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Iran condemns 'cowardly' drone attack on defence site 29 Jan 2023 - 07:44 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with his Qatari counterpart in the capital Tehran, on January 29, 2023. (Photo by Aatta Kenare / AFP)
Rwanda troops clash with DRC police: Congolese sources 29 Jan 2023 - 07:09 pm
Congolese policemen guard the border crossing point with Rwanda after a Congolese soldier was killed in a clash near an area where the Congolese army is fighting M23 rebels, following renewed tensions around Goma in the North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo on June 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Few voting in Tunisian election amid rise in president's powers 29 Jan 2023 - 06:32 pm
A Tunisian voter casts her ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on January 29, 2023, in Ettadhamen, a working-class suburb west of the capital Tunis. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
Mourners honour British volunteer killed evacuating civilians on Ukraine frontline 29 Jan 2023 - 06:20 pm
A volunteer holds a booklet with a portrait of Andrew Bagshaw, one of the two British volunteers killed in eastern Ukraine while attempting a rescue from Soledar, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during a memorial service in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 29, 2023. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Iranian military factory hit by drone attack 29 Jan 2023 - 05:32 pm
Members of the Iranian Army take part in a military exercise in Isfahan on September 8, 2022. [File: Handout/WANA via Reuters]
Scholz visits South America in a race with China to get lithium 29 Jan 2023 - 05:23 pm
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) during a joint presser at Palacio San Martin in Buenos Aires, on January 28, 2023. (Photo by Luis Robayo / AFP)
Kenya wildlife officials defend lion vasectomy 29 Jan 2023 - 05:20 pm
A lioness walks along a road as visitors sit in their vehicles at Nairobi's National Park in Kenya's capital Nairobi, on July 12, 2014. File Photo / Reuters
Lebanon's top Christian cleric says judge probing port blast must be allowed to pursue truth 29 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Lebanese demonstrators lift placards demanding top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat be discharged and held accountable for the 2020 port blast, during a rally in the capital Beirut on January 28, 2023. - The judge leading the investigation into the deadly 2020 port explosion, charged on January 22 several powerful figures, including Oueidat, over the blast, reviving a probe that was suspended for over a year amid vehement political and legal pushback. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Nigeria extends deadline to swap old currency notes by 10 days 29 Jan 2023 - 04:57 pm
A person holds a new 1000 Naira note as the Central Bank of Nigeria releases the notes to the public through the banks in Abuja, Nigeria, December 15, 2022. (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde)
Catholics from eastern Congo make cross-country journey to meet pope 29 Jan 2023 - 04:35 pm
A faithful of the parish of St Charles prays as she attends the morning mass officiated by Abbey Victor Ntambwe, during which he sensitizes people to participate in the electoral process, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on January 22, 2023. File Photo / Reuters
Blinken begins Middle East trip amid spate of violence 29 Jan 2023 - 04:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the State Department in Washington, US, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
China approves two domestically developed COVID drugs 29 Jan 2023 - 02:54 pm
Patients lie on beds at the emergency department of Zhongshan Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 3, 2023. Reuters/Staff
French PM says no dice on pension age as strikes loom 29 Jan 2023 - 02:16 pm
Protesters hold placards reading (LtoR)
Jassim Al-Budaiwi appointed new Secretary-General of Gulf Cooperation Council 29 Jan 2023 - 01:46 pm
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Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves 29 Jan 2023 - 01:23 pm
Saudi conductor Raneem Azzouz, drives a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Amer Hilabi / AFP)
Iberia solves IT problem that delayed dozens of flights 29 Jan 2023 - 12:38 pm
An Iberia Express aircraft is seen on the tarmac of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, in Madrid, Spain, August 27, 2022. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes/File Photo
Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting 29 Jan 2023 - 12:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. File Photo: AFP
UK PM Sunak fires party chairman Zahawi after breach of ministerial code 29 Jan 2023 - 12:24 pm
British Minister without Portfolio Nadhim Zahawi looks on outside the Conservative Party's headquarters in London, Britain January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo