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Coronavirus heightens Iran's isolation, tests South Korea and Italy 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
A man wears a respiratory mask after deaths and new confirmed cases revealed from the coronavirus in Qom, Iran on February 25, 2020. (Anadolu Agency)
17 suspected coronavirus cases onboard Turkish Airlines flight from Tehran 25 Feb 2020 - 06:18 pm
:An ambulance drives past by a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane from Tehran after landing at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
Netanyahu revives settlement plan opponents say cuts off East Jerusalem 25 Feb 2020 - 05:22 pm
A picture taken from the E1 corridor, a super-sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, shows Israeli settlement of Maale Adumin in the background on February 25, 2020. AFP / Menahem Kahana
Iranian lawmaker tests positive for coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 04:44 pm
An Iranian man wears protective mask to prevent contracting coronavirus, as he walks in the street in Tehran, Iran February 25, 2020.
Iran deputy health minister has coronavirus: adviser 25 Feb 2020 - 03:16 pm
An image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on February 24, 2020, shows Iran's deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi speaking during a press conference in Tehran.
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak dies aged 91 25 Feb 2020 - 03:10 pm
(Files) A file photo taken on November 24, 1982 shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is pictured in Cairo. AFP / PHILIPPE BOUCHON
Iraq bans entry of travellers from seven countries 25 Feb 2020 - 11:08 am
A member of medical staff is seen at a quarantine room of a hospital, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Iraq confirms first novel coronavirus case 24 Feb 2020 - 04:35 pm
A view outside the quarantine zone at the hospital in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Najaf where the first case of coronavirus COVID-19 documented in Iraq is being treated. AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
Turkish Airlines cancels flights to four Iranian cities 24 Feb 2020 - 03:27 pm
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Iran denies virus coverup and claim of 50 deaths 24 Feb 2020 - 02:03 pm
A woman wears a protective mask while walking along the side of a street in the Iranian capital Tehran on February 24, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Libyan premier denounces Haftar as "war criminal" at UN 24 Feb 2020 - 01:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of the U.N.-backed Libyan government, Fayez al-Sarraj, leaves after talks with Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the Auberge de Castille in Valletta, Malta May 27, 2019. Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Coronavirus hits israel, raising concern about election impact 23 Feb 2020 - 07:32 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a tent during his visit to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, for discussion on the coronavirus, February 19, 2020. Heidi Levine/Poolvia Reuters
Iran's 'cup of poison'? Hardline win may point to eventual US talks 23 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
Some insiders said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have to drink
Seven dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area 23 Feb 2020 - 11:38 am
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Iran accuses foreign media of using virus to 'discourage' voters 23 Feb 2020 - 10:38 am
Iranian election officials wear masks as they wait for voters during parliamentary elections at the Shah Abdul Azim shrine on the southern outskirts of Tehran on February 21, 2020./ AFP / ATTA KENARE
Turkish soldier killed by regime fire in Syria's Idlib: ministry 22 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
Residents watch as a Turkish military convoy that crossed from the border with Syria passes through the Syrian rebel-held town of Hazano in Idlib's northern countryside, on February 22, 2020. / AFP / AAREF WATAD
Iran closes schools in two cities over coronavirus: state TV 22 Feb 2020 - 05:19 pm
A young Iranian man wearing a protective mask, walks in a busy street in the capital Tehran on February 22, 2020. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Turkish, Russian defense ministers discuss Idlib, Syria 22 Feb 2020 - 05:12 pm
An aerial view taken on February 22, 2020 shows a Turkish military convoy that crossed into the Syrian territory via the Kafr Lusin border, passing near Syria's northwestern city of Idlib and heading toward the south of the Idlib province. / AFP / Omar HA

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

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
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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