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Four dead, dozens wounded in blast on busy central Istanbul avenue, cause unknown 13 Nov 2022 - 06:40 pm
A forensic technician works after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022. (REUTERS/Kemal Aslan)
Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms and public baths 13 Nov 2022 - 05:40 pm
An Afghan boy stands by the door of a shop in Kabul on November 13, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
At least one dead in blast in central Istanbul, cause unknown 13 Nov 2022 - 05:18 pm
Bodies of unidentified people lay on the ground after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan
Explosion in Istanbul, people injured: Turkish media 13 Nov 2022 - 05:12 pm
Ambulances arrive near the scene following an explosion in central Istanbul's Taksim area, Turkey November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan
Trade and security on agenda for Xi visit to Saudi Arabia - Saudi minister 12 Nov 2022 - 11:24 pm
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks at a briefing with reporters in London, Britain, on June 20, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Iraq wants stable energy prices - PM 12 Nov 2022 - 10:03 pm
New Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani meets for the first regular session of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad, Iraq, on October 28, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
20 dead as Egypt minibus topples into canal 12 Nov 2022 - 09:00 pm
People gather near Egyptian emergency service personnel during the search for survivors after a minibus fell into a canal in al-Dayris village near the Nile Delta city of Mansoura in the Dakahlia Governorate, some 120Km north of the capital, on November 12, 2022. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
At least 326 killed in Iran protest crackdown: new toll 12 Nov 2022 - 04:49 pm
This image grab from a UGC video posted on November 11, 2022, shows protesters marching in Khash, in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan. (Photo by UGC / AFP)
Poor access to safe water fuels cholera outbreak in Syria 10 Nov 2022 - 06:45 pm
File Photo: An internally displaced Syrian girl drinks water at Teh camp in northern Idlib, Syria, on May 5, 2021. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Iran sets up IAEA visit this month to give answers on probe 10 Nov 2022 - 06:34 pm
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends the opening of the IAEA General Conference at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 26, 2022. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
Iran says it has developed hypersonic missile 10 Nov 2022 - 04:45 pm
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Iran offers nothing new in latest meeting, UN nuclear watchdog says 09 Nov 2022 - 11:35 pm
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi attends the opening of the IAEA General Conference at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on September 26, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Unidentified drone strike targets Iranian fuel convoy in Syria -Iraqi sources 09 Nov 2022 - 10:21 pm
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks as he meets with the Syrian cabinet in Damascus, Syria in this handout picture released by Sana on March 30, 2021. File Photo / Reuters
Women stopped from entering amusement parks in Afghan capital 09 Nov 2022 - 06:34 pm
An Afghan man stands in an amusement park in Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara
Pressure mounts on Egypt to release hunger-striking dissident 08 Nov 2022 - 09:23 pm
Sanaa Seif, sister of Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah, attends a talk at the COP27 climate summit in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
Three Egyptian journalists start hunger strike to free dissident 07 Nov 2022 - 05:39 pm
A picture shows an artwork at the Green Zone during the COP27 climate summit at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort of the same name, on November 7, 2022. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
Choose climate 'solidarity' or 'collective suicide', UN chief tells world leaders 07 Nov 2022 - 02:40 pm
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Pope urges Lebanon's politicians to 'put aside' personal interests 06 Nov 2022 - 09:02 pm
Pope Francis is pictured at the Sacred Heart church in the Bahraini capital Manama on November 6, 2022. (AFP/Marco Bertorello)

Asia

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
Peninsula Sri Lanka battles wild jumbos to save white-elephant airport
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
Peninsula Wildlife flee as floods swamp Indian parks

Europe

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
File photo of veggie burger used for representation Veggie 'burgers' face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
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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
File photo of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopian PM launches pan-African media platform to reshape Africa's global image

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