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Independence Day

Published: 15 Aug 2015 - 12:37 am | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 05:05 pm
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President Mamnoon Hussain (second from left) and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) listen to the national anthem after hoisting the national flag during a ceremony to mark the country’s Independence Day in Islamabad, yesterday.

 

Europe

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Transport Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) Putin approves Goldman Sachs' Russia exit
Leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz (front row L) looks on as his parliamentary group and of the Bavarian conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party applaud while members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) look on during a debate at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) focusing on immigration, on January 31, 2025 in Berlin. Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP. German MPs start debate on immigration bill backed by far right
The German national flag is seen through a Venetian blind at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) German unemployment nears 3 mn as economic woes weigh
Sun shines on the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) prior to a press conference on the Eurozone's monetary policy in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) ECB cuts rate again as eurozone falters, with eye on Trump

Africa

(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Zimbabwe and SADC Chairman Emmerson Mnangagwa and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi gesture ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP) Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict
(FILES) Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the Flamingo Marine Base in Port Sudan on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries
Leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), Corneille Nangaa, a political-military movement of rebel groups including the M23 speaks during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) M23 "open to direct dialogue" with DR Congo government: coalition leader
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