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Ambulances outside football stadium after deadly stampede in Iraq
Images of ambulances outside Basra International Stadium in southern Iraq after a deadly stampede broke out outside a football stadium hours before the Gulf Cup final. IMAGES
Peru’s Andes ‘descends on’ capital to demand leader resign
People poured into Peru’s coastal capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest Thursday against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos.
Iraq: two dead, 80 injured in stampede at Arabian Gulf Cup final
At least two people have been killed and up to 80 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in the Iraqi city of Basra
One of Zelensky’s closest allies: Who was Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky?
Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, who died in a shock helicopter crash outside Kyiv Wednesday, was a deeply respected politician with a readiness to venture near frontlines. The 42-year-old trained lawyer was one of nine people on board a …
Arab-Israeli freed after serving 40 years for killing soldier
Arab-Israeli Maher Younis receives visitors congratulating him, in Israel’s Arara. Younis was released after serving 40 years in jail for killing an Israeli soldier. His release comes two weeks after his cousin Karim Younis was freed after serving the …
Massive crowds in Shanghai during CNY travel rush as Covid restrictions lift
Huge crowds on Thursday throng a central train station Shanghai, where many travellers say they were elated to be heading home — some for the first time in years. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Taiwan and Hong Kong prepare to celebrate Lunar New Year
Shoppers in Taipei and Hong Kong crowd markets as the Lunar New Year approaches. Also known as the Spring Festival, lunar new year is a key date in the calendar for Chinese communities and in several southeast Asian countries, with citizens preparing t…
‘Just a starting point’: Nationwide strike in France against Macron’s pension reform
A nationwide day of strikes and protests against a planned pension reform that would see retirement aged pushed up by two years to 64 will to be followed by more days of protests, the head of France’s hardline CGT union said on Thursday.