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'We love life': Gaza couple celebrate wartime wedding 13 Jan 2024 - 04:01 pm
Palestinian bride Afnan Jibril (C) is escorted by her father (C-R) during her wedding at the UNRWA School in the al-Salam neighborhood of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on January 12, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel carries out deadly attacks across Palestine  13 Jan 2024 - 12:53 pm
A picture taken from Rafah shows a rainbow over the southern Gaza Strip on January 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
During 100 days of war, Gaza doctor pushes through horror and loss in struggle to save lives 13 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
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117 journalists killed since start of Israeli aggression on Gaza 12 Jan 2024 - 01:10 pm
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 11, 2024.
LIVE UPDATES: Gaza children enduring unspeakable horrors, reports Save The Children 12 Jan 2024 - 12:33 pm
A picture taken from Rafah shows children pointing towards a rainbow over the southern Gaza Strip on January 11, 2024. Photo by AFP
South Africa tells the UN top court Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as a landmark case begins 11 Jan 2024 - 11:16 pm
South Africa's Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola (R) delivers remarks to journalists outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after the first day of hearing on the genocide case against Israel brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: International Court of Justice to hold South Africa's genocide case against Israel 11 Jan 2024 - 12:02 pm
A protestor holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration simultaneously at the hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, January 11, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP
Tanker in Gulf of Oman boarded by men in military uniforms 11 Jan 2024 - 11:21 am
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LIVE UPDATES: Gazans desperate for humanitarian assistance amid Israeli bombing 10 Jan 2024 - 11:19 am
Palestinians look from the windows of a minibus at a market in Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 8, 2024. Photo by AFP
WHO: Aid arriving Gaza but too little, too late 10 Jan 2024 - 09:55 am
A man walks next to a destroyed car following an overnight Israeli raid on the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on January 9, 2024. Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Al-Aqsa Hospital physician describes desperate conditions in Central Gaza  09 Jan 2024 - 10:59 am
A smoke plume erupts over Khan Yunis from Rafah in the southern Gaza strip during Israeli bombardment on January 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
WHO cancels delivery of medical supplies to northern Gaza 08 Jan 2024 - 07:32 pm
A man lifts a placard near tents set up by volunteers and NGO workers along the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, demanding clearance for an aid convoy to enter the Gaza Strip, on October 19, 2023. (Photo by Kerolos Salah / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli strikes kill over 70 Palestinians in 24 hours 08 Jan 2024 - 11:49 am
Israeli bombardment lights the skyline of Khan Yunis, pictured from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip late on January 7, 2024. Photo by AFP
Al-Shifa surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta fights for ‘justice’ after Gaza return 08 Jan 2024 - 10:30 am
British-Palestinian plastic surgeon specialising in conflict injuries Ghassan Abu Sitta, poses for pictures in Victoria Park, east London, on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP)
Jordan King warns of catastrophic consequences of ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza 07 Jan 2024 - 02:21 pm
A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Jordan's King Abdullah II receiving US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman on January 7, 2024. (Photo by Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
Son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh killed in air strike 07 Jan 2024 - 02:17 pm
People check the car in which two journalists,Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television network, were killed in a reported Israeli strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on January 7, 2024. Photo by AFP
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli devastation in besieged Gaza continues on 92nd day of war 07 Jan 2024 - 10:37 am
A picture taken from Rafah on January 7, 2024, shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israel bombs Gaza after UN warns territory uninhabitable 06 Jan 2024 - 08:58 am
A picture taken from Rafah on January 5, 2024 shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment. (Photo by AFP)

Asia

Representational file photo. Malaysia forms online safety committee to guide policy
Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol (L) leaves the official residence in Seoul on April 11, 2025. (Photo by JEON HEON-KYUN / POOL / AFP) South Korean court issues fresh arrest warrant for ex-president Yoon
A visitor reads Rodong Sinmun (front), North Korea's top newspaper, at the National Library of Korea in Seoul on January 2, 2026. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP South Koreans now free to read North's newspaper, once banned as seditious
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Europe

Representational file photo. Turkish Airlines announces 2.33-bln-USD investment to build world's largest cargo terminal
Representational file photo. AFP. 2025 was UK's hottest and sunniest year on record
Funeral service vehicles arrive near the bar Le Constellation where a fire ripped through the venue during New Year's Eve celebrations in Crans-Montana, on January 1, 2026. Photo by MAXIME SCHMID / AFP Poland offers medical aid for Swiss fire victims
A charging box for electric cars is pictured at a Moller Bil Volkswagen car dealership outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo, on September 25, 2024. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP Norway closes in on objective of 100% electric car sales

Africa

File photo for representational purposes only. DRC sees significant decline in new Mpox cases
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Ivory Coast's forward #22 Evann Guessand scores his team's second goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Group F football match between Gabon and Ivory Coast at the Grand Stadium in Marrakech on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) Aubameyang banned as Gabon government suspend national team
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