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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)
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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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
WHO: Aid arriving Gaza but too little, too late 10 Jan 2024 - 09:55 am
A man walks next to a destroyed car following an overnight Israeli raid on the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on January 9, 2024. Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Al-Aqsa Hospital physician describes desperate conditions in Central Gaza  09 Jan 2024 - 10:59 am
A smoke plume erupts over Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza strip during Israeli bombardment on January 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
WHO cancels delivery of medical supplies to northern Gaza 08 Jan 2024 - 07:32 pm
A man lifts a placard near tents set up by volunteers and NGO workers along the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, demanding clearance for an aid convoy to enter the Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Kerolos Salah / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli strikes kill over 70 Palestinians in 24 hours 08 Jan 2024 - 11:49 am
Israeli bombardment lights the skyline of Khan Yunis, pictured from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip late on January 7, 2024. Photo by AFP
Al-Shifa surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta fights for ‘justice’ after Gaza return 08 Jan 2024 - 10:30 am
British-Palestinian plastic surgeon specialising in conflict injuries Ghassan Abu Sitta, poses for pictures in Victoria Park, east London, on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / 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
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)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns territory uninhabitable 06 Jan 2024 - 08:58 am
A picture taken from Rafah on January 5, 2024 shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment. (Photo by AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel continues deadly strikes in Khan Younis, Rafah 05 Jan 2024 - 10:15 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 3, 2024. Photo by AFP
LIVE UPDATES: 14 killed by Israeli bombing in Gaza; Human Rights Monitor calls for revealing fate of detained Palestinians 04 Jan 2024 - 11:11 am
Clockwise from left: People inspect the rubble of a building where displaced Palestinian Jabalieh family were sheltering after it was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah on January 3, 2024; Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis from Rafah on January 3, 2024; an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) flies over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 3, 2024. (Photos by AFP)
Human Rights Monitor calls for revealing fate of Palestinians detained from Gaza 04 Jan 2024 - 11:08 am
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Iran says at least 103 people killed, 211 wounded in bombing at ceremony honoring slain general 03 Jan 2024 - 06:41 pm
This photograph taken on January 3, 2024 shows destroyed cars and emergency services near the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Kerman. (Photo by TASNIM NEWS / AFP)
France denounces Israeli officials' remarks calling for displacement of Palestinians from Gaza 03 Jan 2024 - 06:32 pm
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File photo China sanctions 5 US branches of S. Korean ship giant Hanwha
File photo for representational purposes only. Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths
Peninsula 14 injured in Philippines aftershock, weeks after deadly quake: rescuers
Peninsula 5.8-magnitude quake hits Cebu, Philippines: GFZ

Europe

This picture taken on December 19, 2017 shows a logo outside the fashion house and luxury goods Gucci shop on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris, ahead of Christmas. Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP EU hits Gucci, Chloe and Loewe with 157-mn-euro antitrust fines
Protesters leave Gare de Bruxelles-Nord railway station as they take part in a demonstration during a national day of action against the austerity of the federal Arizona government, in Brussels on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Marius Burgelman / Belga / AFP) Flights cancelled as Belgium hit by national strike
File photo / Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision over Gaza ceasefire
Representational file photo. Lithuania sees highest power prices in over six months

Africa

Peninsula UN condemns repeated targeting of civilians in El Fasher, Sudan
Peninsula Earthquake kills 1, displaces over 43,400 in NE Ethiopia
Peninsula Sudan army claims over 100 paramilitary fighters eliminated in West Sudan
Paul Biya, President of Cameroon and presidential candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), watches as Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya casts her ballot at a polling station in Yaounde on October 12, 2025 during Cameroon's presidential election. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP) Cameroon's 92-year-old president poised for eighth term; counting begins as polls close

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