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Palestinian President, US Secretary of State discuss efforts of de-escalation in occupied territories 17 Oct 2023 - 11:27 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Amman, Jordan on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Jacquelyn Martin / POOL / AFP)
At least 500 killed in Israeli air raid on Gaza hospital: Health Ministry 17 Oct 2023 - 09:35 pm
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Palestinian scarf: Evolving from traditional attire to symbol of nationalism 17 Oct 2023 - 08:13 pm
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Biden's Middle East trip riskiest of his presidency 17 Oct 2023 - 07:38 pm
This combination of pictures created on October 16, 2023 shows (from left) Jordan's King Abdullah II, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, US President Joe Biden, and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. (Photo by various sources / AFP)
Four or five days of food left in Gaza shops: WFP 17 Oct 2023 - 02:15 pm
A bakery prepares rations of bread to pass out to internally displaced Palestinians in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
A man and his donkey ensure Gaza people don’t go thirsty amid Israeli siege 17 Oct 2023 - 12:40 pm
Palestinians queue for water at the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/ AFP)
Intense bombardments kill 71 on day 11 of Gaza-Israel war 17 Oct 2023 - 12:02 pm
A Palestinian reacts amidst the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike on the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Russian and Iranian presidents discuss Gaza developments in phone call 16 Oct 2023 - 11:28 pm
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin giving an interview at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 16, 2023. (Photo by Sergei Bobylyov / POOL / AFP)
Mass graves, ice-cream truck mortuary as bodies pile up in Gaza 16 Oct 2023 - 09:24 pm
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Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Saudi Foreign Minister discuss Gaza latest developments 16 Oct 2023 - 05:41 pm
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Jordan's King calls for delivering assistance to Gaza immediately 16 Oct 2023 - 05:15 pm
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Tens of thousands march in Morocco for Palestinians 16 Oct 2023 - 12:31 pm
Demonstrators march in Rabat to express support to Palestinians in October 15, 2023. (Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP)
Appeals for volunteer health workers in Gaza 16 Oct 2023 - 11:46 am
Ambulances carrying victims of Israeli strikes crowd the entrance to the emergency ward of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 15, 2023. Photo by Dawood NEMER / AFP
Gaza is witnessing unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe: UN 16 Oct 2023 - 10:35 am
A rescuer and people stand near a burnt car following an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 15, 2023. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Benzema voices support for Gaza 16 Oct 2023 - 09:30 am
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Biden says Israeli occupation of Gaza would be 'big mistake' 16 Oct 2023 - 08:52 am
US President Joe Biden speaks during the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
'If we bathe, we won't drink': Gazans struggle as water supplies dwindle 15 Oct 2023 - 11:32 pm
A man lifts a water bucket to the roof to refill a the water tank in a house in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern of Gaza Strip on Octobers 15, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
All Gaza hospitals experiencing medicine shortages due to shelling: Palestinian Health Ministry 15 Oct 2023 - 09:25 pm
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Asia

A relative of a missing student mourns as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on October 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) No more signs of life in Indonesia school collapse: rescuers
An Afghan vendor selling perfume and body sprays, uses his mobile phone as he sits at his shop in Kabul on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) Mobile and internet restored across Afghanistan
File photo September was hottest on record in Japan's Okinawa: weather agency
personnel search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) Survivor pulled from Indonesia school collapse as parents await news

Europe

(Files) Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (R) is seen on board of a vessel of a civilian flotilla remains moored at Barcelona port on September 1, 2025. (Photo by Lluis Gene / AFP) Gaza aid flotilla presses on despite Israeli interception
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 1, 2025, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky holding a flag insignia as a serviceman pays his respect during a ceremony marking Defenders' Day, a holiday honoring veterans and fallen members of the Ukrainian armed forces. (Photo by Handout / AFP) Zelensky says Russia poses 'global threat' after strikes cut power to Chernobyl
File: Jane Goodall, the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, communicates with chimpanzee Nana, on June 6, 2004 at the zoo of Magdeburg in eastern Germany. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / DDP / AFP) Renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
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Africa

Members of the security forces detain a protester as others scuffle during a youth-led demonstration in Rabat on September 29, 2025, calling for reforms in the public health and education sectors. Dozens of youths were detained on September 29 in Morocco on the third day of protests calling for education and public health reforms, according to a local rights group and AFP reporters. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat / AFP) Hundreds arrested and injured in Morocco protests
Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila during a meeting with leaders of various religious groups at one of his residences in Goma on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for 'treason'
Members of the Judiciary Police arrive at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile Hotel at Porte Maillot in Paris, after South Africa's ambassador to France was found dead at the foot of the hotel on September 30, 2025. Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP South African ambassador found dead outside Paris hotel
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