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Kathmandu / Islamabad, Jan 21 (EFE/EPA).- A group of 10 Nepali climbers made the first winter ascent of K2, the world's second-tallest mountain, pulling off one of the “last remaining great prizes” in mountaineering history.The group reached on Jan.16 the 28,251-foot summit of K2, located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range.“Finally we did it. We made history in the mountaineering field,” Mingma Gyalze Sherpa, who is known as Mingma G, wrote on his Facebook page. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA / SOHAIL SHAHZAD).SHOT LIST: NEPALI CLIMBERS ARRIVE AT ISLAMABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN.
France leave their team base to head to their World Cup semi-final clash with Morocco at Qatar's Al Bayt Stadium. Les Bleus know victory against surprise package Morocco would leave them just one win away from becoming the first team in 60 years to successfully defend the trophy. IMAGES
Music, dance and festivities accompany Pakistani crowds as they gather in Islamabad to watch their national team play England in the T20 cricket World Cup final on Sunday. The match is taking place in Melbourne, Australia. IMAGES
Sanaa, Aug 15 (EFE / EPA) .- Thousands of Yemeni students wearing protective masks took their final school exams Saturday, after five months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.About 480,000 Yemeni students from the Houthi-controlled northern provinces of Yemen have started their annual high school exams in the 2019-2020 academic year amid the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic that causes the COVID-19 disease. (Camera: YAHYA ARHAB)FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF STUDENTS IN SANAA, YEMEN.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Monday that the US "will welcome a formal extradition request" from the Turkish government for Fethullah Gulen, the individual that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of plotting Friday's failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Monday that the US "will welcome a formal extradition request" from the Turkish government for Fethullah Gulen, the individual that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused of plotting Friday's failed coup.