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Pakistan ex-PM Khan defies arrest
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» LAHORE (PAKISTAN) - Supporters of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan clashed repeatedly with police overnight as he remained holed up in his Lahore residence early Wednesday, defying attempts to arrest him.
N. Korea launches missiles as US, S. Korea kick off major drills
AFP, Published on 13/03/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea said Monday it had test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine, as South Korea and the United States kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years.
British colonialist Cecil Rhodes's grave haunts Zimbabweans
AFP, Published on 10/03/2023
» BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE) - It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.
Sun sets waterfall ablaze in Yosemite 'firefall'
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (UNITED STATES) - A spectacular "firefall" wowed nature-watchers in California's Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, with the setting sun lighting up a waterfall like a ribbon of fire.
'No toilets': Hygiene nightmare in Turkey's quake ruins
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - Sedef's relief at surviving Turkey's deadly earthquake is quickly giving way to fears she could succumb to diseases that threaten to take hold across shattered regions now devoid of basics including toilets.
'We want to help,' Turks rush to aid quake survivors
AFP, Published on 12/02/2023
» GAZIANTEP (TURKEY) - With temperatures below freezing, the line of earthquake victims waiting for steaming hot stews and soups stretches out into the dark in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Death toll tops 20,000 from Turkey-Syria quake as hopes fade
AFP, Published on 10/02/2023
» BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING (SYRIA) - The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 20,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
Hopes fade as quake toll reaches 17,500
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING, Syria: Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.
Pilots walk away from 737 crash in Australia
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» SYDNEY - Two pilots have made a "miraculous" escape after their Boeing 737 water-bombing plane crashed and burned while fighting a blaze in remote Western Australia.
Arctic blast breaks US wind-chill record
AFP, Published on 05/02/2023
» NEW YORK: An Arctic blast that brought "frostquakes" to parts of the United States saw the country record its lowest ever wind-chill temperature, meteorologists said Saturday.