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LIVE UPDATES: Israel continues deadly strikes in Khan Younis, Rafah 05 Jan 2024 - 10:15 am
A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during Israeli bombardment on January 3, 2024. Photo by AFP
LIVE UPDATES: 14 killed by Israeli bombing in Gaza; Human Rights Monitor calls for revealing fate of detained Palestinians 04 Jan 2024 - 11:11 am
Clockwise from left: People inspect the rubble of a building where displaced Palestinian Jabalieh family were sheltering after it was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah on January 3, 2024; Smoke billows during Israeli bombardment on Khan Yunis from Rafah on January 3, 2024; an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or drone) flies over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 3, 2024. (Photos by AFP)
Human Rights Monitor calls for revealing fate of Palestinians detained from Gaza 04 Jan 2024 - 11:08 am
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Iran says at least 103 people killed, 211 wounded in bombing at ceremony honoring slain general 03 Jan 2024 - 06:41 pm
This photograph taken on January 3, 2024 shows destroyed cars and emergency services near the site where two explosions in quick succession struck a crowd marking the anniversary of the 2020 killing of Guards general Qasem Soleimani, near the Saheb al-Zaman Mosque in the southern Iranian city of Kerman. (Photo by TASNIM NEWS / AFP)
France denounces Israeli officials' remarks calling for displacement of Palestinians from Gaza 03 Jan 2024 - 06:32 pm
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LIVE UPDATES: Everyone in Gaza is hungry warns UN Humanitarians as Israel continues onslaught 03 Jan 2024 - 09:35 am
A boy sits on the rubble of a building destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp, south of the Gaza Strip, on January 1, 2024. Photo by AFP
UN Humanitarians: Everyone in Gaza is hungry 03 Jan 2024 - 09:33 am
Palestinian women make break in ovens at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2024. Photo by AFP
Palestinian Education Ministry reports 4,156 students martyred and 381 schools bombarded 02 Jan 2024 - 02:45 pm
Ministry of Education - Palestine shared photos of the destruction of Palestinian schools in Gaza
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli aggression on Gaza continues for 88th day 02 Jan 2024 - 10:48 am
A man and a boy look out the window of a building at the scene where Palestinians were shot in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank, on January 2, 2024. (Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
Gaza war overshadows football as Asian Cup looms for Palestine 02 Jan 2024 - 10:44 am
A team pic shared by AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023
Targeting shelter centers in Gaza violates international law: Human Rights Monitor 02 Jan 2024 - 10:41 am
A girl stands at the door of a house destroyed in Israeli bombardment in Rafah refugee camp, south of the Gaza Strip, on January 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli rockets barrage on central Gaza as 2024 begins 01 Jan 2024 - 11:07 am
Sun rises above Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 1, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
US forces shoot down ballistic missiles in Red Sea, kill gunmen in attack 31 Dec 2023 - 03:46 pm
(Files) Containers of Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk are seen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Gapon / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: War, hunger, diseases threaten survival of Palestinians in Gaza 31 Dec 2023 - 11:27 am
Plumes of smoke rising over Gaza City during Israeli strikes on December 31, 2023. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
'Exhausted' Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive 30 Dec 2023 - 09:51 am
People inspect the damage following Israeli bombardment in Rafah on the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: UN denounce 'unlawful' Israeli attack on Gaza humanitarian relief 30 Dec 2023 - 09:45 am
People mourn loved ones killed in Rafah during Israeli bombardment on the southern Gaza strip, at Al-Najar hospital on December 29, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
South Africa files case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza 29 Dec 2023 - 11:04 pm
An aerial view shows Palestinians mourning their relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli strike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, during a mass funeral at the Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 25, 2023. (Photo by Mahmud Hams / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Multiple casualties in central Gaza's refugee camps due to Israeli strikes  29 Dec 2023 - 10:54 am
A victim of an Israeli army strike gestures as she receive treatment at Kuwait hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on December 28, 2023. Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / 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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