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Iraq’s Central Bank declares rise in foreign exchange reserves 12 Aug 2022 - 09:31 am
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Lebanese bank hostage situation ends after partial funds payout 11 Aug 2022 - 07:52 pm
Vehicles are seen outside the Federal bank of Lebanon, after people who were held hostages exited the bank, in Hamra, Lebanon, August 11, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Armed man demanding savings holds Beirut bank staff hostage 11 Aug 2022 - 01:53 pm
Members of security forces secure the area outside Federal bank of Lebanon, in Hamra, Lebanon August 11, 2022. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Palestinian foreign ministry warns against continuation of international silence on Israeli aggression 10 Aug 2022 - 07:15 pm
An Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter fires flares in the sky above the Israel-Gaza border on August 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
Palestinian dies of injuries in Israeli shelling of Gaza 10 Aug 2022 - 12:03 pm
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Palestinian Presidency calls upon international community to stand up against Israeli aggression 09 Aug 2022 - 07:00 pm
Palestinians inspect a building damaged during clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces in a raid, in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 9, 2022. (REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta)
Iran launches satellite "Khayyam" into space 09 Aug 2022 - 02:57 pm
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with the Iranian satellite
30 Palestinians wounded by Israeli Forces' fire in West Bank 09 Aug 2022 - 12:04 pm
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We will link security belt zones in northern Syria soon: Erdogan 08 Aug 2022 - 11:34 pm
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Palestinian Prisoners Club Confirm Upsurge of Arrests in Jenin in 2022 08 Aug 2022 - 04:29 pm
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Lebanon continues communication with Syria on file of displaced persons 08 Aug 2022 - 04:13 pm
Syrian refugee children play together at a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon in 2020 [File: Ali Hashisho/Reuters]
Five Palestinians killed in Israeli raids on Gaza Strip 07 Aug 2022 - 10:02 pm
Palestinians, seen through a damaged car window, gather on a street amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in the northern Gaza Strip August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Gaza Strip heading towards humanitarian crisis: Officials, analyst 07 Aug 2022 - 08:40 pm
Palestinians gather on the rubble of houses in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
We call on the international community to protect Palestinian people: Presidential spokesman 07 Aug 2022 - 07:14 pm
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Palestinian Presidency condemns Israeli aggression against Gaza, raid of Al-Aqsa Mosque 07 Aug 2022 - 05:16 pm
A Palestinian man walks through the ruins of a house at the scene where senior commander of Islamic Jihad militant group Khaled Mansour was killed in Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, August 7, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Israel, Palestinians agree truce from Sunday evening - Reuters sources 07 Aug 2022 - 04:42 pm
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Qatar strongly condemns settlers storming Al-Aqsa Mosque 07 Aug 2022 - 12:41 pm
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UNRWA closes all facilities in Gaza except for health services 07 Aug 2022 - 10:24 am
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Asia

Search and rescue personnel prepare to carry the wreckage of an Indonesian Air Transport turboprop aircraft, a day after it crashed while en route from Yogyakarta to Makassar, at Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Muchtamir Zaide / AFP) Remaining bodies found of 10 killed in Indonesia plane crash
Bank of Japan (BoJ) governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference after a two-day monetary policy meeting at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on January 24, 2025. Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP Bank of Japan keeps rates unchanged, raises growth and inflation forecasts
This handout from the Chinese Coast Guard taken and released by the Chinese embassy in Manila on January 23, 2026 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel assisting a rescued Filipino crew member of a capsized cargo ship near the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP Chinese coast guard rescues Philippine sailors in disputed waters
Lawmakers cheer as the House of Representatives is dissolved at the Diet in Tokyo on January 23, 2026. Photo by JIJI Press / AFP Japan PM Takaichi dissolves parliament for snap election

Europe

Peninsula Four killed, others wounded in Russian airstrike on eastern Ukraine
Emergency services and investigators work on the site of a high-speed trains collision that killed at least 42 people, in Adamuz, southern Spain, on January 20, 2026. Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP Spain train disaster probe suggests track was cracked
A picture taken on January 21, 2026 shows a regional service train the morning after it collided with a collapsed wall, killing one person and injuring seriously five, between Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Gelida, near Barcelona. Commuter trains back in Spain's Catalonia after deadly accident
US actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the funeral ceremony for the late Italian fashion designer Valentino Gavarani at the Basilic of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, in Rome on January 23, 2026. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Stars turn out for Valentino's funeral in Rome

Africa

Peninsula Over 8 million children in Sudan deprived of education due to war: UK child rights organisation
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All pictures by Mahmoud Elmazaty/The Peninsula Alexandria leads 2025 safety index for African cities 
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