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Fire destroys more than 1,000 homes in Philippine shantytown 25 Nov 2024 - 05:51 pm
 A man watches houses on fire at Tondo in Manila on November 24, 2024. Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP
Kuwait bourse closes lower 25 Nov 2024 - 05:37 pm
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Deep divisions on display at plastic pollution treaty talks 25 Nov 2024 - 05:37 pm
An art installation depicting the inside of a whale lined with plastic waste is seen in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the Fifth session of UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
At least 22 Somalis die after boat drifts for weeks off Madagascar 25 Nov 2024 - 05:30 pm
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Life sentence requested in femicide that shocked Italy 25 Nov 2024 - 05:10 pm
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British business group hits out at Labour's tax hikes 25 Nov 2024 - 04:34 pm
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Egypt says 17 missing after Red Sea tourist boat capsizes 25 Nov 2024 - 04:12 pm
Empty sunbeds are seen during a low tide at the beach of the Red Sea resort of Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt, on January 8, 2020. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo)
Bangladesh protesters besiege key newspaper demanding closure 25 Nov 2024 - 03:55 pm
Bangladesh Army personnel stand guard as protesters stage a demonstration in front of the Bangla newspaper Prothom Alo's office in Dhaka on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
Political uncertainty hits German business morale 25 Nov 2024 - 02:01 pm
Photo used for representation purposes. Clouds cover the sky as cranes operate at a building and construction site close to the TV tower (C) and Park Inn Hotel (R) at Alexanderplatz square in Berlin, Germany on November 22, 2024. Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP.
DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, killing one 25 Nov 2024 - 10:47 am
Lithuanian rescuers work next to the wreckage of a cargo plane following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius on November 25, 2024. A cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early on November 25, 2024 near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said. Photo by Petras MALUKAS / AFP.
Russia plane evacuated in Antalya airport as engine catches fire 25 Nov 2024 - 08:07 am
This photograph taken and released on November 24, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA shows the Russian Azimut airlines passenger airplane on the tarmac of Antalya Airport. (Photo by Stringer / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP)
Austrian far right sweeps victory in regional election 25 Nov 2024 - 12:11 am
Mario Kunasek of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPOE) is pictured after regional elections in Graz, Austria on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Erwin Scheriau / APA / AFP) 
Israeli occupation forces detain three Palestinians in West Bank 24 Nov 2024 - 11:30 pm
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Over 15,000 people affected by rain-related disasters in Sri Lanka 24 Nov 2024 - 10:49 pm
A woman holding a child in her arm wades through floodwater on a waterlogged road in Gampaha, Sri Lanka, on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)
COP29: Developing nations slam 'paltry' $300 billion climate deal 24 Nov 2024 - 09:27 pm
COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev speaks at a first closing plenary of the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku on November 23, 2024. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
Key Trump pick calls for end to escalation in Ukraine 24 Nov 2024 - 08:55 pm
Civilians wearing military uniforms take part in a military training organized by Ukrainian soldiers of The Third Separate Assault Brigade in Kyiv, on November 23, 2024. (Photo by Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP)
Uruguayans head to polls with left hoping for comeback 24 Nov 2024 - 07:03 pm
People queue to vote during the presidential runoff election in Montevideo on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP)
Germany goes nuts for viral -Middle East inspired- pistachio chocolate 24 Nov 2024 - 04:40 pm
Leon Faehnle holds a Dubai Chocolate bar and smiles after he was the first customer after a ten hour wait who could buy one of 100 Dubai Chocolate bars in a branch of chocolate producer Lindt in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on November 15, 2024.Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP.