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Nine trapped in Turkiye gold mine landslide 13 Feb 2024 - 11:23 pm
This handout photograph taken and released on February 13, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a view of an area following a substantial landslide affecting a large area around the gold mine in the Ilic district of Erzincan.(Photo by DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Senegal suspends mobile internet, bans protest against vote delay 13 Feb 2024 - 10:05 pm
A large Senegalese flag hangs across a street in a neighbourhood in Dakar on February 13, 2024. (Photo by GUY PETERSON / AFP)
Super Bowl most-watched US television program in history 13 Feb 2024 - 09:02 pm
Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback #15 Patrick Mahomes celebrates with the trophy after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
Indonesia to vote with ex-general Subianto the favourite 13 Feb 2024 - 06:44 pm
Officials transport ballot boxes for distribution to polling places in Jakarta on February 13 2024, ahead of the general elections. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
South Africa urges ICJ to pressure Israel to halt Rafah offensive 13 Feb 2024 - 05:59 pm
This picture shows smoke billowing following Israeli bombardments over east Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 13, 2024. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
UK beauty chain The Body Shop goes into administration after years of struggles 13 Feb 2024 - 05:47 pm
A sign is pictured above the entrance to a branch of The Body Shop in central London on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP)
France sanctions 28 'extremist' Israeli settlers 13 Feb 2024 - 05:41 pm
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Wanted in Russia, Estonian PM denounces Moscow's 'scare tactics' 13 Feb 2024 - 05:39 pm
(FILES) Prime Minister Estonia Kaja Kallas speaks during an interview, in Brussels, on December 13, 2023. (Photo by John THYS / AFP)
N Macedonia document fiasco leaves thousands in limbo 13 Feb 2024 - 04:56 pm
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Jordan's king takes part in aid airdrop over Gaza 13 Feb 2024 - 04:11 pm
This handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows (L-R) Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein, Jordan's King Abdullah II, US President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and Queen Rania of Jordan posing for a picture on the North Portico of the White House on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Chris Setian / Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
Jailed Imran Khan rules out alliance with rivals to rule Pakistan 13 Feb 2024 - 03:52 pm
Supporters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party block Peshawar to Islambad highway as they protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's national election results, in Peshawar on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Majeed / AFP)
Rescue work at Swedish amusement park hampered by risk of collapse 13 Feb 2024 - 03:51 pm
Smoke and flames rise from a building after a fire broke out at the Oceana Waterworld at the Liseberg Amusement Park in Gothenburg, Sweden on February 12, 2024. (Photo by Bjorn LARSSON ROSVALL / TT News Agency / AFP)
Lightning strikes football player during friendly match in Indonesia 13 Feb 2024 - 03:22 pm
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France begins to dismantle Notre-Dame scaffolding 13 Feb 2024 - 02:57 pm
This photograph taken on February 12, 2024, shows illuminated construction site of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral with its rear spire, in Paris. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
Here's what happened to a man who broke a panda park's strict dietary rules 13 Feb 2024 - 02:22 pm
A Chinese giant panda male Ru Yi eats bamboo leaves at its enclosure at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow on February 13, 2024, as the zoo celebrates its 160th anniversary. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
EU adopts fallow land exemption after farmer protests 13 Feb 2024 - 01:47 pm
A national flag and cow scuptures are seen on a tractor as dairy farmers block the access to the Invalides esplanade during a protest against the agriculture policy in Paris on February 13, 2024. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand / AFP
Daihatsu chief replaced after testing scandal 13 Feb 2024 - 12:52 pm
Daihatsu Motor Corporation's next president, Masahiro Inoue, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on February 13, 2024. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP
Six-year-old Hind, relatives and rescue crew in Gaza targeted by Israel: Euro-Med Monitor 13 Feb 2024 - 12:27 pm
The PRCS ambulance sent to rescue Hind Rajab after being bombed by the Israeli occupation. Pic: PRCS