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File photo shows Afghan men working at a site near the Minaret of Jam. An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes this week and is in danger of collapse, an official said. — AFP

Ancient Afghan minaret in danger of ‘collapse’ after quakes
Ravanusa, Italy : This handout picture taken and released by Italian Firefighters (Vigili del Fuoco) on December 12, 2021 shows a four-storey apartment building collapsed, following a gas explosion, in Ravanusa on December 12, 2021. Two people were killed and seven were missing after an explosion caused a four-storey apartment building to collapse on the Italian island of Sicily. - AFPn

Pregnant nurse among seven dead in Sicily building collapse
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi (right) talking with US special representative to Afghanistan Thomas West (left) as they arrive to attend the 'Troika Plus' meeting on Afghanistan.-AFPnn

Afghanistan 'at brink of economic collapse', warns Pakistan's FM
LAGOS: People walk to rescue workers from the rubble of a 21-storey building under construction that collapsed at Ikoyi district of Lagos. - AFP n

Death toll climbs to 22 in Lagos high-rise collapse
IKOYI, Nigeria: Rescue workers search for survivors still trapped under the rubble at the site of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos yesterday. - AFP n

Relatives desperate for news after Lagos building collapse
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2 workers killed, one rescued after collapse at airport site
SURFSIDE, Florida: Photos of missing residents are posted at a makeshift memorial at the site of a collapsed building in Surfside, Florida, north of Miami Beach yesterday. - AFP n

159 still missing after Florida collapse
CAIRO: People and rescuers gather around the rubble of a building that collapsed in Gesr Suez, east of the Egyptian capital, on Saturday. - AFP n

Deaths in Egypt building collapse climb to 25
FILE PHOTO: Police officers watch rescue operations after a three-storey building collapsed in Bhiwandi, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, September, 21 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

India building collapse toll climbs to 35
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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA
Kuwait honors martyred fireman
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Bone fragments of the fossil skeleton of 'Lucy' are displayed at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.--AFP photos
Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery
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A Kuwaiti folklore group performs at the ceremony.
Kuwait hosts Gulf Weeks ahead of 45th GCC summit
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Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah
Curbs on 60+ expats a ‘disgrace’
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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP
Families fleeing after 32 killed in new sectarian clashes in Pakistan