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Burkina Faso kills 100 militants in military operation 25 May 2023 - 10:56 am
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Shaking roofs, frayed nerves as Mexico's 'Popo' volcano rumbles 25 May 2023 - 10:38 am
Ash and smoke billow from the Popocatepetl volcano as seen from the Santiago Xalitzintla community, state of Puebla, Mexico, on May 24, 2023. Photos by CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP
Seven-storey blaze in Sydney spreading: firefighters 25 May 2023 - 10:22 am
This picture shows a fire at a building in Sydney on May 25, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Leeson / AFP)
US, Microsoft warn Chinese hackers attacking 'critical' infrastructure 25 May 2023 - 09:57 am
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Nigerian surfers brave oil pipelines, tankers to catch waves 25 May 2023 - 09:51 am
A surfer rides a wave at a surfing competition held at the Tarkwa Bay beach in Lagos Nigeria on 21 May, 2023. (Photo by Benson Ibeabuchi / AFP)
Saudi Arabia announces restoration of diplomatic ties with Canada 24 May 2023 - 11:34 pm
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Sudan conflict displaces over 1.3 million, says UN 24 May 2023 - 10:55 pm
Minivan buses and tuk-tuks (motorised rickshaws) wait for passengers at a bus station in Port Sudan on May 23, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Prosecutors in Guyana mull charges for teen suspect in deadly blaze at girl's dorm 24 May 2023 - 09:00 pm
Relatives and friends of the victims of a fire on the eve that killed at least 19 youths and injured about 20 others in a schoolgirls' dormitory, cry during a meeting with Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, in Mahdia, Guyana. (Photo by Keno GEORGE / AFP)
US rapper Fetty Wap handed six year prison term for drug trafficking 24 May 2023 - 08:43 pm
US rapper Fetty Wap poses in the press room during the 2015 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, on April 12, 2015. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
GOP, Biden negotiators resume talks amid debt default impasse 24 May 2023 - 08:33 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on the debt ceiling with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
10-year-old girl spends $3,000 on Roblox 24 May 2023 - 08:27 pm
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Do Kwon bail revoked in Montenegro 24 May 2023 - 06:26 pm
File photo: South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur co-founder of Terraform Labs (Terra Luna), Do Kwon (C) is taken to court after being arrested at the airport on March 24, 2023 in Podgorica.
Lebanon slaps travel ban on central bank chief wanted by France 24 May 2023 - 06:04 pm
This file picture dated November 21, 2008 shows Lebanon's Central Bank governor Riad Salameh listening to a question during an interview with AFP at his office in Beirut. (Photo by Ramzi Haidar / AFP)
US pledges $524 million in new aid for Horn of Africa drought, climate crisis 24 May 2023 - 04:44 pm
This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
Japan to provide 100 military vehicles to Ukraine 24 May 2023 - 03:13 pm
Japan's State Minister of Defence Toshiro Ino (C) and Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (L) pose with a list of Japanese Self-Defense Force vehicles that were handed over to Ukraine, during a ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo on May 24, 2023. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Australian 95-year-old woman tasered by police dies 24 May 2023 - 03:11 pm
The Sydney Opera House and city centre skyline are seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2020. Reuters/Loren Elliott/File Photo
Over one million people displaced in four months in Somalia: UN 24 May 2023 - 02:43 pm
This aerial view shows makeshift structures of people displaced by drought at the Ladan internally displaced people (IDP) camp in Dolow on May 1, 2023. (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)
South Korea postpones third launch of homegrown rocket 24 May 2023 - 02:35 pm
This handout photo taken on May 23, 2023 and provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) shows South Korea's homegrown space rocket Nuri moving to its launch pad at the Naro Space Centre in the southern coastal village of Goheung, a day before its third attempt to put satellites into orbit. Photo by Handout / Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) / AFP