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British Council staffer sentenced to 10 years for 'spying': Iran 13 May 2019 - 09:15 pm
A London-based British Council employee, Aras Amiri, (centre) was arrested in Iran in 2018 during a trip to visit relatives. It was not immediately clear if she was the person whose sentencing was announced on Monday.
Syrian troops capture 2 villages in last rebel stronghold 13 May 2019 - 02:47 pm
Syrian army forces enter the town of Kafr Nabuda, about 40 kilometres north of Hama, on May 11, 2019. / AFP / George OURFALIAN
Sudanese renew talks with army, call for new protests 13 May 2019 - 02:26 pm
Sudanese protesters wearing yellow and orange gilets and waving a national flag stand on a closed railway track leading to the protest site in central Khartoum on May 12, 2019. AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
Iran says it has sentenced Iranian woman to 10 years for spying for UK 13 May 2019 - 12:19 pm
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Retired Lebanese soldiers picket central bank over cuts 12 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
Retired soldiers gesture as they take part in a protest over proposed cuts to the cost of military pensions and benefits in front of the central bank in Beirut, Lebanon May 12, 2019. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Migrant women, children denied shelter in Libya's battleground 12 May 2019 - 08:21 pm
Women carry banners during a funeral ceremony for those died in attacks by Khalifa Haftar forces at the Abu Salim neighborhood's Martyrs Square, Tripoli, Libya, April 17, 2019. Hazem Turkia/ Anadolu Agency
147 illegal immigrants rescued off the coast of Libya 12 May 2019 - 03:51 pm
Migrants, who were rescued after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Coast after they had left Libya, are seen inside a local Red Cresent chapter in Zarzis, Tunisia May 11, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubei Souissi
Egypt sentences two to death over church attack 12 May 2019 - 03:43 pm
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New talks on Sudan civil rule Monday: protest movement 12 May 2019 - 03:32 pm
Sudanese protesters wave national flags at the sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on May 9, 2019. / AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
Syria says insurgent shelling kills 6 civilians in northwest 12 May 2019 - 03:13 pm
A member of the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) inspect the rubble following shelling by Syrian regime forces and their allies on a the village of Maarit Sin in the countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province on May 11, 2019. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Iran says US aircraft carrier 'psychological war' 12 May 2019 - 02:45 pm
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt, May 9, 2019. Picture was taken May 9, 2019. Dan Snow/U.S. Navy
Money, guns and brides fuel South Sudan's cattle wars 12 May 2019 - 12:38 pm
A man carrying a gun walks past cattle at Kirgui village in Udier, on March 9, 2019. AFP/Simon Maina
Moderate quake jolts Iran's west 11 May 2019 - 03:52 pm
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Sudan military calls for new talks: protest movement 11 May 2019 - 03:10 pm
Spokesman of Sudan's Transitional Military Council Lieutenant General Shamseddine Kabbashi speaks during a press conference in Khartoum on May 7, 2019. AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Australian-Lebanese ordered released in Sydney bomb plot 11 May 2019 - 02:56 pm
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Conflicts uproot a record 41 mln in their own countries 10 May 2019 - 10:58 pm
Internally displaced Syrians wait near the Bab al-Salam crossing, opposite the Turkey's Kilis province, on the outskirts of the northern Syrian border town of Azaz in this Reuters file photo
Three migrants drown off Tunisian coast, dozens missing 10 May 2019 - 08:28 pm
Migrants are seen onboard a Libyan Coast Guard vessel following a rescue operation in central Mediterranean Sea, January 31, 2018. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Lebanon students get classes in surviving war and disasters 10 May 2019 - 12:09 am
Volunteers conduct a first-aid check on a student during a safety drill at ATakmiliyat Al Kobba 2nd School in Tripoli, Lebanon, March 28, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Heba Kenso

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File photo for representational purposes only. Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths
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File photo. Representational. Pakistan to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign in 159 districts

Europe

File photo / Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision over Gaza ceasefire
Representational file photo. Lithuania sees highest power prices in over six months
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

Africa

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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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