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Inflow of $10 billion seen in weeks; naira drops: Nigeria summit 23 Oct 2023 - 04:37 pm
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Spain seizes ancient gold jewelery stolen from Ukraine 23 Oct 2023 - 03:31 pm
This handout photograph released by Policia Nacional / Spanish National Police on October 23, 2023 shows some of the stolen Ukrainian ancient gold jewellery seized by Spanish police. (Photo by Handout / Spanish National Police / AFP)
Bedi: India spin champion and impetuous cricket crusader 23 Oct 2023 - 03:19 pm
(Files) In this file photo taken on April 4, 2003, former India's cricket captain and spinner Bishan Singh Bedi (L) speaks with fast bowler Ashish Nehra during a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi. (Photo by Ravi Raveendran / AFP)
Fifteen killed, over 100 injured in Bangladesh train crash 23 Oct 2023 - 03:07 pm
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Pakistan ex-PM Khan indicted in leaked documents case 23 Oct 2023 - 02:52 pm
Umar Khan Niazi (C), the lawyer of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, speaks with media representatives outside the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
Which countries have sent aid to Gaza so far? 23 Oct 2023 - 02:09 pm
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Danish deputy PM resigns to leave politics 23 Oct 2023 - 01:18 pm
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Chairman of Denmark's Liberal Party Jakob Ellemann-Jensen speaks during a press conference to announce he retires from politics, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Martin Sylvest / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
Japan PM promises focus on 'economy, economy, economy' 23 Oct 2023 - 11:58 am
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his policy speech at extraordinary Diet session in Tokyo on October 23, 2023. Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP
Manila says Chinese vessels 'intentionally' hit Philippine boats 23 Oct 2023 - 11:53 am
In this video grab taken from a video on October 22, 2023 and released by the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) through the Chinese embassy in Manila on October 23, 2023 shows a collision between Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) and Philippines' resupply boat (L) during a resupply mission in Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Chinese Coast Guard / AFP
Keep or cull? Romania divided over its bear population 23 Oct 2023 - 11:41 am
A bear eats a sandwich thrown by a passing driver, on September 29, 2023, on a road in Covasna, Romania. (Photo by Andrei Pungovschi / AFP)
Google hit by Japan anti-trust probe 23 Oct 2023 - 11:33 am
The Google logo is seen during the Google I/O annual developers conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 10, 2023. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP)
Scores killed, wounded in violent Israeli bombardment on Gaza Strip 23 Oct 2023 - 11:18 am
A woman is comforted as she grieves at a hospital where the injured and dead are brought following an Israeli air strike on Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Scores killed in Gaza strikes as new aid convoy arrives 22 Oct 2023 - 09:56 pm
People check the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Brussels attacker escaped from Tunisian prison, says prosecutor 22 Oct 2023 - 07:55 pm
Brussels' public prosecutor Tim De Wolf (right) and Brussels' general prosecutor Johan Delmulle look on during a press conference in Brussels, October 22, 2023. (Photo by Nicolas Maeterlinck / Belga / AFP)
Swiss right-wing party set for big win in national election 22 Oct 2023 - 07:51 pm
Swiss People's Party (SVP UDC) leader Marco Chiesa (L) speaks with the President of the FDP Liberals Swiss political party Thierry Burkart (C) and the President of The Centre (Die Mitte) Swiss political party Gerhard Pfister (R) prior a TV interview during Swiss federal elections to elect a new Parliament, in Bern on October 22, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Indonesia's leading presidential hopeful picks Widodo's son to run for VP in 2024 election 22 Oct 2023 - 07:26 pm
A supporter of Indonesian President Joko Widodo's son and current Surakarta City mayor, Gibran Rakabuming Raka takes a selfie with the latter's poster displayed at an event to raise support for his nomination as the vice presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 presidential elections in Jakarta on October 21, 2023. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP)
Israeli strikes knock out Damascus, Aleppo airports: Syrian media 22 Oct 2023 - 06:18 pm
Passport control counters are pictured inside Aleppo International Airport, in Aleppo, Syria, on February 19, 2020. File Photo / Reuters
Philippines says coast guard ship and supply boat 'rammed' by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal 22 Oct 2023 - 05:52 pm
This videograb taken and released on October 22, 2023, by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shows a collision between a Chinese Coast Guard ship (L) and Philippines' resupply boat (R) during a resupply mission near the Second Thomas Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing and Manila traded blame on October 22, for two collisions between Chinese vessels and Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES / AFP)