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Lebanon information minister resigns in wake of deadly blast 09 Aug 2020 - 01:47 pm
Lebanon's Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad. AFP
Beirut port blast crater 43 metres deep: security official 09 Aug 2020 - 10:05 am
A view of damaged site is seen as search and rescue with rubble removal operations continue after a fire at a warehouse with explosives at the Port of Beirut led to massive blasts on 4th August, in Beirut, Lebanon on August 08, 2020. Muhammet Fatih O?ra?
Lebanon PM Diab to call for early polls after deadly blast 08 Aug 2020 - 09:49 pm
A demonstrator waves the Lebanese flag in front of riot police during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2020. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)
Protesters take over Lebanon foreign ministry 08 Aug 2020 - 08:54 pm
Lebanese protesters enter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut on August 8, 2020, after they stormed the ministry as anger exploded over a deadly blast that made hundreds of thousands homeless and shocked the world. As security forces focused their a
Unknown gunman kills 2 Lebanese in Iranian capital 08 Aug 2020 - 01:52 pm
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At least 43 Syrians among people killed in Beirut blast: Al Mayadeen 08 Aug 2020 - 01:48 pm
A general view shows the damaged grain silo following Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, Lebanon August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
France says Lebanon donor conference to take place Sunday 08 Aug 2020 - 12:39 pm
A view of damaged vehicles are seen after a fire at a warehouse with explosives at the Port of Beirut led to massive blasts on 4th August, in Beirut, Lebanon on August 07, 2020. Cem Özdel - Anadolu
Syria doctors fear virus spreading faster than clinics can test 08 Aug 2020 - 11:38 am
A Syrian municipality worker disinfects a bus in the northern city of Aleppo on August 4, 2020. / AFP
More than 60 still missing after Beirut mega-blast: ministry 08 Aug 2020 - 10:10 am
Search and rescue operations continue after a fire at a warehouse with explosives at the Port of Beirut led to massive blasts on 4th August, in Beirut, Lebanon on August 07, 2020. Cem Özdel - Anadolu
Trump says he will join international aid conference call for Lebanon 08 Aug 2020 - 10:06 am
A view of the damaged site is seen as search and rescue operations continue after a fire at a warehouse with explosives at the Port of Beirut led to massive blasts on 4th August, in Beirut, Lebanon on August 07, 2020. Cem Özdel - Anadolu
Mozambique denies knowledge of ship tied to Beirut blast 06 Aug 2020 - 10:52 pm
People stand by the wreckage of a ship at the devastated site of the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 6, 2020 two days after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital in a disaster that has sparked grief and fury. / AFP / POOL / Thibaul
Revolution': Angry crowds in Beirut urge Macron to help bring change 06 Aug 2020 - 03:15 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron talks to people during a visit to the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, which has suffered extensive damage due to a massive explosion in the Lebanese capital, on August 6, 2020. AFP -
Macron wants to coordinate relief for blast-hit Lebanon 06 Aug 2020 - 01:42 pm
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at the airport in Beirut, Lebanon August 6, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout
German embassy employee among dead in Beirut explosion: Ministry 06 Aug 2020 - 01:13 pm
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Awaiting disaster, ammonium nitrate was stored at Beirut port for years 05 Aug 2020 - 08:52 pm
A general view of the area damaged by a massive explosion and a blast wave, in Beirut, Lebanon August 5, 2020 in this picture obtained from social media. Picture taken with a drone. Instagram/ @Rabzthecopter/via REUTERS
Beirut reels from huge blast, as death toll climbs to at least 113 05 Aug 2020 - 05:58 pm
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on August 5, 2020 shows the damaged grain silo and a burnt boat at Beirut's harbour, one day after a powerful twin explosion tore through Lebanon's capital, resulting from the ignition of a huge depot of ammonium nitrate at the c
French president traveling to Lebanon after deadly explosion 05 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
French colonel Stanislas Rouqueyrol (L) delivers a speech to personnel of French Securite Civile (Civil Security) in Roissy airport, near Paris, on August 5, 2020. AFP / Bertrand GUAY
Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion 05 Aug 2020 - 10:24 am
A woman sweeps at a damaged hospital following Tuesday's blast, in Beirut Lebanon August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

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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
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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

Africa

Peninsula Sudan army claims over 100 paramilitary fighters eliminated in West Sudan
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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