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Lebanon judge issues 5 new arrest warrants over Beirut blast 31 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on August 26, 2020, shows imported vehicles damaged at the port of Beirut in the August 4 massive explosion that caused severe damage across swathes of the Lebanese capital, killed at least 181 people, injured more than 6,50
'My wounded country': Lebanese singer whose voice transcends divisions to meet Macron 31 Aug 2020 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) A file photo taken on October 7, 2010 shows Lebanese diva Fairuz (Fairouz) performing during a rare concert in the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit Monday i
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's new PM-designate 31 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordan reports its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases 31 Aug 2020 - 12:23 am
This picture taken on August 28, 2020 shows a view of an empty roundabout during a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic curfew in the centre of Jordan's capital Amman. Jordan on August 28 started imposing a full curfew in Amman and Zarqa, 23 kilometres north-eas
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties 30 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm
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Lebanon army: seven still missing after Beirut blast 29 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
Lebanese soldiers walk past a partially destroyed traditional building which was afffected by the Beirut port blast, in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, on August 26, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive 29 Aug 2020 - 09:39 am
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra speaks to media as Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round continued at the UN Geneva Office after three days break as three members tested positive fo
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought 29 Aug 2020 - 09:34 am
United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrol near the village of Mais el Jabal, along the southern Lebanese border with Israel on August 26, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
Lebanon could 'lose control' of coronavirus outbreak - PM 26 Aug 2020 - 10:15 pm
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Turkey to allow limited fan attendance at football matches from October 25 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Deputy Prime Minister tours site of Beirut port explosion 25 Aug 2020 - 06:08 pm
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Gas pipeline blast near Damascus cuts power across Syria 24 Aug 2020 - 10:17 am
Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and al-Dhamir in the Damascus area. A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying.
Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet 23 Aug 2020 - 08:35 pm
This file image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on January 10, 2020 shows what Iran's civil aviation says is the black box of the Ukrainian airline flight that crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board. AFP PHOTO /
4 dead, 11 missing as flooding hits Turkey's Black Sea coast 23 Aug 2020 - 12:07 pm
A view of flood-hit area after heavy rain caused flood in Dereli district of Giresun, Turkey on August 23, 2020. Gültekin Yetgin - Anadolu
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo after blast: Report 23 Aug 2020 - 12:03 pm
A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Erdogan renews support for Palestinian cause 22 Aug 2020 - 04:01 pm
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq's Basra 22 Aug 2020 - 03:54 pm
Mourners sit next to the coffin of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, during her funeral in Basra, Iraq August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo
Three men killed in north Lebanon shooting, security sources say 22 Aug 2020 - 02:45 pm
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File photo. Representational. Pakistan to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign in 159 districts
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Representational image. Bangladesh launches typhoid vaccination campaign for 50 mln children

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File: A picture taken on October 31, 2024 shows the Spanish flag flying at half-mast at the start of three days of national mourning after Spain's deadliest floods in decades, at Cibeles Square in Madrid. (Photo by Oscar Del Pozo / AFP) Spain back on flood alert as torrential rains strike
Representational file photo. Automated border checks start in Europe
French General Director of RSF Thibault Bruttin addresses the audience during a ceremony next to the 2024-2025 memorial paying tribute to the 73 journalists killed around the world while doing their job during the past year, as part of the 2025 edition of the “Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie of the war correspondants”, in Bayeux, northwestern France, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP) Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine dominate at France war reporting awards
France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks to journalists on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Martin Lelievre / Pool / AFP) Reappointed French PM scrambles to form government

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Paul Biya, President of Cameroon and presidential candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), watches as Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya casts her ballot at a polling station in Yaounde on October 12, 2025 during Cameroon's presidential election. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP) Cameroon's 92-year-old president poised for eighth term; counting begins as polls close
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File photo for representational purposes only. Over 60 civilians killed in RSF drone strikes in W. Sudan: volunteer group

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