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France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot gives a press conference following the International Conference on Syria at the Ministerial Conference Center, in Paris on February 13, 2025. — AFP pic

‘Nobody can impose’ their model on Europe, France FM responds to Vance

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Washington to come up with a 'common plan' to confront Russia but suggested there was no joint stance after a meeting with US Vice President JD Vance yesterday. — AFP pic

Zelensky: ‘No decisions’ on Ukraine without Kyiv and Europe

Members of the Karen Border Guard Force carry out an inspection at a work place during a crackdown operation on illicit activity linked to scam centres in Shwe Kokko in Myanmar’s eastern Myawaddy township on February 14, 2025. — AFP pic

Myanmar border guards chief pledges to help Thailand crack down on scammers amid alleged links to trafficking rings

File photo of the AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle, Taiwan's first locally manufactured advanced jet trainer, taking off in Taichung in 2020. – Pic by Reuters

Taiwan air force grounds locally made Brave Eagle training jets after crash

Shiu Ka-chun gestures during the Umbrella Movement protest in Hong Kong on March 26, 2017. — AFP file pic

Hong Kong mourns Shiu Ka-chun, the lecturer and social worker who fought for prisoner rights, lost to cancer at 55

European law enforcement agency Europol listed Ebben as one of Europe’s “most wanted fugitives” for smuggling drugs from Brazil to the Netherlands. — Picture from X/ CrónicaPolicial

For real this time: Europe’s ‘most wanted’ drug trafficker Marco Ebben killed in Mexico, after faking own death

Firefighters putting out the blaze at the Chiltern Firehouse hotel in Marylebone, London on February 14, 2025. — Picture from X/London Fire Brigade

Valentine’s Day blaze forces evac of London’s luxe 19th century Chiltern Firehouse hotel 

The Argentine court issued warrants for military and civilian officials, including junta leader Min Aung Hlaing (image) as well as ex-president Htin Kyaw, and former elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. — Pic by AFP

Myanmar junta criticises Argentina arrest warrant

File photo of Chinese actor Wang Xing meeting with police and other officials. — Pic via Royal Thai Police

Thailand deports 10 linked to actor Wang Xing cyber-fraud case back to China

An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military junta and former officials, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, over alleged genocide and crimes against humanity targeting the Rohingya minority group. — File pic by Reuters

Argentine court issues warrants for Myanmar officials accused of Rohingya ‘genocide’ including Aung San Suu Kyi

Mud and boulders cover a road near the Palisades Fire zone, in the aftermath of a storm in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. — Pic by AFP

Los Angeles fire zones hit by mudslides after heavy rain

The White House said the Trump administration would begin by examining countries with which the United States has the biggest deficits or largest imbalances. — Pic by AFP

Countries with big US trade surplus in eye of tariff storm

Demonstrators raise placards and chant slogans during a protest calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza since the Oct 7. — Pic by AFP

Israeli hostages, Palestinian prisoners set for release after truce crisis

People protest outside the Stonewall Inn in New York after the word transgender was erased from the National Park Service's webpage about the riots. — Pic by AFP

Protests in NY as ‘transgender’ and ‘queer’ scrubbed from rights website

Adams insisted he did not offer nor did anyone offer on his behalf any trade of authority as mayor to end his case. — Pic by AFP

US government moves to dismiss graft case against NYC mayor

Several high-ranking members of the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section in Washington, which handles corruption cases, have also resigned this week after refusing to dismiss the indictment of Adams. — Pic by AFP

No ‘fool’: Another New York prosecutor quits over order to nix mayor graft case