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Boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sinks off Syria, 28 dead 22 Sep 2022 - 08:02 pm
A Lebanese navy ship takes the family members of migrants missing since a boat sunk in April, on a tour of an area where a submarine was being prepared to search for the wreck of the boat off the Lebanese coast of Tripoli, Lebanon August 22, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Saudi mission on SpaceX capsule to include first female Arab astronaut 22 Sep 2022 - 07:37 pm
File Photo: Starship prototypes are pictured at the SpaceX South Texas launch site in Brownsville, Texas, US, May 22, 2022. Veronica Cardenas | Reuters
At least 9 killed as Iran protests spread over woman's death 22 Sep 2022 - 05:02 pm
People attend a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's
Russia releases 10 foreigners captured in Ukraine after Saudi mediation, Riyadh says 21 Sep 2022 - 11:18 pm
10 prisoners of war (five British citizens, one Moroccan, one Swedish, one Croatian, and two Americans) are seen arriving, following successful mediation efforts by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, from Russia to King Khalid International Airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 21, 2022. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
IMF criticizes Lebanese government over slow reforms 21 Sep 2022 - 08:12 pm
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun meets with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on September 21, 2022. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
Instagram disrupted across Iran amid protests 21 Sep 2022 - 07:07 pm
Broken Ethernet cable is seen in front of Instagram logo in this illustration taken on March 11, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Israeli forces detain 12 Palestinians in West Bank raids 21 Sep 2022 - 11:54 am
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Saudi Arabia buys pair of SpaceX astronaut seats from Axiom -sources 20 Sep 2022 - 09:41 pm
File Photo: A SpaceX Falcon 9 with the Crew Dragon capsule stands on Pad-39A in preparation for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, on April 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Thom Baur)
Iran protests turn violent after woman’s death in police custody 20 Sep 2022 - 03:57 pm
A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iranian morality police is seen in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/
Israeli occupation forces detain 23 Palestinians 20 Sep 2022 - 09:36 am
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WHO sends supplies to Syria to deal with cholera outbreak 19 Sep 2022 - 10:51 pm
File Photo: An internally displaced Syrian girl drinks water at Teh camp in northern Idlib, Syria, on May 5, 2021. (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)
Iran police call woman's death 'unfortunate' as protests persist 19 Sep 2022 - 08:56 pm
A man views a newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the
Iran faces US in international court over asset seizure 19 Sep 2022 - 06:51 pm
General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 11, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Iran raises possibility of meeting at UN assembly to revive nuclear deal 19 Sep 2022 - 11:23 am
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Palestinian schools refuse Israel’s attempts to impose its textbooks 19 Sep 2022 - 08:50 am
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Gaza farmer unearths Byzantine-era mosaic 18 Sep 2022 - 06:17 pm
Palestinian farmer Salman al-Nabahin cleans a mosaic floor he discovered at his farm and which dates back to the Byzantine era, according to officials, in the central Gaza Strip, on September 18, 2022. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
US-backed Syrian forces free women in 3-week raid of IS camp 17 Sep 2022 - 10:05 pm
Women walk through al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria, on April 1, 2019. File Photo / Reuters
Iranian police fire tear gas at rally after woman's funeral 17 Sep 2022 - 05:28 pm
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Asia

Peninsula 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern coast of Japan: GFZ
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

Europe

Former Czech Prime Minister and the leader of the ANO party Andrej Babis receives an interview in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua) Former PM Babis' ANO party wins Czech election
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

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