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Sudan paramilitary chief calls coup 'gateway' for return of ousted regime 19 Feb 2023 - 06:54 pm
File Photo: Deputy head of Sudan's ruling council Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. (Reuters)
Kenya's Ruto urges accountability for world polluters 19 Feb 2023 - 06:53 pm
Kenyan President William Ruto looks on during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the Africa Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Amanuel Sileshi / AFP)
Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor 19 Feb 2023 - 06:32 pm
A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Beijing wants to meet EU leaders as US ties fray 19 Feb 2023 - 05:38 pm
China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Blinken arrives for tour of Turkey's earthquake zone 19 Feb 2023 - 05:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
Turkey ends quake rescue efforts except in two provinces: official 19 Feb 2023 - 05:14 pm
A man walks atop the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Zein Al Rifai / AFP)
Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus 19 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
A handout picture taken and released on February 19, 2023 by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a damaged building following an Israeli missile strike.
Nigeria's presidential frontrunners in final push for votes 19 Feb 2023 - 04:09 pm
Supporters sit on a truck during an All progressives Congress (APC) rally in Maiduguri on February 18, 2023 ahead of the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for February 25, 2023. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)
Bungled messaging over Ohio train crash causes chaos 19 Feb 2023 - 04:06 pm
Residents receive $1000 checks and reimbursements for evacuation expenses from employees of Norfolk Southern on February 17, 2023 in New Waterford, Ohio. Michael Swensen/Getty Images/AFP
US general warns China biggest threat in space 19 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm
In this file photo taken on February 01, 2023 this handout photo from Chase Doak and released on February 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over Billings, Montana. Photo by Chase DOAK / CHASE DOAK / AFP
Michigan State struggles with uncertain return to classes 19 Feb 2023 - 03:38 pm
GROSSE POINTE, MI - FEBRUARY 18: Clergy lead the casket out after the funeral for Brian Fraser on February 18, 2023 at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Church in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Brian Fraser was one of three students killed in the shooting that occurred at Michigan State University on Monday, February 13, 2023. Nic Antaya/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Nic Antaya / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Hong Kong airport’s passenger volume surges as China reopens 19 Feb 2023 - 01:41 pm
File photo: Passengers from China's Xiamen arrive at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport after China reopens its borders amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Cardiac implants reused from the dead in Romania: prosecutors 19 Feb 2023 - 01:20 pm
Peninsula
S. Korea, US and Japan hold trilateral talks on N. Korea 19 Feb 2023 - 12:34 pm
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin meet at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Petr David Josek / POOL / AFP)
4.1-Magnitude earthquake hits Oman's Duqm region 19 Feb 2023 - 12:33 pm
Peninsula
Turkiye quake survivors rescue belongings for uncertain future 19 Feb 2023 - 12:32 pm
Turkish optician Cuneyt Eroglu, 45-year-old, collects glasses and other stuff from his collapsed shop in Antakya on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
China says it plans naval exercises with Russia, South Africa 19 Feb 2023 - 12:29 pm
Protesters from Ukrainian Association of SA and civil society activists take part in a demonstration at the Umhlanga beach in Durban on February 18, 2023, against South Africa's joint military exercise with Russia and China along its eastern coast city of Richards Bay. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
Japan bids farewell to four pandas returning to China 19 Feb 2023 - 12:01 pm
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