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Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif to seek fourth term in office 27 Dec 2023 - 12:13 pm
President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shehbaz Sharif addressing a meeting with former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Former German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dies at 81 27 Dec 2023 - 12:01 pm
(Files) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party member and former German Minister of Interior Wolfgang Schaeuble attends his honor festive matinee in Berlin, Germany, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Lisi Niesner / Pool / AFP)
Philippines attracts four bidders for $3 billion Manila airport upgrade 27 Dec 2023 - 10:56 am
People queue at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Metro Manila on December 22, 2023. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Indonesian workers protest after deadly blast at nickel plant 27 Dec 2023 - 10:14 am
A Chinese worker who was injured in the explosion at a nickel smelter furnace is brought to the Morowali Regional General Hospital in Central Sulawesi on December 24, 2023. Photo by AFP
Six dead, tens of thousands hit by southern Thailand flooding 27 Dec 2023 - 09:40 am
A woman carries her belongings as she walks through floodwaters following heavy rain in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on December 25, 2023. Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Israel expands offensive; UN names new aid coordinator for Gaza 27 Dec 2023 - 09:34 am
Mourners attend the funeral procession of two men killed in an Israeli army incursion in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, on December 26, 2023. Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP
Nine dead after storms pound eastern Australia 27 Dec 2023 - 08:55 am
This handout photo taken and released by the Victoria Police on December 27, 2023 shows an emergency worker during a rescue operation in the midst of flood waters after heavy rain at the Buchan campground in east Gippsland, located east of Melbourne in the Australian state of Victoria. Photo by Handout / VICTORIA POLICE / AFP
Turkiye close to approving Sweden NATO bid 26 Dec 2023 - 07:35 pm
File photo: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (top center), Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (right) during a meeting, on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius on July 10, 2023. (Photo by Yves Herman / AFP)
Mexico’s AMLO inaugurates new state-controlled Mexicana Airline 26 Dec 2023 - 06:40 pm
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DR Congo bans protests against election 'irregularities' 26 Dec 2023 - 06:01 pm
A voter casts his vote at a polling station in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dec. 20, 2023. (Str/Xinhua)
France arrests man over murder of wife and four children 26 Dec 2023 - 05:26 pm
Meaux's Public Prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier speaks during a press conference following the discovery of the bodies of a woman and her four children in their flat, in Meaux, eastern Paris, on December 26, 2023. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
Sudanese in 'total panic' as paramilitaries move south 26 Dec 2023 - 05:21 pm
KHARTOUM: Photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 28, 2023 shows damaged buildings in Khartoum, Sudan. (Photo by Mohamed Khidir/Xinhua)
Pakistan court restores ex-PM Khan's party election symbol 26 Dec 2023 - 04:02 pm
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Kremlin confirms Russian warship hit by Ukrainian strike 26 Dec 2023 - 03:36 pm
Pic: X / Ukrainian Defence Ministry
France arrests man over murder of wife and four children 26 Dec 2023 - 03:02 pm
People lay flowers just in front of the ground floor flat where the bodies of a woman and her four children where discovered, in Meaux, eastern Paris, on December 26, 2023. (Photo by Alain Jocard / AFP)
Businesses reopening in quake-hit areas of NW China 26 Dec 2023 - 02:54 pm
Students play games during a class break at a primary school in Liugou Township of Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 25, 2023. Xinhua/Chen Bin
US witnesses elevated flu cases: CDC 26 Dec 2023 - 02:21 pm
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China opens new high-speed railway linking Chengdu, Yibin 26 Dec 2023 - 01:25 pm
Train G8738, the first train marking the operation of the Chengdu-Zigong-Yibin high-speed railway, is seen running on the railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 26, 2023. Photo by Song Shunzhi/Xinhua