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Turkey lifts 48-hour coronavirus curfew in 31 provinces 20 Apr 2020 - 11:35 am
HATAY, TURKEY - APRIL 19: A drone photo shows empty Martyr Omer Halisdemir Square and Ataturk Street after restrictions re-imposed in 31 provinces for two days as part of measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hatay, Turkey on April
In Germany, Syrians take their torturers to court 20 Apr 2020 - 09:24 am
Syrian human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni poses in his office in Berlin on April 9, 2020. When Anwar al-Bunni crossed paths with fellow Syrian Anwar Raslan in a DIY store in Germany five years ago, he recognised him as the man who had thrown him into pris
Syria's divisions damage efforts to mobilize against virus 20 Apr 2020 - 09:08 am
A stray cat crosses a street near the closed meat market in the center of Qamishli city, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on April 18, 2020, AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN
Iranian president says prisoner leave to be extended 19 Apr 2020 - 04:45 pm
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Iran: Coronavirus death toll rises to 5,118 19 Apr 2020 - 04:25 pm
An Iranian shopkeeper wearing protective gear amid the COVID-19 pandemic watches the street from a clothes stall at the Grand Bazaar market in the capital Tehran, on April 18, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran extends prisoner furloughs, closure of holy sites amid coronavirus 19 Apr 2020 - 01:18 pm
TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 17: A view of a bazzar as people shopping in capital Tehran, Iran on April 18, 2020. After the restrictions, which were imposed for new type of coronavirus (Covid-19), removed step by step, businesses and government institutions reope
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown 17 Apr 2020 - 01:22 pm
Tehran, IRAN - APRIL 14: A worker, wearing a face mask, produces masks to be used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at a factory, aiming to produce four million masks a day, at Eshtehard Industrial Town in Eshtehard, some
Turkey: Some 14,000 returnees from abroad in quarantine 17 Apr 2020 - 01:04 pm
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 16: Dolphin swims past a fishing boat off the coast of Karakoy, Istanbul on April 16, 2020. ( ?sa Terli - Anadolu Agency )
Iraq suspends Reuters for three months over report on coronavirus cases 14 Apr 2020 - 04:12 pm
Iraqi soldiers stand at a checkpoint in the Adhamiya district of Baghdad on April 13, 2020 as Iraq imposed a curfew during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Erdogan rejects cabinet member’s bid to quit over lockdown chaos 13 Apr 2020 - 12:42 pm
IZMIR, TURKEY - APRIL 12: A drone photo shows empty roads around Clock Tower in Konak district after a two-day curfew imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Izmir, Turkey on April 12, 2020. ( Mehmet Emin Mengüarslan - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey calls on private banks to do more to help fight coronavirus 12 Apr 2020 - 06:13 pm
A man watches bakers, who brought bread, from their home after a two-day curfew imposed to stem the spread of the coranavirus (COVID-19) in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2020. Kaan Bozdo?an - Anadolu
Turkey: Good response for COVID-19 plasma treatment 12 Apr 2020 - 10:15 am
Kerem Kinik, the head of Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay), holds a medical component bag are seen at the Eastern Anatolia Region Blood Centre of the Kizilay in Ankara, Turkey on April 7, 2020. (THE TURKISH RED CRESCENT / HANDOUT - Anadolu Agency )
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown 11 Apr 2020 - 06:35 pm
Iranians, some wearing personal protective equipment, walk past shops in the southeastern city of Kerman on April 11, 2020, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. AFP / ISNA
Father of modern Iraqi architecture dies of COVID-19 11 Apr 2020 - 03:23 pm
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Iran: Coronavirus death toll jumps to 4,357 11 Apr 2020 - 01:53 pm
Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif (3rd R) attends the National Committee Against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) with medical mask in Tehran, Iran on April 08, 2020. Iranian Presidency/Anadolu
COVID-19: Turkish institute launches scientific electronic platform 11 Apr 2020 - 08:47 am
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Hospital in southern Turkey ready to use plasma therapy 10 Apr 2020 - 03:04 pm
:ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 09: A view of empty Taksim Square and its surroundings are seen as people are staying home due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey on April 09, 2020. ( Esra Bilgin - Anadolu Agency )
Cash-strapped Lebanon considers first wheat imports in six years 07 Apr 2020 - 04:16 pm
A Lebanese man sitting by a fresh produce stall checks his phone in the market of the historic part of the southern coastal city of Saida, on April 6, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID

Asia

This handout photo taken and released on October 12, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a China Coast Guard ship (R) deploying water cannon as a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessel (L) is seen alongside during an incident near Thitu island in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP China, Philippines trade blame over boat collision in disputed sea
Peninsula 'Heavy clashes' at Afghanistan-Pakistan border: Taliban forces
A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua) China successfully rockets Gravity-1 into space with 3 satellites aboard
Peninsula Despite Gaza ceasefire, unrelenting chapters of anguish, tragedy persist

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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Africa

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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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Members of a Madagascar army contingent talk to the media in a road near their camp near Antananarivo on October 11, 2025. (Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP) Madagascar soldiers join protestors

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