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Key Iran opposition figure calls for 'fundamental' change 05 Feb 2023 - 05:02 pm
Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) shake hands before a meeting at the Revolution Palace in Havana on February 4, 2023. (Photo by Yander ZAMORA / POOL / AFP)
Plummeting pound sends Egyptian private sector into decline 05 Feb 2023 - 01:15 pm
An employee counts Egyptian pounds at a foreign exchange office in central Cairo, Egypt, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/
Egypt's former prime minister dies at 67: president 04 Feb 2023 - 10:32 pm
Former Egyptian prime minister Sherif Ismail. AFP
Iran slams UN nuclear watchdog chief after centrifuge report 04 Feb 2023 - 03:23 pm
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Crafts festival seeks to attract visitors to Libya's 'pearl of the desert' 04 Feb 2023 - 01:01 pm
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi released after hunger strike 04 Feb 2023 - 12:08 am
Film director Jafar Panahi and his wife, pose in Tehran, Iran in this undated picture obtained from social media on February 3, 2023. (@taherehsaidii/via REUTERS)
French envoy criticises Lebanon over 'slow' reforms needed for IMF loan 03 Feb 2023 - 09:03 pm
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad (right) meeting with French Envoy in charge of coordinating the international aid to Lebanon Pierre Duquesne in the capital Beirut on February 3, 2023. (Photo by DALATI AND NOHRA / AFP)
Slain Lebanon activist family calls for UN probe into port blast 03 Feb 2023 - 05:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lokman Slim, an activist and publisher who ran a research centre, speaks during an interview, in a still image taken from Reuters TV footage shot on February 2, 2009, in Beirut, Lebanon. Reuters TV/via REUTERS
Jailed Iran filmmaker Jafar Panahi says on hunger strike 02 Feb 2023 - 10:01 pm
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi smiles, following his release on bail, at his home in Tehran on May 25, 2010. File photo / Reuters
UAE 'Sultan of Space' grapples with Ramadan fast on ISS 02 Feb 2023 - 07:06 pm
A conference room of the Museum of the Future in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, during a briefing to the press by UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Karim Sahib / AFP)
Iraq, Saudi seek to boost economic cooperation 02 Feb 2023 - 05:03 pm
Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) listens as his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan speaks during a joint press conference in Baghdad on February 2, 2023. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Jihadists kill 11 soldiers in northwest Syria attacks: monitor 01 Feb 2023 - 11:19 pm
People walk near a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs, Syria, on October 3, 2021. Picture taken October 3, 2021. File photo / Reuters
Cairo hospital fire kills three 01 Feb 2023 - 08:51 pm
Egyptian security forces stand guard outside al-Noor al-Mohammadi charitable hospital after a fire broke out, in Cairo on February 1, 2023. (Photo by Sayed HASAN / AFP)
Iran says WhatsApp, Instagram to remain blocked 01 Feb 2023 - 06:40 pm
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a meeting with the families of the security forces killed during the Iran's protests, in Tehran, Iran, on December 9, 2022. File photo / Reuters
Suspect in killing of Saudi student in US to stand trial mid-February 01 Feb 2023 - 03:57 pm
Source: Al Arabiya
Lebanon Devalues, Still Leaves Pound Far Away From Black Market 01 Feb 2023 - 02:20 pm
People gather outside a fortified Credit Libanais Bank in Chtaura, Lebanon, January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Turkish base in northern Iraq hit by rocket fire: Kurds 01 Feb 2023 - 02:03 pm
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Lebanon to devalue currency by 90% on Feb. 1, says central bank chief 31 Jan 2023 - 08:31 pm
A man counts Lebanese pound banknotes at an exchange shop in Beirut, Lebanon, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)

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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File photo for representational purposes only. Ghana raises cocoa prices following Ivory Coast hike

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