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France to close embassy in Niger: diplomatic sources 22 Dec 2023 - 12:02 am
File: Protesters hold a Niger flag during a demonstration on independence day in Niamey on August 3, 2023. The demonstrators converged at Concertation Square in the heart of the city, following a call by a coalition of civil society associations on a day marking the country's 1960 independence from France. (Photo by AFP)
Peru seizes 4,000 live Amazon turtles at airport 21 Dec 2023 - 11:38 pm
Handout picture released on December 20, 2023, by the Peruvian National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) shows turtles seized at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima. (Photo by Handout / SERFOR / AFP)
Hunger and disease will lead to more deaths in Gaza: WHO 21 Dec 2023 - 09:38 pm
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Entire Gaza faces 'crisis or worse' hunger level: UN 21 Dec 2023 - 09:08 pm
Boxes containing humanitarian aid are unloaded at the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Prague university shooting kills 10 21 Dec 2023 - 07:42 pm
A police officer cordon off an area near the university in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
Czech police say people have been killed in a shooting in downtown Prague 21 Dec 2023 - 06:21 pm
A police officer cordon off an area near the university in central Prague, on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Michal CIZEK / AFP)
China erects temporary shelters after earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes 21 Dec 2023 - 05:36 pm
A man walks past a collapsed house in Dahejia in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
Saudi Arabia confirms rapid spread of JN.1 Covid variant 21 Dec 2023 - 12:57 pm
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UNICEF warns of water crisis in Gaza  21 Dec 2023 - 12:01 pm
Palestinians, displaced by the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, seek shelter inside an agricultural tent in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP
China quake survivors recover in hospitals as toll rises to 135 21 Dec 2023 - 11:56 am
A patient with injuries following an earthquake remains under observation at a hospital in Dahejia in Jishishan County in northwest China's Gansu province on December 21, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel continues bombardment as UN chief urges for more aid to Gaza 21 Dec 2023 - 11:55 am
A fireball erupts after Israeli strike over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
China urges Philippines to make 'rational choice' over maritime tensions 21 Dec 2023 - 11:19 am
Handout photo taken and released on December 10, 2023 shows a China Coast Guard vessel (R) using water cannon against the M/L Kalayaan chartered supply boat (L) during a mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP)
Fading colours: Bangladesh's threatened rickshaw art 21 Dec 2023 - 07:40 am
This photograph taken on December 13, 2023 shows a bicycle rickshaw adorned with colourful artwork depicting film actors, in Dhaka. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
UN Security Council Gaza vote postponed again 20 Dec 2023 - 11:18 pm
Members of the UN Security Council hold sideline meetings as they take a break at the United Nations headquarters on December 19, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago /Getty Images/AFP)
Suriname court upholds 20-year sentence for ex-president in murder trial 20 Dec 2023 - 10:52 pm
General view of the Surinamese Court of Justice during the sentence against former President Desi Bouterse in Paramaribo, on December 20, 2023. (Photo by Ranu Abhelakh / AFP)
Icelandic volcano eruption eases as evacuated village remains off limits 20 Dec 2023 - 07:41 pm
 Molten lava is comming out from a fissure on the Reykjanes peninsula 3km north of the evacuate town of Grindavik, western Iceland on December 19, 2023. (Photo by Kristinn Magnusson / AFP) /
Continued Israeli aggression causes complete telecommunications, internet blackout in Gaza 20 Dec 2023 - 06:05 pm
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Pakistan ex-premier Imran Khan to run in upcoming elections from prison 20 Dec 2023 - 05:41 pm
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