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UN seeks to verify reports of gang-rape by Sudan militias 13 Jun 2019 - 10:49 pm
A man sells mangos on a street market in Omdurman, twin city of Khartoum, on June 13, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Syria Kurds hand over 5 Belgian orphans from IS families 13 Jun 2019 - 08:40 pm
Christine Morin poses at her home in Narbonne on June 5, 2019, with a photograph of her son Thomas who joined Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015 at the age of 30 and was killed in the coalition bombing of Barghouz early in 2019. Christine Morin is calling for t
Iran's Rouhani says security in the Gulf is highly important to Iran 13 Jun 2019 - 03:36 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gives a joint press conference with the Japanese Prime Minister at the Saadabad Palace in the capital Tehran on June 12, 2019. AFP / afp / stringer
Sudan protesters end strike, set to resume talks with army 12 Jun 2019 - 06:11 pm
Passengers wait for their shuttle at the main bus station in Khartoum, linking the Sudanese capital with various parts of the country, on June 12, 2019. AFP
Syrian refugees in Lebanon camp forced to destroy homes 12 Jun 2019 - 04:06 pm
Workers demolishing a concrete shelter at a refugee camp in the northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal, in the Bekaa valley. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Japan's Abe in Tehran mission to ease Iran-US tensions 12 Jun 2019 - 10:49 am
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) waves to well-wishers upon his departure at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on June 12, 2019. Abe left for a two-day visit to Iran. - Japan / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS
Sudanese opposition says it is suspending civil disobedience and strike- statement 11 Jun 2019 - 08:43 pm
A view of produce stalls and carts at a market in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. / AFP
Syria violence interrupts food distribution in some areas 11 Jun 2019 - 04:27 pm
Fighters with the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) hold a position near tyres set ablaze to create a smoke screen against air strikes by regime forces, in Syria's Hama province on June 6, 2019. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Iran frees Lebanese national convicted of spying for US 11 Jun 2019 - 03:58 pm
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In Syria's breadbasket, Kurds and regime battle for wheat 11 Jun 2019 - 02:52 pm
A picture taken on May 21, 2019, shows a combine harvester harvesting a wheat field in Syria's northeastern region of Hasakeh. AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN
Japan PM Abe to meet Iran's Khamenei, Rouhani this week 11 Jun 2019 - 09:17 am
FILE PHOTO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe greets Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (R) during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
4 killed on first day of Sudan 'civil disobedience': doctors 09 Jun 2019 - 06:07 pm
Sudanese security forces drive through the main road linking Omdurman with its twin city Khartoum on the first day of a civil disobedience campaign across Sudan on June 9, 2019. AFP
11 killed in Sudan's capital amid civil disobedience 09 Jun 2019 - 05:15 pm
A Sudanese woman walks past closed shops in a commercial street in Khartoum's twin city Omdurman on the first day of a civil disobedience campaign across Sudan on June 9, 2019. AFP
Syrian rebel town buries goalie who became "singer of the revolution" 09 Jun 2019 - 04:54 pm
Syrians waving rebel flags and portraits of Abdelbasset al-Sarout during the funeral of the late rebel fighter in al-Dana in Syria's jihadist-controlled Idlib region, near the border with Turkey. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Sudan's protesters launch general strike after crackdown 09 Jun 2019 - 02:21 pm
Sudanese soldiers stand guard a street in Khartoum on June 9, 2019. Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters taking part in the first day of a civil disobedience campaign, called in the wake of a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. AFP
Iran considers request for release of Lebanese prisoner 09 Jun 2019 - 02:02 pm
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Iran urges Europe to normalise economic ties with it or face consequences 09 Jun 2019 - 09:19 am
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Sudan protest group calls nationwide 'civil disobedience' 08 Jun 2019 - 07:44 pm
Sudanese protesters burn tyres and set up barricades on roads to army headquarters after the intervention of Sudanese army, during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan on June 3, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu

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This handout photo provided by the Slovak Police via its Facebook site on October 13, 2025 shows a damaged train at the accident site of two collided passenger trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou close to Kosice, Slovakia. Photo by Handout / Slovak Police via FB / AFP Passengers injured as Slovakia trains collide
(L-R) John Hassler, Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and Kerstin Enflo, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel sit in front of a screen displaying the portraits of the 2025 prize winners. (Photo by Anders Wiklund / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) Trio wins economics Nobel for work on economic growth
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Paul Biya, President of Cameroon and presidential candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), watches as Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya casts her ballot at a polling station in Yaounde on October 12, 2025 during Cameroon's presidential election. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP) Cameroon's 92-year-old president poised for eighth term; counting begins as polls close
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