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Three rockets fired from Gaza into Israel: army 25 Aug 2019 - 11:16 pm
Palestinian workers wait to cross the Israeli-controlled Al-Jalama checkpoint as they head to work in Israel, near Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Iran's Zarif leaves G7 talks, unclear if progress made to ease tensions 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (2ndR), French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (3rdR) and French Presidential chief-of-staff Admiral Bernard Rogel (R), receiving Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2ndL) during a meeting on the sid
2 Israeli drones crash over Beirut, Hezbollah denies firing 25 Aug 2019 - 03:52 pm
Damage and glass from broken windows is seen inside Hezbollah media center after an Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs and a second one exploded near the ground in Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Moh
Hariri says Israeli drones in Beirut attempt to stir Middle East tensions 25 Aug 2019 - 02:50 pm
Broken windows are pictured after an Israeli drone fell in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs and a second one exploded near the ground in Dahiyeh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon August 25, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Lebanese PM calls Israeli drones in Beirut attack on sovereignty 25 Aug 2019 - 12:26 pm
A Lebanese army soldier walks past military intelligence forensic investigators of inspecting the scene where two drones came down in the vicinity of a media centre of the Shiite Hezbollah movement earlier in the day, in the south of the capital Beirut on
Two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes: Army, Hezbollah 25 Aug 2019 - 11:11 am
This picture taken on August 25, 2019, shows damage to a building housing a media centre of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah in the south of the capital Beirut, after two drones came down in its vicinity earlier in the day. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Hezbollah says two Israeli drones fall in Beirut suburbs, one explodes 25 Aug 2019 - 10:54 am
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Syria Kurds say will help implement US-Turkey 'safe zone' 24 Aug 2019 - 03:34 pm
A Turkish army convoy drives along the Bab al-Hawa highway on August 24, 2019, on their way to reinforce a Turkish military observation point in northwestern Syria. AFP / Aaref WATAD
Iran test-fires new missile amid tension 24 Aug 2019 - 01:48 pm
The domestically-built mobile missile defence system Bavar-373 is displayed on the National Defence Industry Day in Tehran, Iran August 22, 2019.
Iran displays domestically built mobile missile defence system 22 Aug 2019 - 08:36 am
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State TV: Iran to unveil air defense missile system 21 Aug 2019 - 05:47 pm
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Tens of thousands flee Russia-led attack on Syrian opposition enclave 21 Aug 2019 - 04:50 pm
Syrians, with their belongings, are seen on their way from Syria’s de-escalation zones in Idlib, Syria on August 21, 2019. Hüseyin El Huleyf - Anadolu
Regime, Russia airstrikes kill 5 in Syria's Idlib 21 Aug 2019 - 03:22 pm
This picture taken on August 21, 2019 shows the damaged interior of an operating room following a reported air strike on a makeshift clinic in the area of Tallmannis in Syria's northern Idlib province3 / AFP / Abdulaziz KETAZ
U.S. military drone shot down over Yemen: officials 21 Aug 2019 - 02:39 pm
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Syrian activists: Airstrikes hit hospital in rebel village 21 Aug 2019 - 02:23 pm
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Head of Sudan sovereign council sworn in: state media 21 Aug 2019 - 12:34 pm
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Iranian news agency says Adrian Darya tanker leased to shipping firm 21 Aug 2019 - 10:23 am
A crew member takes pictures with a mobile phone on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18,
Algeria: six months of anti-regime protests 20 Aug 2019 - 02:49 pm
Algerian demonstrators chant slogans and march with national flags as they gather in the streets of the capital Algiers against the ruling class amid an ongoing political crisis in the country, on the 26th consecutive Friday of protests on August 16, 2019

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File photo for representational purposes only. Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths
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File photo. Representational. Pakistan to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign in 159 districts

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Representational file photo. Lithuania sees highest power prices in over six months
This handout photo provided by the Slovak Police via its Facebook site on October 13, 2025 shows a damaged train at the accident site of two collided passenger trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou close to Kosice, Slovakia. Photo by Handout / Slovak Police via FB / AFP Passengers injured as Slovakia trains collide
(L-R) John Hassler, Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and Kerstin Enflo, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel sit in front of a screen displaying the portraits of the 2025 prize winners. (Photo by Anders Wiklund / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) Trio wins economics Nobel for work on economic growth
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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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