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Student's murder allegedly by a migrant fans US political flames 10 Mar 2024 - 11:35 pm
Laken Riley's parents Jason Riley (C) and Allyson Philips attend Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign rally at the Forum River Center March 09, 2024 in Rome, Georgia. (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US evacuates some personnel as gang violence torments Haiti 10 Mar 2024 - 08:53 pm
Charred vehicles remain parked as gang violence escalates in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP)
Arab League underscores significance of stopping war, maintaining territorial integrity of Sudan 10 Mar 2024 - 08:22 pm
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Four kidnapped missionaries, one other freed in Haiti 10 Mar 2024 - 07:55 pm
Haitian police officers deploy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 9, 2024. Sporadic gunfire rang out in Port-au-Prince late March 8, an AFP correspondent there heard, as residents desperately sought shelter amid the recent explosion of gang violence in the Haitian capital. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP)
Three killed in National Guard helicopter crash in Texas 10 Mar 2024 - 07:35 pm
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Rare Van Gogh fetches 'several million' at Dutch art fair 10 Mar 2024 - 07:05 pm
File photo for representational purposes. Self-portrait as a painter from 1888 by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) obtained on June 30, 2021. Courtesy of The Courtauld/Handout via REUTERS
Kyiv vows 'never' to surrender to Russia, slamming Pope negotiation call 10 Mar 2024 - 05:51 pm
Local residents feed birds in a park on the banks of the Dnipro River in Kyiv on March 9, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)
Portugal votes with centre-right poised to oust Socialists 10 Mar 2024 - 05:44 pm
Polling supervisors check lists at a polling station in Parque das Nacoes, Lisbon, during the legislative elections held on March 10, 2024 in Portugal. (Photo by ANDRE DIAS NOBRE / AFP)
Seven missing after floods snare cars in southern France: official 10 Mar 2024 - 03:49 pm
A bridge submerged by the flooded Gard river is pictured in Dions, on March 10, 2024 following heavy rain over south-eastern France. (Photo by Clement Mahoudeau / AFP)
English just 'badly pronounced French', Paris academic says 10 Mar 2024 - 02:55 pm
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Man arrested for crashing car into Buckingham Palace gates 10 Mar 2024 - 02:47 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: Gaza’s Civil Defence decries airdropping of aid as Israel continues onslaught 10 Mar 2024 - 02:46 pm
A Palestinian boy inspects the damage to a building hit in an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on March 10, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Gunshots, then chaos before Nigeria students' kidnapping 10 Mar 2024 - 12:41 pm
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High-ranking Indian election official resigns ahead of polls 10 Mar 2024 - 08:08 am
A student holds a placard during a rally to create awareness about the importance of voting ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Chennai on March 9, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish Babu / AFP)
Pope urges 'courage to negotiate' on Ukraine war 10 Mar 2024 - 12:44 am
Pope Francis presides over a Mass for the episcopal ordination of Italian Monsignor Vincenzo Turturro in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on March 9, 2024. (Photo by Isabella BONOTTO / AFP)
Eight Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip 09 Mar 2024 - 10:53 pm
A young Palestinian boy stands next to a wrecked car in the rubble of a residential building hit in an overnight Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 9, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
Cut-price malaria vaccine to begin Africa rollout from May 09 Mar 2024 - 10:29 pm
In this photograph taken on February 27, 2024, a staff works inside the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine manufacturing unit of the Serum Institute of India (SII) at its headquarters in Hadapsar, Pune. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria 09 Mar 2024 - 10:18 pm
A general view of writing on a wall outside a classroom at Kuriga school in Kuririga on March 8, 2024, where more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen. (Photo by Haidar Umar / AFP)