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Afghans marry in mass ceremony in bid to cut costs 25 Dec 2023 - 06:30 pm
Afghan grooms look on during a mass wedding ceremony at a wedding hall in Kabul on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
Kremlin critic Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony: ally 25 Dec 2023 - 05:51 pm
A screen shows the already imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny (2L) as he listens to his verdict over a series of extremism charges at the IK-6 penal colony, a maximum-security prison some 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of Moscow, in the settlement of Melekhovo in the Vladimir region on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)
Serbian protesters set up road block over alleged vote fraud 25 Dec 2023 - 04:21 pm
 Protesters gather in front of Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by OLIVER BUNIC / AFP)
Japan moon lander enters lunar orbit 25 Dec 2023 - 03:15 pm
A H-IIA rocket carrying a small lunar surface probe and other objects lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima island, Kagoshima prefecture on September 7, 2023. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP)
Desperation rising amid acute hunger at Gaza hospitals:WHO 25 Dec 2023 - 02:53 pm
At a donation point in a refugee camp in in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian men and children line up to collect food on December 23, 2023. Photos by Mahmud Hams / AFP
Charter plane grounded in France for trafficking investigation set to leave for India 25 Dec 2023 - 01:19 pm
This photograph taken on December 22, 2023, shows a civil protection vehicle parked outside the Vatry airport. (Photo by Francois Nascimbeni / AFP)
Opposition supporters try to storm Belgrade city hall 25 Dec 2023 - 12:38 pm
A protester uses a metal object against police officers guarding the entrance to the Belgrade's city council building during a demonstration in Belgrade, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Oliver Bunic / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: 'Massacre' as Israeli airstrike in central Gaza kills atleast 68 25 Dec 2023 - 11:17 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis during Israeli bombardment in the southern Gaza Strip on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
UNESCO listing brings new shine to North African metal art 25 Dec 2023 - 08:42 am
A Tunisian artisan engraves a design onto a copper plate at his shop in the souks of the medina of Tunis on December 7, 2023. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Iraq’s water reserve is at lowest in decades, minister says 24 Dec 2023 - 10:30 pm
File photo: A boy sits in a boat in Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq June 4, 2018. (Reuters)
UK to divert warship to Guyana as tensions flare with Venezuela 24 Dec 2023 - 08:18 pm
A woman cooks at the Arau village in Guyana on December 10, 2023. (Photo by Roberto CISNEROS / AFP)
Indians held in France over trafficking could leave Monday 24 Dec 2023 - 07:40 pm
This photograph taken on December 23, 2023, shows a gendarmerie vehicle in front of the Airbus A340 which was grounded over suspected
WHO chief decries 'decimation' of Gaza health system 24 Dec 2023 - 05:52 pm
Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Somali army kills 130 Al Shabab elements 24 Dec 2023 - 05:34 pm
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Deal struck to end Geneva airport strike 24 Dec 2023 - 04:59 pm
A commercial plane of low cost airline EasyJet take off behind a sign of Geneva International Airport, after dozens of ground staff went on strike over a wage dispute with their employer, the Dubai National Air Travel Agency (DNATA) delaying flights during the busy holiday season, in Geneva, on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Tunisians vote for local council members  24 Dec 2023 - 03:18 pm
A voter is assisted to dip her finger in ink after voting at a polling station during the 2023 local elections on the outskirts of Tunis on December 24, 2023. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
Ukraine says blockade ends at Poland border point 24 Dec 2023 - 01:56 pm
A Ukrainian truck driver is seen next to Ukrainian trucks on the parking lot near Korczowa Polish-Ukrainian border crossing, on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
India suspends newly-elected wrestling federation 24 Dec 2023 - 01:21 pm
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