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Cyclone-ravaged Mayotte on high alert as new storm approaches

MAMOUDZOU: Residents of the French territory of Mayotte braced on Sunday for a storm expected to bring strong winds and flash floods less than a month after the Indian Ocean archipelago was devastated by a deadly...

President of French far right party Rassemblement National parliamentary group Marine Le Pen during a meeting with representatives of local citizen associations ahead of her departure at the end of her visit on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, weeks after a devastating cyclone hit the archipelago in Mamoudzou. - AFP

Croatians vote for president, incumbent ahead

Croatian President and presidential candidate Zoran Milanovic votes at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia. - Reuters

Red Cross urges safe aid access to desperate Gaza

Palestinians search the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Bureij camp, in central Gaza. — AFP

Ukraine claims attack on Russian oil depot

Participants line up during the funeral for Alexander Martemyanov killed in a drone strike in Donetsk. — Reuters

European leaders hit back in Elon Musk meddling row

Britain's PM Keir Starmer gives a speech as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey, in Epsom, Britain. — Reuters

Macron urges 'realistic' expectations from Ukraine on territory

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech to French ambassadors posted around the world, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. — AFP

Austrian president tasks FPO leader with forming govt

Austria's President Alexander van der Bellen speaks to media, at the presidential Hofburg Palace in Vienna. — AFP

Moscow says Ukraine launches new attack in Kursk

Rescuers work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian air strike, in Sumy region, Ukraine. — Reuters

Austrian liberals quit coalition talks, throw process in turmoil

Austrian Chancellor and head of the People's Party (OVP) Karl Nehammer and the chairman of Social Democrats Andreas Babler and Head of NEOS party Beate Meinl-Reisinger give a press statement after coalition talks in Vienna. — Reuters file photo

Poland bars Hungarian envoy from EU opening

European Union and Polish flags flutter. — Reuters

Rome summons Iran envoy, demands release of jailed reporter

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala posing for a photo at the Pordenonelegge Literature Festival in Pordenone. Iran confirmed on December 30, 2024 that it had arrested Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for "violating the law. — AFP

Montenegro begins 3-day national mourning after gunman kills 12

Photograph shows a view of the main promenade in Cetinje. - AFP

In a rare attack, Russian drones strike central Kyiv

Firefighters work at a site of a building damaged during a Russian drone strike, in central Kyiv. — Reuters

Serbia enters new year with protests over tragedy

Students hold up their phones with flashlights during a New Year's Eve protest, in Belgrade. — Reuters

Moscow attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles

A woman walks with a serviceman as she holds a slogan which reads "Fight for them as they fought for us, Don't be silent" during a rally to call for the exchanges of Ukrainian prisoners of war, at St. Sophia Square in Kyiv. — AFP

Global data shows cyclones intensity increases

France's Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (C) and officials attend a meeting at the Prefecture of La Reunion, in a two-day visit of cyclone-hit Mayotte. — AFP
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