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Thailand sees notable decline in cybercrime cases after intensified crackdown 17 Mar 2025 - 07:51 pm
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Break-in releases tonnes of oil near Oslo 17 Mar 2025 - 07:42 pm
Representatives from a private company assisting with environmental consulting take water samples after several tons of oil leaked out in Baerum near Oslo, Norway, on March 17, 2025 following a break-in and damage to the Hamang transformer station this weekend. Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP
Georgian man arrested after allegedly setting wife on fire in Germany 17 Mar 2025 - 07:04 pm
Fire fighters stand near a tram in Gera on March 16, 2025. Photo by Bodo Schackow / dpa / AFP
US cloud giant Oracle to invest $5 bn in AI-hungry UK 17 Mar 2025 - 06:41 pm
US multinational computer technology company Oracle's logo is pictured at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry's biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 27, 2024. Photo by PAU BARRENA / AFP
Plastic pellets spotted in water after North Sea ship crash 17 Mar 2025 - 05:52 pm
A photograph taken on March 12, 2025 shows the MV Stena Immaculate tanker at anchor in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, after it was hit by the MV Solong container vessel on March 10. Photo by AFP
Toll from US weekend tornadoes rises to at least 40 17 Mar 2025 - 04:55 pm
Stevie Kara searches for personal items after her home was destroyed on March 15, 2025 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Photo by Brad Vest / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
Kremlin confirms Putin, Trump to speak on Tuesday 17 Mar 2025 - 01:52 pm
Collage of Putin and Trump. Photos by AFP.
EU hosts aid drive for post-Assad Syria 17 Mar 2025 - 01:44 pm
A handout picture provided by Syria's Kurdish Red Crescent shows members of the emergency charity group preparing humaintarian aid boxes, in the northeastern city of Qamishli on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Kurdish Red Crescent / AFP)
New Zealand revives long-stalled free trade deal with India 17 Mar 2025 - 01:37 pm
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) shakes hands with his New Zealand’s counterpart Christopher Luxon before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP.
What we know about N. Macedonia's fatal nightclub fire 17 Mar 2025 - 01:27 pm
Police officers establish a perimeter with caution tape around a nightclub where a deadly fire broke out a day prior, in Kocani on March 17, 2025. (Photo by Robert ATANASOVSKI / AFP)
China urges 'dialogue' after Houthis say attacked US carrier 17 Mar 2025 - 01:06 pm
File photo used for representational purposes. Mao Ning, Spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry
Yemen's Huthis claim attacks on carrier group after US strikes 17 Mar 2025 - 12:41 pm
Yemenis in Sanaa watch a televised statement by the Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announcing the group launched an attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on March 16, 2025. Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP.
Stranded US astronauts to return to Earth on Tuesday: NASA 17 Mar 2025 - 11:01 am
This screengrab made from a NASA livestream shows the SpaceX Dragon Crew-10 members (C, in dark blue) NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, clapping after entering the International Space Station flanked by NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Nick Hague and Don Pettit and Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov, Alexey Ochinin and Ivan Vagner, on March 16, 2025. (Photo by NASA / AFP)
Comic-loving German goalkeeper finds peace, and himself, in Japan 17 Mar 2025 - 09:14 am
Fagiano Okayama's goalkeeper Svend Brodersen looks on during the J-League football match between Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama on March 8, 2025. (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Sudanese army announces significant progress in central Khartoum, paramilitary forces deny 17 Mar 2025 - 01:12 am
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Yemen Houthis say attacked US carrier after air strikes 17 Mar 2025 - 12:53 am
Armed members of the Houthi movement. File Photo / REUTERS
Toll from US strikes on Yemen rises to 53: health ministry 17 Mar 2025 - 12:31 am
A man covers bodies of victims, including children, of a US airstrike in Yemen's northern Saada province, on March 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Houthis to target US cargo ships after strikes on Yemen: leader 16 Mar 2025 - 10:33 pm
Yemenis in Sanaa watch a televised statement by the Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree announcing the rebel group launched an attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)