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Teslas targeted in Berlin arson attacks: police 14 Mar 2025 - 05:10 pm
A Tesla Model X car is seen at a showroom for the US electric vehicle maker in the Jing'an district of Shanghai on March 11, 2025. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP)
Italy's Florence on alert after heavy rain, flooding 14 Mar 2025 - 05:02 pm
A picture shows the high level of the Arno river in Florence during floods in Tuscany, on March 14, 2025. Photo by Claudio GIOVANNINI / ANSA / AFP
Swedish underwater art exhibit highlights rising water levels 14 Mar 2025 - 03:38 pm
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Duterte set to make first ICC appearance 14 Mar 2025 - 01:04 pm
(L-R) Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director general Aaron Aquino, and former senator and human rights campaigner Leila de Lima attend a senate probe on the drug war during Duterte's administration, in Manila on October 28, 2024. Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP
Greek cabinet reshuffled after 2023 train tragedy protests 14 Mar 2025 - 12:49 pm
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the audience at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on March 5, 2025. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP
Putin says Russia "in favor" of ceasefire, but nuances exist 13 Mar 2025 - 07:49 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony and a press conference following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP)
Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 origins 13 Mar 2025 - 05:31 pm
Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts onher face mask as she leaves after addressing a press conference following a video meeting with the heads of government of Germany's federal states at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 18, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP
European stocks fall as US-EU tariff dispute escalates 12 Mar 2025 - 11:22 pm
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Pope stable, X-ray confirms improvements: Vatican 12 Mar 2025 - 09:56 pm
A picture shows the statue of John Paul II under heavy rain outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Turkiye to become central hub for 'peace diplomacy': Erdogan 12 Mar 2025 - 09:32 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidency Press Office on March 12, 2025, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) welcoming Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk prior to their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara. (Photo by HANDOUT / Turkish Presidency Press Office / AFP)
Ukraine showed readiness for ceasefire, Russia must now respond: Zelensky 12 Mar 2025 - 04:16 pm
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media during a press conference in Kyiv on March 12, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)
Albania ban only latest setback for TikTok 12 Mar 2025 - 02:47 pm
This file photo taken on March 16, 2023 shows the TikTok logo displayed outside the social media app's company offices in Culver City, California. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP
Captain of cargo ship in North Sea crash is Russian: vessel owner 12 Mar 2025 - 01:48 pm
Smoke rises from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Paul Ellis / AFP)
Ukraine backs 30-day ceasefire as US ends aid freeze 12 Mar 2025 - 10:17 am
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz (R) speak with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. (Photo by Saul Loeb / POOL / AFP)
Lake Geneva's fish threatened by warming waters: experts 12 Mar 2025 - 08:57 am
This photograph shows the Lake Geneva after sunset above the vineyard terraces of Lavaux, near Chexbres, western Swizterland, on March 6, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)
North Sea accident: What are the environmental risks? 11 Mar 2025 - 07:33 pm
Smoke rises from damaged containers on the deck of the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, on March 11, 2025, after it collided with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker on March 10. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP
Man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in North Sea crash 11 Mar 2025 - 07:09 pm
Smoke rises from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of Withernsea, east of England, on March 11, 2025, after it collided with the MV Stena Immaculate tanker on March 10. Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP
Pope out of danger, talk turns to return home 11 Mar 2025 - 05:20 pm
A woman walks next to the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized in Rome, on March 11, 2025. Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

Africa

Peninsula Hundreds gather in Algiers for pro-Palestinian rally
Peninsula Ethiopia plans to manufacture electric vehicles locally
Workers use sewing machines at the Afri-Expo Textile Factory in Maseru, Lesotho on March 19, 2025. (Photo by Roberta Ciuccio / AFP) Lesotho hardest hit as new US tariffs rattle Africa
File photo for representational purposes only Ethiopia launches cholera vaccination for 1 mln at-risk people

Americas

File photo for representation only Mexico reports first case of bird flu in humans
A trader runs on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell in New York City on April 3, 2025. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) US stocks end more than 5% lower, extending tariff selloff
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) Annual Conference on April 04, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US Fed Chair warns tariffs will likely raise inflation, cool growth
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 04, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) US stocks tumble again, extending rout on trade war

Gulf

Peninsula GCC welcomes Khujand Declaration on border cooperation between Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Saudi tailor Habib Mohammed (L) his grandson Ghassan and his granddaughter Fajr, work on bishts, inside Mohammed's workshop in the oasis city of Hofuf, in Saudi Arabia on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) 'My entire life': Saudi tailor keeps robe-making craft alive
Peninsula Eid Al-Fitr announcements from across the world
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President Donald Trump displays an executive order after announcing a plan for tariffs on imported goods on Wednesday with staff secretary Will Scharf watching. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

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