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Philippine ferry catches fire at sea, all 120 people aboard rescued 18 Jun 2023 - 09:48 am
Peninsula
Ukraine flood death toll in Russian-held areas hits 29 17 Jun 2023 - 10:10 pm
File photo: A local resident swims by a house in a flooded area in Kherson on June 7, 2023, following the destruction of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. (Photo by Olexander Kornyakov / AFP)
Ramaphosa tells Putin 'war must be settled' 17 Jun 2023 - 09:00 pm
This handout picture taken by RIA Novosti on June 17, 2023 shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaking with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) following a meeting with delegation of African leaders at the Constantine (Konstantinovsky) Palace in Strelna, outside Saint Petersburg. (Photo by Evgeny Biatov / RIA NOVOSTI / AFP)
Sudan officials say 17, including 5 children, killed in Khartoum airstrike 17 Jun 2023 - 04:49 pm
AFP file photo: Black smoke billows behind buildings amid ongoing fighting in Khartoum on June 9, 2023.
Did migrants reject help before deadly Greek wreck, or beg for it? Coast guard, activists disagree 17 Jun 2023 - 04:15 pm
File photo: This image released by The Hellenic Coastguard on June 14, 2023, shows an aerial view taken from a rescue helicopter, of migrants onboard a fishing vessel in the waters off the Peloponnese coast of Greece on June 13, 2023. (Photo by HELLENIC COASTGUARD / AFP)
Saudi foreign minister in first Iran visit since detente 17 Jun 2023 - 02:57 pm
Peninsula
Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low 17 Jun 2023 - 02:40 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Drew Angerer / AFP
Thousands in western India relief camps begin returning home as Cyclone Biparjoy recedes 17 Jun 2023 - 01:30 pm
A man inspects tin roofing damaged by strong winds at Moti-Bhadai village some 20 Km from the coastal town of Mandvi in Kutch district on June 16, 2023, after Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall. Photo by AFP
Doctors advise people over 60 to stay indoors as India's northern state swelters in extreme heat 17 Jun 2023 - 10:18 am
File photo: A man uses a scarf to shelter from the heat during a hot day in New Delhi on April 19, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Ukraine's Zelensky urges African leaders to press Putin on release of political prisoners 17 Jun 2023 - 12:03 am
(From left) Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Senegal's President Macky Sall, Comoros President Azali Assoumani, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema walk after their talks in Kyiv on June 16, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP)
Rallies take over Bamako ahead of Mali constitutional referendum 16 Jun 2023 - 11:37 pm
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At least 125 Syrians aboard Greece migrant shipwreck 16 Jun 2023 - 11:26 pm
People participate in a demonstration in central Athens on June 15, 2023 following a deadly shipwreck which costed lives of at least 78 migrants off Greek Peloponeese peninsula. (Photo by Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP)
Mali's top diplomat calls for immediate end of UN mission 16 Jun 2023 - 10:52 pm
In this file photo taken on August 03, 2018, German soldiers from the parachutists detachment of the MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) cross the Niger river bridge during a patrol searching for IED (improvised explosive device) on the route from Gao to Gossi, Mali. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
European leaders host Elon Musk, chase Tesla investment 16 Jun 2023 - 08:54 pm
SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an event during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, on June 16, 2023. (Photo by Joel Saget / AFP)
Finland's new coalition government to crack down on immigration 16 Jun 2023 - 08:13 pm
The Finns Party chair Riikka Purra (left), Christian Democrats chair Sari Essayah, National Coalition Party chair PM-designate Petteri Orpo and Swedish People's Party chair Anna-Maja Henriksson arrive to a press conference on details of the governing agenda regarding of the four-party cabinet in Helsinki, Finland, on June 16, 2023. (Photo by Kimmo Penttinen / Lehtikuva / AFP)
Sudan war displaced over 1mn children from homes: UN 16 Jun 2023 - 06:35 pm
A child plays with a football along a street in Khartoum on June 14, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
NATO to protect undersea pipelines, cables over 'Russian sabotage threat' 16 Jun 2023 - 06:19 pm
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a press conference during a two-day meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Defence Ministers, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on June 16, 2023. (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT / AFP)
Cyclone Biparjoy eases after pummelling Indian coastline 16 Jun 2023 - 04:19 pm
Residents watch as a car drowns in an inundated street at the coastal town of Mandvi as cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall on June 16, 2023. (Photo by AFP)