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Gas pipeline blast near Damascus cuts power across Syria 24 Aug 2020 - 10:17 am
Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and al-Dhamir in the Damascus area. A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying.
Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet 23 Aug 2020 - 08:35 pm
This file image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on January 10, 2020 shows what Iran's civil aviation says is the black box of the Ukrainian airline flight that crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board. AFP PHOTO /
4 dead, 11 missing as flooding hits Turkey's Black Sea coast 23 Aug 2020 - 12:07 pm
A view of flood-hit area after heavy rain caused flood in Dereli district of Giresun, Turkey on August 23, 2020. Gültekin Yetgin - Anadolu
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo after blast: Report 23 Aug 2020 - 12:03 pm
A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Erdogan renews support for Palestinian cause 22 Aug 2020 - 04:01 pm
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq's Basra 22 Aug 2020 - 03:54 pm
Mourners sit next to the coffin of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, during her funeral in Basra, Iraq August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo
Three men killed in north Lebanon shooting, security sources say 22 Aug 2020 - 02:45 pm
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Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19 21 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past a fortified Blom Bank ATM machine, as Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2020. RE
Turkey in talks with Germany, China, Russia on vaccine trials 19 Aug 2020 - 09:46 pm
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Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus 19 Aug 2020 - 04:54 pm
A woman clad in mask due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks past a newspaper stall in Iran's capital Tehran on August 15, 2020. AFP
Lebanon reimposes lockdown amid COVID-19 spike: ministry 18 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
A Lebanese flag is pictured, in the aftermath of a massive explosion, in Beirut's damaged port area, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Lebanon Tribunal judges convict lead defendant in 2005 Hariri bombing 18 Aug 2020 - 02:48 pm
AFP / Piroschka VAN DE WOUW
Post blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity 17 Aug 2020 - 11:31 pm
A room in the Saint George hospital in Beirut's neighbourhood of Ashrafieh remains empty of patients on August 13, 2020, more than a week after a massive blast in the nearby port heavily damaged the building./ AFP / PATRICK BAZ
Jordan to isolate city near Syria after coronavirus spike 16 Aug 2020 - 11:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy drinks at a cafe which reopened to the public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Amman, Jordan June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed/File Photo
Historic downtown Cairo building collapse injures 5 15 Aug 2020 - 05:27 pm
A policeman stands by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on August 15, 2020. / AFP / Khaled DESOUKI
Lebanon lawmakers debate emergency imposed after blast 13 Aug 2020 - 11:44 am
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliamentary session at UNESCO Palace, after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Istanbul in uproar over restoration damage to iconic tower 12 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
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One week on, Beirut marks the minute hell broke loose 11 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm
A crowd cheers members of the Lebanese Civil Defence during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Beirut port explosion across from the capital's harbour, on August 11, 2020. / AFP / PATRICK BAZ

Asia

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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Europe

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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Africa

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
Peninsula Egyptian, Algerian Presidents discuss efforts to end war in Gaza strip, regional issues by phone
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
File photo of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopian PM launches pan-African media platform to reshape Africa's global image

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