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Israeli Tuesday offensive on Gaza Strip kills 170 children, 80 women: UN 19 Mar 2025 - 01:44 pm
A woman gestures as Palestinians leave Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip with their belongings, heading towards Gaza City following Israeli evacuation orders on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Italy finds six bodies, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck 19 Mar 2025 - 01:39 pm
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'Organized chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY 19 Mar 2025 - 12:08 pm
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Ecuador declares 'force majeure' emergency, cuts exports over oil spill 19 Mar 2025 - 12:00 pm
Oil slicks are seen in the Esmeraldas River after an oil spill at the fishing port in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Julio Galarza / AFP)
In US, a pastry chef attempts to crack an egg-free menu 19 Mar 2025 - 11:52 am
Annie Clemmons, owner of online bakery Chapman's DC, bakes an eggless pavlova in Silver Spring, Maryland, on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Agnes Bun  / AFP)
Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts 19 Mar 2025 - 11:25 am
This photo provided by NASA shows NASA astronaut Suni Williams being helped out of a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft on board the SpaceX recovery ship MEGAN after she, NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Keegan Barber / NASA / AFP)
Mexico City, home to world's biggest bullring, bans killing bulls 18 Mar 2025 - 10:52 pm
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Putin backs Trump call to stop striking energy facilities for 30 days Kremlin 18 Mar 2025 - 10:29 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on March 18, 2025 shows, L-R, Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 18, 2025 and US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
PM calls for coordinated efforts to eradicate Hepatitis C in Pakistan 18 Mar 2025 - 08:21 pm
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Uganda's mpox cases reach 4,342, death toll rises to 31 18 Mar 2025 - 08:18 pm
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Arab, European nations, international organisations condemn Israeli aggression on Gaza 18 Mar 2025 - 08:14 pm
Smoke billows during Israeli strikes west of Gaza City on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
UK pledges £160 million in aid to Syria 18 Mar 2025 - 07:34 pm
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Five Palestinians martyred, dozens injured in new Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip 18 Mar 2025 - 07:22 pm
People search for survivors in the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
French hunter on trial for killing mother bear 'in self-defence' 18 Mar 2025 - 05:52 pm
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25 hospitals in Gaza out of service: Health Officials  18 Mar 2025 - 05:41 pm
The bodies of victims killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip are carried on stretchers at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital, in Gaza City ahead of their burial on March 18, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Vietnam to slash provinces as cost-cutting drive expands 18 Mar 2025 - 04:03 pm
Workers plant flowers along a street in Hanoi on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)
Small plane crash off Honduran island kills at least 12 18 Mar 2025 - 03:48 pm
Handout picture released by Honduran Police shows rescue teams working on the site of a plane crash in Roatan, Honduras on March 17, 2025. Photo by Handout / HONDURAN POLICE / AFP
Qatar strongly condemns the Israeli occupation's resumption of aggression on Gaza Strip 18 Mar 2025 - 03:36 pm
A Palestinian woman carries a baby as families leave the eastern sector of the Gaza Strip on the border with Israel following Israeli airstrikes that targeted northern and other parts of Gaza in the early hours of March 18, 2025. Gaza's civil defence agency said the death toll from a massive Israeli campaign launched throughout the Palestinian territory rose to more than 400 people, including children. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP.