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Ennahda backs Saied in Tunisia's presidential run-off 19 Sep 2019 - 11:40 pm
Kais Saied gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Tunis on September 17, 2019, following the announcement of official results in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election. AFP / Anis Mili
In Israel, calls for unity reveal deep divisions after vote 19 Sep 2019 - 08:45 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony for late Israeli president Shimon Peres, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on September 19, 2019. AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen
Weakened Netanyahu's offer for unity government rebuffed by rival Gantz 19 Sep 2019 - 08:40 pm
Benny Gantz looks on during a press conference in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on September 19, 2019. AFP / Jack Guez
The anti-Netanyahu? Ex-general Gantz poised for top office 19 Sep 2019 - 03:23 pm
Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, speaks to supporters at his election campaign event, in Kfar Ahim, Israel, September 16, 2019. Reuters/Amir Cohen
Netanyahu, Gantz in standoff over Israeli unity government 19 Sep 2019 - 03:19 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Benny Gantz speak during the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem July 18, 2013. Reuters/Baz Ratner
In new Sudan, women want more freedom, bigger political role 19 Sep 2019 - 10:11 am
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Lebanon PM closes TV channel run by his family over funding 18 Sep 2019 - 05:33 pm
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Israel votes on Netanyahu's political survival 17 Sep 2019 - 09:50 am
File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
Robot man, tv mogul gain from Tunisia’s rage against the system 16 Sep 2019 - 06:03 pm
Presidential candidate Kais Saied kisses a Tunisian flag after unofficial results during the Tunisian presidential election in Tunis, September 15, 2019. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi
Iran seizes vessel in Gulf for allegedly smuggling diesel fuel - ISNA 16 Sep 2019 - 02:48 pm
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East Libyan forces carry out air strikes on city of Sirte 16 Sep 2019 - 02:12 pm
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Egypt's el-Sissi dismisses corruption allegations 15 Sep 2019 - 07:26 pm
El-Sissi, who became president in 2014, said the military has overseen road projects costing 175 billion pounds, or just over $1 billion, and that his government has carried out projects worth more than $245 billion. He said he would inaugurate 14 new cit
Israel approves new settlement 2 days before polls 15 Sep 2019 - 04:19 pm
A new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers and evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona in West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Teen Egyptian girl's case puts legal system under spotlight 14 Sep 2019 - 04:20 pm
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Syria govt offers way out of rebel area; no one shows up 14 Sep 2019 - 03:10 pm
Syrian onlookers gather at the scene of a reported Russian airstrike in the village of al-Daher in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on September 11, 2019. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
'Humanitarian corridor' out of rebel-held Idlib goes unused 14 Sep 2019 - 02:17 pm
Turkish military armoured vehicles, heavy duty machines and personnel carrier are deployed to the observations point in Idlib, de-escalation zone, Syria on September 12, 2019. ?brahim Hatip - Anadolu
Roadside blast kills 5 in Somalia 14 Sep 2019 - 01:15 pm
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Turkish Cypriot official: Fire sets off blasts at army depot 12 Sep 2019 - 08:13 am
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Asia

This handout photo taken and released on October 12, 2025 by the Philippine Coast Guard shows a China Coast Guard ship (R) deploying water cannon as a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries vessel (L) is seen alongside during an incident near Thitu island in disputed waters of the South China Sea. Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP China, Philippines trade blame over boat collision in disputed sea
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A Gravity-1 carrier rocket carrying a wide-field satellite and two experimental satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua) China successfully rockets Gravity-1 into space with 3 satellites aboard
Peninsula Despite Gaza ceasefire, unrelenting chapters of anguish, tragedy persist

Europe

French General Director of RSF Thibault Bruttin addresses the audience during a ceremony next to the 2024-2025 memorial paying tribute to the 73 journalists killed around the world while doing their job during the past year, as part of the 2025 edition of the “Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie of the war correspondants”, in Bayeux, northwestern France, on October 9, 2025. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP) Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine dominate at France war reporting awards
France's Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu speaks to journalists on October 11, 2025. (Photo by Martin Lelievre / Pool / AFP) Reappointed French PM scrambles to form government
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Africa

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File photo for representational purposes only. Over 60 civilians killed in RSF drone strikes in W. Sudan: volunteer group
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Members of a Madagascar army contingent talk to the media in a road near their camp near Antananarivo on October 11, 2025. (Photo by RIJASOLO / AFP) Madagascar soldiers join protestors

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