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Star footballer turned rebel icon dies in Syria fighting 08 Jun 2019 - 05:47 pm
The late Syrian rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout (L) singing during a rally to commemorate the beginning of the Syrian revoltion, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the jihadist-held Idlib province. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
German FM in Iraq for talks on Mideast tensions 08 Jun 2019 - 04:30 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas sits in the C-160 Transall military plane at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Sabine Seibold
Syria flare-up kills over 100 fighters: monitor 07 Jun 2019 - 08:16 pm
People gather around the wreckage of shops after a terror attack with a bomb-laden vehicle carried out in Azez district of Aleppo, Syria on June 02, 2019. According to reports at least 14 civilians were killed after the attack. (Saher el Hacci/Anadolu Age
Iran rejects French call for wider talks beyond nuclear deal 07 Jun 2019 - 08:15 pm
Algeria and Sudan: new chapters of Arab revolt 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
People carry national flags during a protest to demand the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina
Sudanese vow to keep up protests after crackdown 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
A Sudanese protester holds a national flag as he stands on a barricade along a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 5, 2019. Reuters
Khartoum residents in 'state of terror' after bloody crackdown 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
Sudanese drivers wait to fill their tuk-tuk at a petrol station amid a fuel shortage in the capital Khartoum on June 6, 2019. AFP
Planned Lebanon demolitions put 15,000 Syrian children at risk of homelessness - NGOs 04 Jun 2019 - 05:23 pm
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Iran to free Lebanese jailed for US spying: Beirut 04 Jun 2019 - 05:15 pm
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Baghdad Green Zone set to open around the clock 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
An Iraqi worker checks a chimney stack outlets at the brick factory in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 3, 2019. Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani
'Calm before the storm' on Tripoli's front lines 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) prepares the Iftar meal for fellow fighters before breaking their fast at the front lines on MAY 31, 2019, in the suburb of Al-Swani, 25 kilometres south of Tripo
Sudan troops move to crush pro-democracy camp, killing 30 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Sudanese protesters erect a barricade on a street and demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. Reuters
Hundreds quit crowded camp in northeast Syria 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Fightres from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) check the identities of displaced people before allowing them to board a bus waiting outside the Al-Hol camp in Al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on June 3, 2019, as Kurdish authorities started
'Turkey continues to be hope for all mankind' 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets people as he attends a program on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr in Esenler district of Istanbul, Turkey on May 31, 2019 Turkish Presidency / Kayhan Ozer
Syrian troops take village deep within last rebel stronghold 03 Jun 2019 - 04:14 pm
Smoke plumes following reported airstrikes on the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province on June 3, 2019. / AFP / Anas AL-DYAB
Sudan troops clear protest camp in assault, killing 13 03 Jun 2019 - 03:50 pm
Sudanese protesters use burning tyres to erect a barricade on a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
EU calls for democratic transition in Sudan 03 Jun 2019 - 03:17 pm
A Sudanese protester flashes the V sign for victory outside Khartoum's army headquarters on June 3, 2019. AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
Sudan protest leaders say they cut contact with military 03 Jun 2019 - 01:01 pm
A disabled man walks past a barricade erected by Sudanese protesters along a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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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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