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East Libyan forces carry out air strikes on city of Sirte 16 Sep 2019 - 02:12 pm
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Egypt's el-Sissi dismisses corruption allegations 15 Sep 2019 - 07:26 pm
El-Sissi, who became president in 2014, said the military has overseen road projects costing 175 billion pounds, or just over $1 billion, and that his government has carried out projects worth more than $245 billion. He said he would inaugurate 14 new cit
Israel approves new settlement 2 days before polls 15 Sep 2019 - 04:19 pm
A new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers and evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona in West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Teen Egyptian girl's case puts legal system under spotlight 14 Sep 2019 - 04:20 pm
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Syria govt offers way out of rebel area; no one shows up 14 Sep 2019 - 03:10 pm
Syrian onlookers gather at the scene of a reported Russian airstrike in the village of al-Daher in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on September 11, 2019. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
'Humanitarian corridor' out of rebel-held Idlib goes unused 14 Sep 2019 - 02:17 pm
Turkish military armoured vehicles, heavy duty machines and personnel carrier are deployed to the observations point in Idlib, de-escalation zone, Syria on September 12, 2019. ?brahim Hatip - Anadolu
Roadside blast kills 5 in Somalia 14 Sep 2019 - 01:15 pm
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Turkish Cypriot official: Fire sets off blasts at army depot 12 Sep 2019 - 08:13 am
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Australian couple detained in Iran named as travel bloggers 12 Sep 2019 - 08:03 am
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US coalition may have committed war crimes in Syria: UN 11 Sep 2019 - 06:48 pm
Syrian men look at a destroyed sheep pen following a reported Russian air strike in the village of al-Daher in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on September 11, 2019. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
US steps up anti-Iran campaign ahead of UN General Assembly 10 Sep 2019 - 08:59 pm
Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney attend a meeting in the Metropole hotel with Kim Jong Un and delegation in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 28, 2019. Reuters / Leah Millis
At least 31 die during stampede at Ashura rituals in Iraq's Kerbala 10 Sep 2019 - 05:19 pm
Local actors dressed as ancient warriors re-enact a scene from the 7th century battle of Kerbala during a ceremony marking Ashura in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, September 10, 2019. Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani
Sudan's prime minister to join peace talks in Juba with rebels 10 Sep 2019 - 04:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Khartoum, Sudan September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Lebanon urges US to continue mediation on Israel border dispute 10 Sep 2019 - 04:20 pm
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"A storm is coming": One migrant family's bid to reach Europe 10 Sep 2019 - 10:12 am
Palestinian-Syrian refugee Ahmed, 27, travels by bus to the sea to swim for the first time in the Aegean Sea in Izmir, Turkey, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya
Former Erdogan ally to form rival party before year-end -paper 10 Sep 2019 - 09:51 am
File photo of Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan speaks during a news conference during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Istanbul February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
Syria's Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall 10 Sep 2019 - 09:39 am
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Hezbollah says downed Israeli drone in S. Lebanon 09 Sep 2019 - 09:15 am
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Fie photo India urges caution for ships entering Black Sea
A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporter shouts slogans at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 23, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP) India's Gen Z protesters on whats driving them to join CJP movement 
A Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporter sits at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 23, 2026 during the ongoing protest. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP) Modi vows punishment for exam leaks fuelling India protests
This handout screengrab taken on July 23, 2026 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) shows a Chinese Coast Guard ship (back) water canonning a Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Acquatic Resources (BFAR) ship near Scarborough Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP) / Philippines says China harassed vessels in disputed waters

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Flames spread on the hills surrounding Cotignac, southeastern France on July 23, 2026 during a wildfire. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) France evacuates 20,000 as fire rages in pine forest
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Africa

File photo UK cancels military training in Kenya over permit dispute
A wildfire rages in a mountainous area near the town of Al Hachimia, Bouira Province, on July 21, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Over 100 hospitalised, 150 homes damaged in Algeria blazes
File photo Ebola death toll in Africa outbreak surpasses 1,000
This photo shows a view of a power station in Mateur on July 21, 2026. Tunisia has been experiencing a heatwave for a week, with temperatures exceeding 48 degrees celsius as people endure the ordeal of daily water and electricity cuts. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP) Extreme heatwave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration

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