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German conservatives hail state election win in Berlin 13 Feb 2023 - 05:14 pm
Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's top candidate Kai Wegner (R) speaks during a joint press conference with leader of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Friedrich Merz in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, headquarters for the CDU, in Berlin on February 13, 2023, one day after the repeat Berlin state elections. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Moldova's President outlines Russian 'plan' to topple gov't 13 Feb 2023 - 05:01 pm
Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks at a press conference on July 29, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Turkey’s earthquakes paralyze third of steel production capacity 13 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Russia is a threat for all of Europe, says Norway 13 Feb 2023 - 04:17 pm
Norway Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram visits the Sør-Varanger Garrison. Photo: Atle Staalesen
Philippines says China ship used laser against coast guard 13 Feb 2023 - 02:23 pm
This handout photo taken on February 6, 2023 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard on February 13 shows a Chinese Coast Guard vessel shining a
On the road with Ukraine's 'medical battalion' 13 Feb 2023 - 01:48 pm
Ukrainian Poet Olena Herasymyuk (L) and Anna Skolbushevska waits for patients outside the bus for medical evacuations of the volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers, which helps with medical evacuations of wounded Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk region on February 11, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
Independent radio station in Cambodia shut on order of PM 13 Feb 2023 - 12:24 pm
Ith Sothoeuth, media director of the Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) which oversees VOD, speaks to media at his office in Phnom Penh on February 13, 2023, after Cambodian Prime Minister said VOD would have its operating licence revoked. - Cambodia's strongman leader late on February 12 ordered the shutdown of one of the country's few remaining local independent media outlets after taking issue with a news report about his son. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy and TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP)
China says US balloons entered airspace 'more than 10 times' since 2022 13 Feb 2023 - 12:04 pm
In this photo taken on February 5 2023, and obtained from the US Navy, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Photo by Tyler Thompson / US NAVY / AFP
Saudi Arabia to send first female astronaut to space 13 Feb 2023 - 11:52 am
Rayyanah Barnawi. Source/@saudispace
As survival window closes, more rescued in quake in Turkey 13 Feb 2023 - 11:10 am
People stand on top of rubble of collapsed buildings during rescue operations in Hatay on February 12, 2023, after a 7,8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Single-letter license plate sells for $3.2 million in Hong Kong 13 Feb 2023 - 10:33 am
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Flights grounded, power cut as storm lashes N.Zealand 13 Feb 2023 - 10:22 am
A general view of a damaged road after a storm battered Titirangi, a suburb of New Zealand's West Auckland area, on February 13, 2023. Photo by Diego OPATOWSKI / AFP
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:12 am
Relatives sit on top of rubble of collapsed buildings, as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
'Unidentified object' downed over Lake Huron, 3rd this week 13 Feb 2023 - 01:05 am
File Photo: Sailors recover a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, on February 5, 2023. (US Navy / AP)
US seeking identity, origin of objects shot down from sky 13 Feb 2023 - 12:07 am
A large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it on February 4, 2023. (AP/Chad Fish)
Italy says support for Kyiv 'firm' after Berlusconi outburst 12 Feb 2023 - 11:52 pm
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi during a campaign rally ahead of the general election, in Milan, Italy, September 23, 2022. (REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo)
Lake Michigan airspace closure latest move in objects saga 12 Feb 2023 - 10:26 pm
The Federal Aviation Administration announced “temporary flight restrictions” over one of the Great Lakes along the US-Canada border. PHOTO: AFP
Assad may consider more border crossings for Syria quake aid: WHO 12 Feb 2023 - 10:09 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 11, 2023, shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) and first lady Asma al-Assad (left) visiting families affected by the earthquake, at the Basil Al-Assad Center for Educational Training in Latakia, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP)