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EU voices great concern over escalation in Gaza 06 Aug 2022 - 09:39 pm
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Surgeries at Gaza hospitals stopped to treat casualties of Israeli aggression 06 Aug 2022 - 09:35 pm
Flame and smoke rise during an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)
Israeli aggression in Gaza leaves 15 dead, 125 wounded 06 Aug 2022 - 07:50 pm
Hesham, one of four disabled Palestinian siblings from Shamalakh family, sits at the rubble of their home after it was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
Israeli warplanes raid residential building in Western Gaza 06 Aug 2022 - 05:36 pm
Palestinians look through a damaged window at the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on August 6, 2022. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
30th Citadel Festival to kick off August 14 06 Aug 2022 - 04:36 pm
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Palestinian citizen martyred east of Khan Yunis 06 Aug 2022 - 03:11 pm
Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza City August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Iran urges 'realistic' US response to revive nuclear deal 06 Aug 2022 - 02:45 pm
Atom symbol and Iran flag are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Palestinian Presidency calls for immediate halt of Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip 06 Aug 2022 - 12:04 pm
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Thousands of powerful cleric's supporters gather for mass prayer in Baghdad 05 Aug 2022 - 06:16 pm
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr gather for mass Friday prayer at Grand Festivities Square within the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, August 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani)
Israel strikes on Gaza kill 8, including senior militant 05 Aug 2022 - 06:05 pm
A Palestinian woman reacts as people gather at the site of an explosion in Gaza City August 5, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)
Large section of Beirut's port silos collapses, 2 years after blast 04 Aug 2022 - 08:45 pm
Smoke rises from the newly collapsed part of the Beirut grain silos damaged during August 2020 blast as Lebanon marks the two-year anniversary of the explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Issam Abdallah)
Thousands of protesters mark two years since Beirut blast 04 Aug 2022 - 06:56 pm
Demonstrators carry mockup coffins during a protest as Lebanon marks the two-year anniversary of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Amnesty calls on occupation authorities to immediately release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra 04 Aug 2022 - 03:39 pm
Ahmad Manasra was arrested by Israeli authorities when he was 13 [File: Ammar Awad/Reuters]
Iraqi cleric orders followers to continue protest until demands met 03 Aug 2022 - 09:05 pm
Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr sleep during a sit-in at the parliament building, amid political crisis in Baghdad, Iraq, August 3, 2022.(REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)
Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut's massive 2020 blast 03 Aug 2022 - 06:17 pm
File Photo: Firefighters spray water at a fire after an explosion was heard in Beirut, Lebanon, August 4, 2020. (REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir)
Yemen’s warring parties agree to renew existing truce: UN 02 Aug 2022 - 09:54 pm
File Photo: The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at UN headquarters in New York. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Palestinian PM calls on US Congress to recognize State of Palestine 02 Aug 2022 - 09:17 pm
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Dozens of settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque 02 Aug 2022 - 02:45 pm
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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

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