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Egypt sets date for referendum on extending Sisi's rule 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
A man gestures as he rides a motorized vehicle showing a poster of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Libyan official says shelling killed 6 civilians in Tripoli 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
Women carry banners during a funeral ceremony for those, who died in rocket attacks by East Libya-based forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar at the Abu Salim neighborhood, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya on April 17, 2019. (Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Age
Sudan secret police testify in Italy trafficker trial 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
Medhany Tesfamariam Berhe (left) says he was mistaken for Medhanie Yehdego Mered (right) (EPA)
Sudanese pressure military as mystery gunmen menace sit-in 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
Sudanese demonstrators make victory signs and take selfies during a protest in front of the Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Sudan: four months of anti-regime protests 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. AFP/Ashraf Shazly
Toppled Bashir moved from residence to Sudan's Kobar prison: Relatives 17 Apr 2019 - 04:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir addresses a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdalla
Syrian fuel queues grow, report cites Iranian credit freeze 17 Apr 2019 - 02:46 pm
Drivers queue for gasoline in front of a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 16, 2019. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Algerian military considering all options to end crisis 16 Apr 2019 - 08:53 pm
Students write their demands as they stage a demonstration demanding the departure of all government officials affiliated with former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria on April 16, 2019. (Farouk Batiche/Anadolu Agency)
Sudan military ruler sacks prosecutor general: statement 16 Apr 2019 - 05:33 pm
General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
UN says fighting over Libya's capital has displaced 18,000 16 Apr 2019 - 04:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Libyan displaced child, who fled her house because of the fighting between the Eastern forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar and the internationally recognised government, is seen at Bader School, which is used as a shelter, in Tripoli, Libya A
Flowers bloom in war-torn Syria's battered cities 16 Apr 2019 - 02:20 pm
A view of damaged buildings and Aleppo's ancient citadel in the background, in the old city, Syria April 9, 2019. Picture taken April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Libya offensive stalls, but Haftar digs in given foreign sympathies 15 Apr 2019 - 09:24 pm
A fighter loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) waves from a crater reportedly caused by an air strike west of the city of Aziziah, some 60 kilometres southwest of the capital Tripoli, on April 14, 2019. AFP / Mahmud Turkia
Turkey says buying Russian defense system should not trigger US sanctions 15 Apr 2019 - 07:58 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar at Presidential Complex in Ankara, on April 11, 2019. (Turkish Presidency/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Anadolu Agency )
African Union urges civilian rule in Sudan 15 Apr 2019 - 06:21 pm
Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans in front of security forces during a protest in Khartoum, Sudan April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
US terror label for Iran Revolutionary Guard takes effect 15 Apr 2019 - 06:07 pm
Iranian MPs wearing the outfits of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) during a parliamentary session at the Islamic Consultative Assembly in Tehran on April 9 2019. AFP
UN says 146 killed in recent fighting over Libya's capital 15 Apr 2019 - 05:28 pm
The inside of a house damaged by shelling during the fighting between the eastern forces and internationally recognized government is pictured in Abu Salim in Tripoli, Libya April 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hani Amara
Sudan rulers order army command restructure 15 Apr 2019 - 02:14 pm
A grab from a broadcast on Sudan TV on April 13, 2019 shows Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman, new chief of Sudan's ruling military council, in the capital Khartoum.
Sudan leaders face pressure for transfer to civilian rule 15 Apr 2019 - 11:47 am
A grab from a broadcast on Sudan TV on April 13, 2019 shows Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdulrahman, new chief of Sudan's ruling military council, in the capital Khartoum. AFP PHOTO / HO / SUDAN TV

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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

Peninsula UN condemns repeated targeting of civilians in El Fasher, Sudan
Peninsula Earthquake kills 1, displaces over 43,400 in NE Ethiopia
Peninsula Sudan army claims over 100 paramilitary fighters eliminated in West Sudan
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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