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Lebanese security forces detain man suspected of shooting outside US embassy 25 Sep 2023 - 11:51 pm
File: An aerial view of the new US embassy complex in Beirut under construction. (Image: US embassy in Beirut via X (Twitter)
Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 killed in a missile strike in Crimea, Ukraine claims 25 Sep 2023 - 11:10 pm
Handout satellite image released on September 23, 2023 by Planet Labs PBC shows aerial view of the city of Sevastopol after a missile attack struck the headquarters of Moscow's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea on September 22, 2023. (Photo by Handout / Planet Labs PBC / AFP)
US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military 25 Sep 2023 - 09:24 pm
Polish and Ukrainian soldiers train on a Leopard 2 tank at the Swietoszow military base in western Poland on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)
US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment 25 Sep 2023 - 08:40 pm
US Defence Secretary, Lloyd's Austin (left) poses alongside Kenya's Cabinet secretary for Defence, Aden Duale with copies of the Defence Coocperation Agreements they signed at a joint press conference at the Defence Headquarter's in Nairobi on September 26, 2023. (Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP)
German company to sue EU over fossil fuel ban 25 Sep 2023 - 07:29 pm
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Hundreds dead from dengue fever in war-torn Sudan: medics 25 Sep 2023 - 07:00 pm
File Photo: People walk among scattered objects in the market of El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur on April 29, 2023. (AFP)
North Korea reopens borders to foreigners after 3 years: Chinese state media 25 Sep 2023 - 06:14 pm
File Photo: North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un oversees a missile launch at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this undated photo released on October 10, 2022 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency.
US opens diplomatic ties with Cook Islands in bid to woo Pacific 25 Sep 2023 - 06:03 pm
US President Joe Biden (R) gestures to Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown during the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Russian media rhetoric could be 'incitement to genocide': UN probe 25 Sep 2023 - 05:55 pm
In this handout videograb of footage taken and released by the Russian Ministry of Defence on September 25, 2023, Russian troops prepare to shell Ukrainian positions around the area of Kupiansk in eastern Ukraine. (Photo by Russian Defence Ministry / AFP) 
Deadlock on Nile as Ethiopia-Egypt dam talks yield little 25 Sep 2023 - 05:43 pm
Peninsula
Philippines vows removal of Chinese barriers at disputed reef 25 Sep 2023 - 05:08 pm
This photo taken on September 22, 2023 shows a wooden boat, with Philippine fisherman Arnel Satam on board, dwarfed by a Chinese coast guard vessel after he was intercepted for attempting to enter Scarborough Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP)
Egypt announces presidential vote on December 10-12 25 Sep 2023 - 04:41 pm
Judge Walid Hassan Hamza (L), Chairman of Egypt's National Election Authority (NEA) and Vice President of the Cassation Court, speaks during a press conference regarding the upcoming 2024 Egyptian Presidential Elections at the Cairo International Convention Centre in Cairo on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
On the run for decades, convicted Mafia boss Messina Denaro dies in hospital months after capture 25 Sep 2023 - 04:33 pm
(FILES) This handout video grab taken and released by the Italian Carabinieri Press Office on January 16, 2023 shows the transfer of Italy's top wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro (C) from the Carabinieri police station of San Lorenzo in Palermo on January 16, 2023 (Photo by Handout / ITALIAN CARABINIERI PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
Niger timeline: from military coup to French pullout 25 Sep 2023 - 03:40 pm
(Files) Officers of the Niger national Police are seen outside the French Embassy in Niamey on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Libya orders 8 officials arrested after flood: prosecutor 25 Sep 2023 - 12:18 pm
Peninsula
'So fun!' says 9-year-old Asian Games skateboarder 25 Sep 2023 - 11:46 am
Pic: X / Philippine Olympic Committee
Petition against felling trees in historic Tokyo park area 25 Sep 2023 - 11:45 am
(Files) In this picture taken on February 12, 2023, people take part in a protest against the Tokyo metropolitan government's redevelopment project for the Meiji Jingu Gaien district in Tokyo.  (Photo by Yuichi Yamazaki / AFP)
Chinese tourists get VIP welcome in Thailand as visa-free travel begins 25 Sep 2023 - 11:28 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (4th R) greets Chinese tourists as they arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)