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Turkish consumer confidence rises to 79.1 points in January 23 Jan 2023 - 10:43 am
People shop at a open market in Istanbul, Turkey, June 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
Arab states boycott regional meet in divided Libya's capital 22 Jan 2023 - 08:49 pm
Libyan Foreign Affairs Minister Najla Mangoush holds a press conference at the end of the Arab foreign ministers meeting in the capital Tripoli, on January 22, 2023. - Arab states boycotted a meeting hosted by Libya's unity government, with just five of the Arab League's 22 members sending their top diplomats and even the bloc's secretary general staying away. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
Italy's foreign minister eyes migration, energy on trip to Cairo 22 Jan 2023 - 07:06 pm
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (left) and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry give a joint press conference in Egypt's capital Cairo on January 22, 2023. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP)
Building collapse in war-damaged Syria city kills 16 22 Jan 2023 - 05:21 pm
People watch as rescuers sift through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 22, 2023.(AFP)
Iranian currency falls to record low amid isolation and sanctions 21 Jan 2023 - 07:28 pm
A currency dealer poses for a photo with a US one dollar bill and the amount being given when converting it into Iranian rials in an exchange shop in Tehran, Iran on December 25, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iran judiciary to rule on famed filmmaker's release: lawyer 21 Jan 2023 - 06:36 pm
A handout picture provided by the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA) on January 21, 2023, shows Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (right) meeting with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief Hossein Salami, in the capital Tehran. (Photo by ICANA NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
Occupation forces kill Palestinian citizen in Ramallah 21 Jan 2023 - 12:57 pm
Family members of a Palestinian man, who was killed by Israeli forces after an attempted stabbing, react, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Europeans to quiz Lebanon central bank chief 21 Jan 2023 - 12:12 am
A view shows Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, July 19, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Lebanese MPs sleep in parliament to press for end to impasse 20 Jan 2023 - 08:07 pm
This handout picture provided by the Lebanese Parliament Press Office on January 19, 2023, shows Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (left) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut's downtown district. (Photo by Stringer / Lebanese Parliament / AFP)
Syria rebel-held areas receive first cholera vaccines 19 Jan 2023 - 07:10 pm
File photo: Tests for detection of Cholera are pictured inside at a disease monitoring centre in rebel-held Idlib, Syria, September 24, 2022. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Iraq repatriates 142 families from Syria camp 18 Jan 2023 - 11:45 pm
Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community are pictured at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Sharya area, some 15 kms from the northern city of Dohuk in the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on January 17, 2023. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
Davos 2023: Saudi foreign minister sees progress to end Yemen conflict 18 Jan 2023 - 10:00 pm
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud attends a news conference at the Arab Gulf Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 9, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
In Yemen, medical shortages compound suffering of cancer patients 17 Jan 2023 - 07:27 pm
An employee of the National Oncology Center stands next to medicines at the center in Sanaa, Yemen, January 10, 2023. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)
Iran arrests German for taking oilfield photos, Jam-e Jam reports 17 Jan 2023 - 04:28 pm
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Europe investigators hear Lebanon witnesses over central bank chief 16 Jan 2023 - 08:22 pm
A view shows Lebanon's Central Bank building in Beirut, Lebanon, January 12, 2023. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Beirut blast protesters say judiciary targets them not officials 16 Jan 2023 - 08:21 pm
A general view shows the Beirut silos damaged in the August 2020 port blast, in Beirut, Lebanon on May 17, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Egypt to sell discounted bread to fight inflation 16 Jan 2023 - 06:47 pm
An Egyptian worker removes loaves of bread from the oven at a bakery in Cairo's southeastern Mokattam district, as the prices of basic goods in Egypt have risen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Egypt, March 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
TikTok in talks with Jordan to lift month-long ban 16 Jan 2023 - 04:51 pm
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Asia

Police officials transfer the remains of a student, killed in a building collapse at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school, to a morgue at the Bhayangkara hospital in Surabaya, East Java province on October 4, 2025. (Photo by Juni KRISWANTO / AFP) Indonesia school collapse death toll rises to 17, dozens still missing
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

Europe

Petr Fiala, Czech Prime Minster and Leader of Czech Republic's Civic Party (ODS) and Together (SPOLU) coalition speaks at the coalition headquarters in Prague on October 4, 2025 after the parliamentary elections. (Photo by MILAN KAMMERMAYER / AFP) Czech billionaire ex-PM's party tops parliamentary vote
This handout photograph, taken and released by the press service of Ukrainian Railways on October 4, 2025, shows a burning train carriage following a drone attack in Shostka, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.(Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN RAILWAYS / AFP) Ukraine says Russia intensifying railway strikes to cut off civilians near front
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

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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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohamed Al-Sayed and Secretary of State for Economy of the Portuguese Republic, H E João Rui Ferreira with other officials.

Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs co-chairs second session of Qatari–Portuguese Joint Committee