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On Kyiv visit, Meloni reiterates Italy's support for Ukraine 22 Feb 2023 - 12:26 am
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni shake hands before a joint press conference after their meeting in Kyiv on February 21, 2023. (Photo by Genya Savilov / AFP)
Saudi Arabia to deposit $1 billion in Yemen to steady currency 21 Feb 2023 - 06:46 pm
File Photo: An employee takes bundles of Yemeni Riyal. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
Syrian girl rescued after quake battles 'crush syndrome' 21 Feb 2023 - 05:44 pm
Syrian girl Sham Sheikh Mohammad, 9, who was rescued after fourty hours under the rubble of a deadly earthquake, lies on a hospital bed in the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
In Lebanese mountains, hatmaker keeps ancient skill alive 21 Feb 2023 - 01:52 pm
Hatmaker Youssef Akiki leaves his recently-finished Lebanese wool hats known as
Death toll rises to 8 from new Turkey-Syria earthquake 21 Feb 2023 - 12:19 pm
This aerial photograph taken on February 20, 2023 shows diggers removing the rubble of collapsed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey. Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Egypt unveils renovated wing of oldest museum, new papyrus 20 Feb 2023 - 11:31 pm
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3 dead, more than 200 hurt as new quake hits Turkey, Syria 20 Feb 2023 - 11:24 pm
This aerial photograph taken on February 20, 2023 collapsed buildings next to a makeshift camp in Antakya, southern Turkey. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Newborn saved from earthquake in Syria adopted by her aunt 20 Feb 2023 - 11:10 pm
An aerial view shows children playing by the rubble of destroyed buildings in the village of Azmarin in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey on February 18, 2023 following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Turkey hit by more earthquakes near epicenter of last disaster 20 Feb 2023 - 10:20 pm
Members of the Uzbek search and rescue team use a dog as they look for a body under the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay along the Mediterranean coast, southern Turkey on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Syria's Assad visits Oman after quake, in first since war 20 Feb 2023 - 09:26 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows President Bashar al-Assad (left) being welcomed by Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said in Muscat on February 20, 2023. (AFP)
New 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Turkey 20 Feb 2023 - 09:05 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks through the crowd as he visits the hard-hit southeastern province of Hatay, the seen of destruction following two earthquakes on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
Turkey to start building 200,000 homes in March, says Erdogan 20 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands with rescue workers as he visits the hard-hit southeastern province of Hatay on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
US reaffirms pledge to deliver jets to Turkey 20 Feb 2023 - 04:48 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister in Ankara, on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Barber tidies up in Turkey quake tent camp 20 Feb 2023 - 12:56 pm
Eighteen-year-old Syrian Mohammed al-Hamo (L) cuts the hair of his 19-year-old brother Sobhi (R) in front of their tent on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake 20 Feb 2023 - 12:05 am
This photograph shows collapsed buildings in the city of Antakya on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Blinken tours Turkey's earthquake zone, pledges $100 million in aid 19 Feb 2023 - 11:03 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a helicopter tour of earthquake stricken areas on February 19, 2023, during an official visit after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's south-east. (Photo by CLODAGH KILCOYNE / POOL / AFP)
Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor 19 Feb 2023 - 06:32 pm
A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Blinken arrives for tour of Turkey's earthquake zone 19 Feb 2023 - 05:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

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This aerial photograph taken on September 22, 2025, shows a general view of river Padma shrouded in mist at Rajshahi. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
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This handout photo taken on October 7, 2025 and released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press shows a CCTV camera footage of a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture. (Photo by various sources / AFP) Bear injures two in Japan supermarket, man killed in separate attack
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Europe

File photo of flooding in Spain in 2024 Eastern Spain placed on red alert for heavy rains
A photographer takes photos of Books of Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Hungarian 'master of apocalypse'
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) walks with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon upon the Russian leader's arrival at the airport in Dushanbe on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna / POOL / AFP) Putin lands in Tajikistan to shore up Russia's regional influence
Panos Routsi, father of a boy killed in the Tempi railway collision in February 2023, outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on September 21, 2025. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP Greece train tragedy father ends 23-day hunger strike

Africa

Egypt's forward #20 Ibrahim Adel celebrates with forward #10 Mohamed Salah after scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Africa qualifier football match between Djibouti and Egypt at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP) Salah scores twice as Egypt qualify for 2026 World Cup
Peninsula Egyptian, Algerian Presidents discuss efforts to end war in Gaza strip, regional issues by phone
A grab from a UGC video posted on the X platform on August 22, 2023 reportedly shows members of the Sudanese army firing at Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in what they say is the al-Shajara military base in Khartoum. (Photo by UGC / AFP) Sudanese army says retook key military sites in El Fasher
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