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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dies 09 Jan 2017 - 11:43 am
People are seen around the coffin of Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at the imam khomeini Hoseyniyeh in Tehran, Iran on January 8, 2017. Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away at the age of 82 at a hospital in Tehr
Militia recovers 115 human trafficking victims in Sudan 09 Jan 2017 - 11:39 am
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Suicide bombing in eastern Baghdad market kills 6 09 Jan 2017 - 11:30 am
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Landmine kills 5 civilians in western Yemen 09 Jan 2017 - 11:25 am
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4 killed after truck rams into Israelis in Jerusalem 09 Jan 2017 - 11:06 am
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Syrian government ready to negotiate on "everything", Assad says 09 Jan 2017 - 10:29 am
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Turkish army says 48 Islamic State militants killed in Syria on Sunday 09 Jan 2017 - 08:50 am
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Iran's ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, dies 08 Jan 2017 - 09:01 pm
This file photo taken on March 08, 2011 shows former Iranian president and head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, attending a meeting of the top clerical body in Tehran. AFP / Atta Kenare
Iran’s Rafsanjani taken to hospital with heart condition 08 Jan 2017 - 06:58 pm
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, then head of Iran's Assembly of Experts, speaks during the assembly's biannual meeting in Tehran September 14, 2010 (REUTERS / Caren Firouz)
Iraqi special forces reach Tigris river in Mosul 08 Jan 2017 - 05:28 pm
A member of the Iraqi special forces Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) patrols a street with an armoured vehicle in Mosul's Al-Zahraa neighbourhood on January 7, 2017 during an ongoing military operation against the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP / Dimitar
Syrian media: Car bomb in Damascus countryside kill 5 08 Jan 2017 - 03:09 pm
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Iran to receive first Airbus plane in days 08 Jan 2017 - 01:48 pm
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Turkey denies claims of harm to civilians in Syria 08 Jan 2017 - 01:33 pm
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IS suicide bombing kills at least 12 at Baghdad market 08 Jan 2017 - 01:27 pm
Iraqis salvage vegetables from the site of an attack at Baghdad's main vegetable market on January 8, 2017. A suicide bomber blew up a car at the entrance of the market, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, security officials and medics said. /
Istanbul nightclub attacker identified as Uzbek jihadist 08 Jan 2017 - 12:08 pm
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Car bomb kills 10 civilians in eastern Baghdad 08 Jan 2017 - 11:48 am
Iraqis inspect the site of an attack at Baghdad's main vegetable market on January 8, 2017. A suicide bomber blew up a car at the entrance of the market, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens, security officials and medics said. / AFP / SABAH ARA
Turkish forces 'neutralize' 32 IS terrorists 08 Jan 2017 - 11:45 am
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Car bomb kills 6 civilians in eastern Baghdad 08 Jan 2017 - 11:27 am
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Asia

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Two Chinese Y-20 transport planes carrying 50 tonnes of emergency relief supplies and four tunnel rescue experts arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 30, 2026. Photo by CNS / AFP Nepal rescuers advance towards trapped tunnel workers
Flash flood survivors walk through sludge past damaged houses searching for salvageable belongings at Trishuli Center in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 30, 2026. Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP Nepal-China floods disaster: Latest developments
File photo Pakistan suspends eight officials after deadly infant ward fire

Europe

A Turkish vessels patrols during search and rescue operations following a ferry capsizing off the port of Kyrenia in the north of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on August 30, 2026. Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP Capsized ferry off Northern Cyprus has 'completely sunk': official
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Norway's King Haakon VIII (R), Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (2ndR), Queen Sonja (2ndL) and Prince Sverre Magnus (L) attend a memorial church service for the late King Harald V at Asker Church in Asker, Norway, on August 30, 2026. Photo by Cornelius Poppe / NTB / AFP Norway's churches hold services to late King Harald
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham smiles during a visit to Bath, western England, on July 22, 2026. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP Tests loom for popular UK PM Burnham as parliament returns

Africa

File photo showing the AU logo outside the headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AU condemns armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
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A woman inspects her damaged house after it was burned down in a forest fire in Bordj T'har, a town and commune in Algeria's northeastern Jijel Province, on August 27, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algeria rallies in solidarity as wildfires hit northeast

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