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Handout picture released on November 21 by the Public Defense Department of the State Police Commissioner in Iceland shows lava and smoke erupting from a volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes. — AFP pic

Icelandic fishing village evacuated as Grindavik volcano erupts again

Five foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos. — AFP pic

Five tourists dead from suspected methanol poisoning at Laos backpacker hotspot

Vladimir Putin said Russia was doing everything to avoid an atomic conflict, having updated its nuclear doctrine this week. — AFP pic

Russia escalates conflict with missile test as Putin threatens Western nations

US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. — AFP pic

Trump taps Bondi as AG after Gaetz withdrawal, vows to end ‘weaponisation’ of Justice Dept

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Sahleselasie Melaku, 31, Head of the Department and Research Associate of the Paleontology and Paleoanthropology collections, examines bone fragments of the fossil skeleton of 'Lucy' at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, on November 19, 2024. She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. — AFP pic

Lucy's secrets: Iconic human ancestor still fascinates 50 years after discovery

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strike, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 21, 2024. — Reuters pic

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu, former defence chief over war crimes in Gaza retaliation

Firefighters work at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine today. — AFP pic

Russia launches intercontinental ballistic missile in attack on Ukraine, says Kyiv

This photo shows the logo of the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok on November 21, 2024. A young Australian woman has died and another is fighting for her life in hospital in Bangkok. — AFP

What caused the deaths of four tourists in Laos? The deadly threat of methanol poisoning explained

Police officers arrest Savo Manojlovic (centre) the leader of the

Serbian police arrest 11 over deadly Novy Sad train station collapse as protests escalate

The group of about a dozen tourists became ill after going out on November 12, according to British and Australian media. — AFP pic

Four foreign tourists die from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, with more hospitalised

The Southeast Asian nation was also battered by Typhoon Yagi in September، triggering major floods that killed more than 400 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. — AFP pic

Nearly 40pc of over 3.4 million displaced in Myanmar are children, UN warns as conflict, climate shocks worsen

John Prescott, who served as deputy to former UK prime minister Tony Blair, died on November 21, 2024. — AFP pic

Former UK deputy prime minister and Labour giant John Prescott, who served under Blair, dies at age 86

India’s Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi (centre) addresses a press conference against a backdrop of pictures of Indian industrialist Gautam Adani (left) and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at his party headquarters in New Delhi on November 21, 2024. — AFP pic

India Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of being ‘controlled’ by tycoon Adani as US presses bribery charges

The mother-of-two's case sparked an uproar in the Philippines, with her family and supporters saying she was innocent and had been set up by an international drug syndicate. — Reuters pic

‘I'm overjoyed at the chance to return home’ – Philippine woman on death row in Indonesia to be released after clemency deal

This photo shows the logo of the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok on November 21, 2024. A young Australian woman has died and another is fighting for her life in hospital in Bangkok. — AFP

Australian teen dies, others critical after suspected methanol poisoning in Laos