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Syrian war, rumbling into 10th year, still has global impact 15 Mar 2020 - 10:11 am
This picture taken on March 12, 2020 shows an aerial view of the town of Afis, which has sustained widespread destruction due to heavy fighting and air-strikes by pro-Syrian regime forces, in the northwestern Idlib province. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
Iraq officials: Rocket attack hits base housing US troops 14 Mar 2020 - 11:10 am
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Turkey Confirms Second Coronavirus Case, Shuts Schools 13 Mar 2020 - 11:22 am
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MARCH 12: A member of health official, wearing a protective suit, disinfects Taksim Square and Istiklal Street as a precaution to Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Istanbul, Turkey on March 12, 2020. ( Ahmet Bolat - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey confirms first coronavirus case, puts hospitals on alert 11 Mar 2020 - 11:48 am
ANKARA, TURKEY - MARCH 11: Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca speaks during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey on March 11, 2020. Turkish minister says first case of coronavirus confirmed in the country. ( Aytu? Can Sencar - Anadolu Agency )
Iran Air resumes Europe flights after ban lifts on some aircraft 10 Mar 2020 - 09:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani disembarks from a plane upon his arrival at the airport in Zurich, Switzerland, July 2, 2018. Reuters / Arnd Wiegmann
Iran should "release all prisoners" amid coronavirus: UN 10 Mar 2020 - 06:07 pm
A member of Iranian Border Guards wears a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the new coronavirus, inside the Shalamcha Border Crossing, after Iraq shut a border crossing to travellers between Iraq and Iran, Iraq March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al
Lebanon records first novel coronavirus death: health ministry 10 Mar 2020 - 01:32 pm
Sanitary workers disinfect the entrance of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut on March 10, 2020, amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Blockaded Gaza free of coronavirus, but stepping up precautions 09 Mar 2020 - 11:44 pm
A Palestinian worker wearing a mask sanitizes the hands of a customer amid coronavirus precautions, in a supermarket in Gaza City March 8, 2020. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
Palestine confirms 5 more coronavirus cases 09 Mar 2020 - 09:14 pm
Palestinian staff stand at the emergency entrance of Beit Jala Hospital on March 9, 2020, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem which is under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus epidemic. AFP / Musa Al Shaer
Egypt steps up coronavirus checks after outbreak in Luxor 09 Mar 2020 - 06:34 pm
A tourist wearing a protective face mask checks her phone while on a visit to Luxor Temple in Egypt's southern city of Luxor on March 9, 2020. AFP
Erdogan says will go to Belgium Monday for talks with EU 08 Mar 2020 - 04:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
Coronavirus deaths rise to 145 in Iran, infections near 6,000 07 Mar 2020 - 06:19 pm
Fire fighter teams with protective suits disinfect the Tajrish Bazaar as a precaution to the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Tehran, Iran on March 06, 2020. Fatemeh Bahrami - Anadolu
Egypt says cruise ship quarantined over new virus cluster 07 Mar 2020 - 06:15 pm
People look at a man wearing a protective mask as a means of prevention against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Al Rahman mosque, after Friday prayers, in the southern suburb of Maadi, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Amr
Iranian lawmaker dies of novel coronavirus 07 Mar 2020 - 12:42 pm
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Hungary suspends issuing visas to Iranians over coronavirus fears 06 Mar 2020 - 11:55 pm
Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (C) arrives at the Informal meeting of EU Foreign Affairs ministers (Gymnich) at Luznica Castle near Zagreb on March 5, 2020. / AFP / Damir Sencar
Adviser to Iran's foreign minister dies of coronavirus 06 Mar 2020 - 12:31 pm
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Palestine confirms 7 coronavirus cases in Bethlehem 05 Mar 2020 - 10:22 pm
Palestinian citizens wear masks to protect themselves from coronavirus (COVID-19) at public places in Bethlehem, West Bank on March 05, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun / Anadolu Agency)
Unions criticise Norwegian fund over UN settlement blacklist 05 Mar 2020 - 10:22 pm
Palestinian industrial workers pack freshly-wrapped wafer biscuits into boxes at a factory in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 17, 2019. AFP / Abbas Momani

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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Books of Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, are on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) Hungary's 'master of the apocalypse' Krasznahorkai wins Literature Nobel
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File photo of flooding in Spain in 2024 Eastern Spain placed on red alert for heavy rains
A photographer takes photos of Books of Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, on display at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP) Laszlo Krasznahorkai: Hungarian 'master of apocalypse'

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
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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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