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Fire flares at Iranian power plant, latest in series of incidents 04 Jul 2020 - 05:01 pm
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Iran imposes new curbs as coronavirus toll rises 04 Jul 2020 - 03:53 pm
Iranians wearing protective masks walk along a street near the artificial Chitgar lake in the capital Tehran, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis on July 3, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Seven injured in car bombing at Mogadishu port 04 Jul 2020 - 03:43 pm
Construction equipment is seen at site after an attack to the tax collection building carried out with a bomb-laden vehicle in Mogadishu, Somalia on July 4, 2020. ( Sadak Mohamed - Anadolu Agency )
Blasts at Turkish fireworks factory kill two, wound 73 03 Jul 2020 - 03:50 pm
An aerial view of the firework factory following a blast is seen from a helicopter of Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, in Hendek in Sakarya province, Turkey, July 3, 2020. Turkish Interior Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Iran says Natanz nuclear facility not damaged after "incident" 02 Jul 2020 - 11:13 am
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Blast reported at clinic in busy district of Iran’s capital 30 Jun 2020 - 10:40 pm
An image grab from footage obtained from Iranian State TV IRIB on June 26, 2020, shows an orange light, resulting from what the country's defence ministry said, the explosion of a gas tank in the Iranian capital Tehran./ AFP / IRIB TV /
Leaders of Russia, Turkey, Iran to discuss Syria on Wednesday: Kremlin 30 Jun 2020 - 12:16 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP / Sputnik / Alexey NIKOLSKY
Iran records highest daily death toll from COVID-19 29 Jun 2020 - 11:20 pm
Pedestrians, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, walk past shops in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 28, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
U.S. envoy in Lebanon says "page turned" after interview ban 29 Jun 2020 - 05:15 pm
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea speaks during a news conference after meeting with Lebanon's Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over killing of top general: Fars news 29 Jun 2020 - 03:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Flowers lie around a portrait of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an airstrike near Baghdad, at the Iranian embassy's fence in Minsk, Belarus January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo
Turkey imposes curfew for university entrance exams 28 Jun 2020 - 09:51 am
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UN warns of 'unprecedented hunger crisis' in Syria 27 Jun 2020 - 12:38 pm
7-month-old Syrian baby Wardah carries the risk of losing her life due to an undiagnosed illness is seen on the hands of her father in a tend at Atmeh refugee camp in Idlib, Syria on June 21, 2020. Muhammed Said - Anadolu
Iraq registers 2,200 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily toll 24 Jun 2020 - 06:23 pm
A costumer, wearing a protective mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has her temperature checked before entering a supermarket in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 23, 2020. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iran's coronavirus death toll continues to resurge, nears 10,000 24 Jun 2020 - 03:27 pm
Passengers, wearing face shields due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, sit inside a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 22, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran says it's ready for talks if US apologises over nuclear pact 24 Jun 2020 - 11:01 am
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a programme held within to encourage and increase domestic production, in Tehran, Iran on June 23, 2020. (Presidency of Iran / Handout - Anadolu Agency)
Sudanese jobless in Lebanon risk life on Israel border 23 Jun 2020 - 10:10 am
Israel's northern border with Lebanon is heavily fortified and intensively patrolled but still dozens of impoverished Sudanese risk their lives trying to cross in search of work JACK GUEZ AFP/File
US to lift Sudan sanctions after gov't election: Source 21 Jun 2020 - 05:23 pm
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Erdogan says Turkey has lost some ground in coronavirus fight 20 Jun 2020 - 02:38 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during opening ceremony of the 3rd runway of Istanbul Airport, the state guest house and the mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on June 14, 2020. ( Serhat Ça?da? - Anadolu

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
Peninsula Sri Lanka battles wild jumbos to save white-elephant airport
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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