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UAE pledges $13 million in aid to quake-hit Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 09:46 pm
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad with the UAE's Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum during the Syrian president's visit to the UAE on March 18, 2022. File photo /Syrian Presidency Facebook page/AFP
China's Xi sends condolences to Turkey, Syria over deadly quake 06 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Noel CELIS AFP/File
WHO says quake toll liable to rise significantly 06 Feb 2023 - 09:17 pm
Rescue workers and volunteers pull out a survivor from the rubble in Diyarbakir on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP)
Quake kills over 2,300 in Turkiye, Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 06:54 pm
A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, on February 6, 2023. Photo by Can EROK / AFP
Beirut blast judge postpones interrogations over dispute 06 Feb 2023 - 05:40 pm
A general view shows the site of the 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Worse than 'years of war': Syria hospital treats quake survivors 06 Feb 2023 - 05:02 pm
People search for survivors under the rubble, following an earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria on February 6, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
Palestinian Presidency: Occupation's crime in Ariha challenges international efforts to stop Israeli aggression 06 Feb 2023 - 04:56 pm
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Lavrov in Iraq to discuss US sanctions over Ukraine 06 Feb 2023 - 04:52 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) and his Iraq's counterpart Fuad Hussein pose for photos as they arrive for a meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad on February 6, 2023. (Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
'So scared': Fear of aftershocks in debris-strewn Turkey 06 Feb 2023 - 04:49 pm
Rescue teams carry a casualty pulled out of the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Jan-daris, in the countryside of Syria's northwestern city of Afrin in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)
World powers rush to offer Turkey, Syria aid over quake 06 Feb 2023 - 04:37 pm
White Helmet rescue workers search for victims and survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings, following an earthquake in the town of Sarmada in the countryside of the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, early on February 6, 2023. (Photo by MUHAMMAD HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Tremors felt in Iraqi, Jordanian governorates 06 Feb 2023 - 04:30 pm
Syrian rescue teams carry a casualty picked up from the rubble after an earthquake in the government-controlled central Syrian city of Hama on February 6, 2023. - A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on February 6, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus, Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
New 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits southeast Turkey: USGS 06 Feb 2023 - 02:25 pm
People search for survivors through the rubble in Diyarbakir, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. Photo by ILYAS AKENGIN / AFP
Turkey declines Musk’s offer to send Starlink after deadly quake 06 Feb 2023 - 12:51 pm
People search for survivors through the rubble in Diyarbakir, on February 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's south-east. (Photo by Ilyas Akengin / AFP)
Major quake kills hundreds across Turkey, Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 12:03 pm
People gather around collapsed buildings as rescue teams look for survivors following an earthquake in the Syrian city of Aleppo on February 6, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
At least 245 dead in Syria after Turkey earthquake 06 Feb 2023 - 09:58 am
Residents gather in front of the rubble of a building that collapsed, following an earthquake in the village of Azmarin, near the Turkish border in the north of Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, early on February 6, 2023. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
Major quake kills more than 100 across Turkey, Syria 06 Feb 2023 - 08:39 am
In this video grab from AFP TV taken on February 6, 2023, rescuers search for victims in southeastern Turkey (Photo by Mahmut BOZARSLAN / AFPTV / AFP)
Russia's Lavrov in Iraq for energy talks 05 Feb 2023 - 11:28 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Iraqis protest after father kills YouTuber daughter 05 Feb 2023 - 07:47 pm
Iraqi women's rights activists lift placards during a rally near the Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad on February 5, 2023, to protest the killing of Iraqi youtuber Tiba al-Ali by her father in Diwaniyah. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Asia

Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon / POOL / AFP) China hawk Takaichi set to be Japan's first woman PM
Image for representation One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack
Peninsula New direct flight route links China's Shenzhen with Indonesia's Manado
Peninsula Indonesia suspends TikTok licence over failure to share data

Europe

This handout picture taken and released by The Finnish Border Guard on March 2, 2025 shows the Border Guard ship Turva (front) escorting Cook Islands registered oil tanker Eagle S out to sea near Porvoo (Borga), Finland. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP Finnish court throws out Eagle S cable damage case for lack of jurisdiction
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

Africa

Peninsula WFP slashes emergency food aid to Somalia by two-thirds amid severe funding shortfall
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
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