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Muslims gathered outside the Hagia Sophia on Friday to celebrate the court decision that cleared the way to converting it back to a mosque
World
17.08.2024
Pope joins criticism of Turkey turning Hagia Sophia into mosque
A rescued turtle is released back into the sea at Cox's Bazar. At least 20 were killed and dozens trapped in tonnes of plastic waste washed ashore
World
17.08.2024
Race to rescue turtles entangled in plastic on Bangladesh beach
Joshua Wong (R) and fellow pro-democracy activists campaign during the primary which was held despite a warning that it could be in breach of a tough new security law imposed by Beijing
World
17.08.2024
Half million Hong Kong people vote in pro-democracy primaries
Crowds massing on Nice's Promenade des Anglais esplanade for electro house music producer The Avener's set
World
17.08.2024
French mayor regrets lack of rules respect at Nice DJ set
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A top Turkish court has revoked the sixth-century Hagia Sophia's status as a museum, clearing the way for it to be turned back into a mosque
World 17.08.2024
Hagia Sophia the latest Muslim-Christian tussle over holy sites
Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore last month in Nouakchott during a summit of G5 Sahel countries
World 17.08.2024
Roch Kabore, Burkina president hampered by jihadist insurgency
A picture taken on June 3, 2020 shows an oil refinery in Libya's northern town of Ras Lanuf
World 17.08.2024
Pro-Haftar forces say will maintain Libya oil blockade
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan have both tested positive for the coronavirus, a Mumbai city official said
World 17.08.2024
Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai tests positive for coronavirus: official
Hong Kong protesters say the new security law gives Beijing carte blanche to move against them
World 17.08.2024
Mixed reaction from Hong Kong expats to UK visas offer
A lone tourist walks around The Mezquita in Cordova, one of Spain's interior cities that is being disproportionately hit by the drop in tourism
World 17.08.2024
Coronavirus leaves Spain's interior a tourist desert
Champagne sales have collapsed during the coronavirus pandemic
World 17.08.2024
Nothing gives champagne its fizz like a humble radish
Taheyya has been trying to repatriate her three-year-old granddaughter and two grandsons, aged five and six
World 17.08.2024
Tunisian families battle to repatriate children of jihadists
A Lebanese pupil looks out of the window of his empty classroom at Our Lady of Lourdes school, a century-old establishment in the city of Zahle that is due to close because of Lebanon's worst economic crisis sine the 1975-1990 civil war
World 17.08.2024
In crisis-hit Lebanon, will French-language schools survive?
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