a victim killed in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike at al-Maghazi refugee camp on December 25, 2023. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP
Indonesia nickel plant explosion death toll rises to 18 26 Dec 2023 - 09:25 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
Ethiopia fails to pay coupon, becoming latest African defaulter 25 Dec 2023 - 06:56 pm
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Afghans marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs 25 Dec 2023 - 06:30 pm
Afghan grooms look on during a mass wedding ceremony at a wedding hall in Kabul on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Kremlin critic Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony: ally 25 Dec 2023 - 05:51 pm
A screen shows the already imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny (2L) as he listens to his verdict over a series of extremism charges at the IK-6 penal colony, a maximum-security prison some 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Moscow, in the settlement of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Serbian protesters set up road block over alleged vote fraud 25 Dec 2023 - 04:21 pm
 Protesters gather in front of Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)
Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit 25 Dec 2023 - 03:15 pm
A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Desperation rising amid acute hunger at Gaza hospitals:WHO 25 Dec 2023 - 02:53 pm
At a donation point in a refugee camp in in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian men and children line up to collect food on December 23, 2023. Photos by Mahmud Hams / AFP
Charter plane grounded in France for trafficking investigation set to leave for India 25 Dec 2023 - 01:19 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows a civil protection vehicle parked outside the Vatry airport. (Photo by Francois Nascimbeni / AFP)
Opposition supporters try to storm Belgrade city hall 25 Dec 2023 - 12:38 pm
A protester uses a metal object against police officers guarding the entrance to the Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Oliver Bunic / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: 'Massacre' as Israeli airstrike in central Gaza kills atleast 68 25 Dec 2023 - 11:17 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis during Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
UNESCO listing brings new shine to North African metal art 25 Dec 2023 - 08:42 am
A Tunisian artisan engraves a design onto a copper plate at his shop in the souks of the medina of Tunis on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Iraq’s water reserve is at lowest in decades, minister says 24 Dec 2023 - 10:30 pm
File photo: A boy sits in a boat in Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq June 4, 2018. (Reuters)
UK to divert warship to Guyana as tensions flare with Venezuela 24 Dec 2023 - 08:18 pm
A woman cooks at the Arau village in Guyana on December 10, 2023. (Photo by Roberto CISNEROS / AFP)
Indians held in France over trafficking could leave Monday 24 Dec 2023 - 07:40 pm
This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows a gendarmerie vehicle in front of the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected
WHO chief decries 'decimation' of Gaza health system 24 Dec 2023 - 05:52 pm
Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Somali army kills 130 Al Shabab elements 24 Dec 2023 - 05:34 pm
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Deal struck to end Geneva airport strike 24 Dec 2023 - 04:59 pm
A commercial plane of low cost airline EasyJet take off behind a sign of Geneva International Airport, after dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute with their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (DNATA) delaying flights during the busy holiday season, in Geneva, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)