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Turkey: Couple saved 296 hours after quake, but children die 18 Feb 2023 - 11:27 pm
Men look on at the site of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
Al-Qaeda says swapped prisoners with Houthis in Yemen: report 18 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
A Houthi supporter looks on as he carries a weapon during a gathering in Sanaa, Yemen on April 2, 2020.
Iran prosecutes woman for 'disrepecting' headscarf 18 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
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Turkey rescuers save two people 13 days after quake 18 Feb 2023 - 02:24 pm
An officer walks in front of a collapsed building in Antakya, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 10:30 pm
Syrian residents of Hatay city wait to cross the Turkish-Syrian border after they were affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region nearly two weeks ago, at Cilvegozu border gate on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Burgers bring bite of normality for Turkey quake survivors 17 Feb 2023 - 05:42 pm
Residents wait in a queue outside a bakery that gives out free bread in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Death toll rises above 41,000 in Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 12:49 am
An aerial view shows a tractor working on removing debris from a collapsed building in the Syrian rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 15, 2023, following the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
'Abandoned': Turkish town awaits help 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:56 pm
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Turkey rescues two 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:53 pm
A local resident, whose loved ones are still under the rubble, wander near the collapsed buildings in Hatay on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP)
Turkey rescues girl from rubble 248 hours after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 03:18 pm
The uncle of Aleyna Olmez (C), reacts after the 17-year-old woman was rescued from a collapsed building, 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck parts of Turkey and Syria, in Kahramanmaras on February 16, 2023. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Lebanese protesters smash bank facades as crisis bites 16 Feb 2023 - 02:49 pm
A Lebanese protester flashes the V-sign for victory and shouts slogans as others vandalise banks in Beirut on February 16, 2023 (Photo by Joseph Eid / AFP)
Turkey detains man trying to kidnap baby after quake: report 16 Feb 2023 - 11:28 am
A local resident, whose loved ones are still under the rubble, wander near the collapsed buildings in Hatay on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP)
Turkey marathon TV show raises $6 billion for earthquake victims 16 Feb 2023 - 11:14 am
TOPSHOT - A cat sits on an armchair in a heavily damaged living room of a collapsed building in Hatay on February 15, 2023, nine days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Cows, cars and hot bread: Turks rally to help quake victims 15 Feb 2023 - 07:13 pm
Quake-hit displaced people wait in a line to receive food at Islahiye Atatürk Stadium in Islahiye near Gaziantep on February 14, 2023, a week after a deadly earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
Quake relief reaches Syria through newly opened crossing 14 Feb 2023 - 07:05 pm
Vehicles carrying the first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria, arrive through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
UN appeals for nearly $400 mn for Syria quake victims 14 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
An employee works on an order of custom-made cold weather sleeping bags to be donated for earthquake relief, at the Palestinian Super-Tex al-Saafin textile factory in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Syria to open two border crossings for quake aid: UN chief 14 Feb 2023 - 12:55 am
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) meeting with Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in the capital Damascus on February 13, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health 13 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)

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Rescuers search for three people who were reported missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in Bogo City on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP) Philippine quake toll hits 72, aftershocks at 2,652 expected to continue in coming days

Europe

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during the protest on the Milan's highway against the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, on October 3, 2025. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Protests, strikes across Italy for Gaza flotilla
Peninsula Dutch Supreme Court orders government to review policies on weapons exports to Israel
Luxembourg's Grand Duke Guillaume waves from the balcony of the Grand Ducal Palace after being sworn-in as Grand Duke Head of State of Luxembourg in Luxembourg city on October 3, 2025. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP Luxembourg enthrones new grand duke after royal abdication
This photograph shows the 25th April bridge over the Tagus river with the lights off following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Lisbon on April 28, 2025. Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP. 'First of its kind' power surge behind Iberia blackout: experts

Africa

Residents sit in a pool of water due to the flooding of the Nile river in the Sudanese village of Wad Ramli north of Khartoum on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood
Peninsula Prime Minister of Morocco affirms responsiveness to youth demands and readiness for dialogue
File photo for representational purposes only. Ghana raises cocoa prices following Ivory Coast hike
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

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