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More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway 25 Jan 2024 - 11:39 am
A woman walks on the street as it snows in Kyoto on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Khan Younis in Gaza under intense Israeli bombardment 25 Jan 2024 - 11:36 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Delta plane loses nose wheel as it prepared for takeoff from Atlanta 25 Jan 2024 - 10:28 am
Peninsula
Former Zimbabwe opposition chief convicted of incitement 24 Jan 2024 - 08:25 pm
Zimbabwe former legislator and prominent member of the opposition party Citizens Colaition for Change (CCC) Job Sikhala climbs into a prisons truck at the Harare Magistrates Court in Harare on January 24, 2024 after the court convicted him of inciting public violence. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)
German foreign minister urges 'pressure' on Sudan warring sides 24 Jan 2024 - 07:31 pm
A man walks down a road in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 18, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Trump closes in on Biden rematch after New Hampshire win 24 Jan 2024 - 05:22 pm
Republican presidential hopeful and former US President Donald Trump speaks during an Election Night Party in Nashua, New Hampshire, on January 23, 2024. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
Sri Lanka passes tough social media law 24 Jan 2024 - 03:51 pm
A blindfolded activist with a rope tied around his wrists and covered with logos of different social media platforms takes part in a protest against the proposed 'Online Safety Bill' on January 24, 2024. (Photo by Ishara S. Kodikara / AFP)
China fire death toll rises to 39: state media 24 Jan 2024 - 03:37 pm
Peninsula
Philippines bars entry of 3,359 foreigners in 2023 24 Jan 2024 - 01:22 pm
People are seen inside a shopping mall in Quezon City, the Philippines, Jan. 12, 2024. Xinhua/Rouelle Umali
Heavens remain shut over Catalonia as three-year drought persists 24 Jan 2024 - 01:12 pm
This photograph taken on January 15, 2024 shows the dry soil next to the low water-level reservoir of Sau with in background Sant Roma de Sau church, in the province of Girona in Catalonia. Catalonia struggles with historic drought for three years, with some residents already experiencing water restrictions in their daily life. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Toll in southwest China landslide rises to 34 24 Jan 2024 - 01:01 pm
Rescue workers search for missing victims at a landslide site in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP)
Kuwait: Amiri order assigning Prime Minister as Deputy Amir until Crown Prince named 24 Jan 2024 - 12:18 pm
Peninsula
LIVE UPDATES: Intense bombing in vicinity of three hospitals in Gaza 24 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
Children stand outside tents at a makeshift tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah near the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on January 23, 2024. Photo by AFP
Thousands lose $16 mn in Singapore 'fake friend' scams 24 Jan 2024 - 11:07 am
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2023 people walk across Jubilee Bridge at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
'Very strong' 7.1 magnitude quake in western China kills 3, collapses 47 homes 23 Jan 2024 - 10:12 pm
Local residents rest at a temporary shelter after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Wushi County, Aksu prefecture, in China痴 northwestern Xinjiang region on January 23, 2024. (Photo by CNS / AFP) / China Out
This is Philippine territory—go away, says Filipino fisherman to China's coast guard 23 Jan 2024 - 08:21 pm
File: Handout photo taken and released on December 10, 2023 shows a China Coast Guard vessel using water cannon against the M/L Kalayaan chartered supply boat during a mission to deliver provisions at Second Thomas Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard / AFP)
Uruguay hinterland basks in art 'revolution' 23 Jan 2024 - 12:52 pm
A woman takes a snapshot at the Sophie Scheidecker Gallery of France, during the inauguration of the 'Este arte' exhibition at Vik Pavilion in José Ignacio, Maldonado, Uruguay, on January 6, 2024. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP)
Twenty dead in southwest China landslide 23 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
Rescue personnel search for missing victims following a landslide in Liangshui village at Zhaotong, in southwestern China's Yunnan province on January 22, 2024. Photo by AFP