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Ukraine insists Iran hand over downed jet's black boxes 20 Jan 2020 - 03:35 pm
Relatives and colleagues attend a tribute ceremony and react in front of the flag-draped coffins of the 11 Ukrainians who died in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran during a spike in tensions with Washington, which arrived in Boryapil airport, outside K
Lebanese president, security chiefs meet after Beirut riots 20 Jan 2020 - 03:22 pm
Lebanese protesters take cover as riot police spray them with water from behind a barricaded road leading to parliament in central Beirut amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations. Lebanese anti-riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannons at sto
Iran says it will quit global nuclear treaty if case goes to U.N. 20 Jan 2020 - 03:10 pm
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
Iraqi officials: At least 13 wounded in violence in Baghdad 20 Jan 2020 - 02:13 pm
A view of clashes between Iraqi security forces (unseen) and anti-government protesters (foreground) as tuktuks (motorised rickshaws) are present on the scene to transport the injured, at Tayaran Square, east of Tahrir Square in the centre of the capital
Iran says Zarif skips Davos over programme change 20 Jan 2020 - 12:24 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a gathering at the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) in Mumbai on January 17, 2020. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is on a three-day visit to India. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE
Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire 19 Jan 2020 - 10:15 pm
A protest with Stop war in Libya banner in front of the Reichstag building during the Peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 19, 2020. AFP / John MacDougall
Nearly 450 wounded in two days of clashes in Lebanon's capital 19 Jan 2020 - 09:33 pm
A demonstrator is carried on a stretcher during a protest against a ruling elite accused of steering Lebanon towards economic crisis in Beirut, Lebanon January 19, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Beirut braces for more violence, after night of riots 19 Jan 2020 - 05:30 pm
An anti-government protester climbs the police barricades during clashes with security forces in the central downtown district of the Lebanese capital Beirut near the parliament headquarters on January 18, 2020. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Iran seeks to examine downed plane's black boxes itself - report 19 Jan 2020 - 02:31 pm
File photo: The crate containing purportedly the two black boxes recovered from the crashed Ukrainian airliner, Boeing 737-800, is seen in this still image taken from a video, in Tehran, Iran January 10, 2020. IRIB VIA WANA/Handout via Reuters
Israel starts to install sensors along Lebanon border 19 Jan 2020 - 11:54 am
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UN warns against stopping oil production in Libya 19 Jan 2020 - 08:38 am
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Dozens wounded as Lebanon protesters clash with police 18 Jan 2020 - 08:45 pm
Anti-government protesters use a window as a makeshift shield as they confront security forces from behind a barbed-wire and metal fence barrier during clashes in the central downtown district of the Lebanese capital Beirut near the parliament headquarter
Lebanon protesters lob traffic signs, branches at police 18 Jan 2020 - 06:34 pm
Lebanese security forces take cover behind riot shields during clashes with anti-government protesters in the central downtown district of the Lebanese capital near the parliament headquarters on January 18, 2020. / AFP / Anwar AMRO
Iran to send flight recorders from downed jet to Ukraine 18 Jan 2020 - 06:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: General view of the debris of the Ukraine International Airlines, flight PS752, Boeing 737-800 plane that crashed after take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020 is seen in this screen grab ob
Lebanese block roads as protests enter fourth month 18 Jan 2020 - 05:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Protesters smash the window of a bank as demonstrations against the government continue in Beirut, Lebanon January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Black boxes of shot-down Ukrainian airliner will be sent to Ukraine: Iranian news agency 18 Jan 2020 - 04:26 pm
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Russia strike kill five civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 18 Jan 2020 - 03:45 pm
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, dig through the rubble of a building, hit by airstrikes, in the town of Baleh, in the western countryside of the northern province of Aleppo on January 18, 2020. / AFP / Aaref WATAD
Canada says black boxes from Iran crash should be sent to France 17 Jan 2020 - 10:26 pm
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference January 17, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. AFP / Dave Chan

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