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Iran's president-elect says he won't meet with Biden 21 Jun 2021 - 02:20 pm
Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2021. Majid Asgaripour
Lebanon's crisis caused by feud over power, says EU envoy 20 Jun 2021 - 06:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell meets with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon June 19, 2021. Dalati Nohra
Diplomats to meet in Vienna for more Iran nuclear talks 20 Jun 2021 - 12:20 pm
File photo: Police stand outside a hotel where a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, is held in Vienna, Austria, April 20, 2021. Reuters/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Iran officially announces Ebrahim Raisi as new president 19 Jun 2021 - 09:57 pm
Iran's outgoing President Hassan Rouhani and Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speak to the media after their meeting in Tehran, Iran June 19, 2021. (Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS)
Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran’s Presidential vote in low turnout 19 Jun 2021 - 10:39 am
Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran June 15, 2021.
Ebrahim Raisi has big lead in Iran presidential vote: State TV 19 Jun 2021 - 10:07 am
Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi gestures after he votes during presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2021.
Iran moderate candidate concedes win by judiciary chief 19 Jun 2021 - 08:48 am
Presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi holds his mask as he arrives to cast his vote during presidential elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran June 18, 2021.
Nuclear talks closer than ever to deal but important issues remain: Top Iran delegate 17 Jun 2021 - 05:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi, attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, September 1, 2020. European Commission EbS - EEAS/Handout via REUTERS
Lebanon workers stage general strike over escalating crises 17 Jun 2021 - 01:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator carries a national flag along a blocked road, during a protest against the fall in Lebanese pound currency and mounting economic hardships, near the Central Bank building, in Beirut, Lebanon March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azaki
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites 16 Jun 2021 - 02:49 pm
A still image from a video shows buildings in Gaza as seen from a warplane before an air strike June 16, 2021. Israeli Defence Force (IDF)
Iran presidential candidate urges better ties with West 15 Jun 2021 - 01:34 pm
Presidential candidate Abdolnaser Hemmati speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran June 15, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA
Iran says Israel's policy will not change with new government: ISNA 14 Jun 2021 - 10:20 am
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chats with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, following the vote for the new coalition at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 13, 2021. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Israel swears in new coalition, ending Netanyahu's long rule 14 Jun 2021 - 10:11 am
Head of Oposition Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett gesture following the vote on the new coalition at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
Netanyahu supporters heckle designated new prime minister 13 Jun 2021 - 04:55 pm
Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister-designate, looks on as he walks at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, before the start of a special session whereby a confidence vote will be held to approve a new coalition government, in Jerusalem June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Ro
Pharmacies close doors over shortages in crises-hit Lebanon 12 Jun 2021 - 07:00 pm
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Israeli guard shoots dead Palestinian woman 12 Jun 2021 - 05:38 pm
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Qatar's Ambassador to Lebanon attends ceremony for rehabilitating buildings affected during explosion in Port of Beirut 11 Jun 2021 - 12:22 am
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In Lebanon, a search for medicine and a stranger's help 09 Jun 2021 - 10:17 am
Cars stand in line at a gas station as they wait to fuel up in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2021. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir

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
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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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