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Signs of life detected under rubble a month after Beirut blast, says rescuer 03 Sep 2020 - 08:11 pm
Workers remove the rubble beneath a partially-destroyed traditional Lebanese building in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood of the capital Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating port blast, on August 26, 2020. A massive fertiliser explosion at the Beirut po
Lebanese army finds more explosive chemicals outside Beirut port after huge blast 03 Sep 2020 - 07:33 pm
TOPSHOT - A view shows the damaged site and grain silo following the massive August 4 blast in Beirut's port area, in Beirut on August 31, 2020. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Turkey seeing second peak of COVID-19 outbreak, health minister says 02 Sep 2020 - 11:08 pm
ANKARA, TURKEY - AUGUST 28: 96-year-old Hasibe Yavuz (Front C) is being discharged from the Ankara City Hospital after recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ankara, Turkey on August 28, 2020. Despite her age and chronic disease she managed to beat CO
Macron says France supports Iraqi PM's efforts to safeguard sovereignty 02 Sep 2020 - 04:41 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, give a joint press conference in Baghdad on September 2, 2020. AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Lebanon PM-designate pledges 'government of experts' 02 Sep 2020 - 04:34 pm
Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wearing a protective face masks, arrives to meet with the French President at the Presidential palace in Baabda east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 1, 2020. / AFP / X07238 / GONZALO FUENTES
Tunisia's parliament votes on new prime minister amid crisis 01 Sep 2020 - 04:03 pm
Hisham El-Mechishi appointed to form the country’s government is welcomed by Leader of the En-Nahda Movement Rached Ghannouchi before attending the vote of confidence session at Tunisian Parliament in Tunis, Tunisia on September 1, 2020. Yassine Gaidi -
Macron warns Lebanese leaders of sanctions if reforms are not swift 01 Sep 2020 - 03:59 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a blast victim while attending a ceremony to mark Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedars Reserve Forest, northeast of the capital Beirut, on September 1, 2020. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Lebanon judge issues 5 new arrest warrants over Beirut blast 31 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on August 26, 2020, shows imported vehicles damaged at the port of Beirut in the August 4 massive explosion that caused severe damage across swathes of the Lebanese capital, killed at least 181 people, injured more than 6,50
'My wounded country': Lebanese singer whose voice transcends divisions to meet Macron 31 Aug 2020 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) A file photo taken on October 7, 2010 shows Lebanese diva Fairuz (Fairouz) performing during a rare concert in the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit Monday i
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's new PM-designate 31 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordan reports its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases 31 Aug 2020 - 12:23 am
This picture taken on August 28, 2020 shows a view of an empty roundabout during a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic curfew in the centre of Jordan's capital Amman. Jordan on August 28 started imposing a full curfew in Amman and Zarqa, 23 kilometres north-eas
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties 30 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm
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Lebanon army: seven still missing after Beirut blast 29 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
Lebanese soldiers walk past a partially destroyed traditional building which was afffected by the Beirut port blast, in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, on August 26, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive 29 Aug 2020 - 09:39 am
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra speaks to media as Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round continued at the UN Geneva Office after three days break as three members tested positive fo
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought 29 Aug 2020 - 09:34 am
United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrol near the village of Mais el Jabal, along the southern Lebanese border with Israel on August 26, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
Lebanon could 'lose control' of coronavirus outbreak - PM 26 Aug 2020 - 10:15 pm
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Turkey to allow limited fan attendance at football matches from October 25 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Deputy Prime Minister tours site of Beirut port explosion 25 Aug 2020 - 06:08 pm
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This aerial photograph taken on September 22, 2025, shows a general view of river Padma shrouded in mist at Rajshahi. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman / AFP) Snakebite surge as Bangladesh hit by record rains
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This handout photo taken on October 7, 2025 and released by Gunma Prefectural Police via Jiji Press shows a CCTV camera footage of a bear walking inside a supermarket in Numata, Gunma prefecture. (Photo by various sources / AFP) Bear injures two in Japan supermarket, man killed in separate attack
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (right) walks with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon upon the Russian leader's arrival at the airport in Dushanbe on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Kristina Kormilitsyna / POOL / AFP) Putin lands in Tajikistan to shore up Russia's regional influence
Panos Routsi, father of a boy killed in the Tempi railway collision in February 2023, outside the Greek Parliament in Athens on September 21, 2025. Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP Greece train tragedy father ends 23-day hunger strike
File photo of veggie burger used for representation Veggie 'burgers' face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
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Egypt's forward #20 Ibrahim Adel celebrates with forward #10 Mohamed Salah after scoring his team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Africa qualifier football match between Djibouti and Egypt at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on October 8, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP) Salah scores twice as Egypt qualify for 2026 World Cup
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A grab from a UGC video posted on the X platform on August 22, 2023 reportedly shows members of the Sudanese army firing at Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters in what they say is the al-Shajara military base in Khartoum. (Photo by UGC / AFP) Sudanese army says retook key military sites in El Fasher
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(Files) A worker polishes gold bullion bars at the ABC Refinery in Sydney on August 5, 2020. (Photo by David Gray / AFP)

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