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Sudan protesters want civilian as head of new ruling body 19 May 2019 - 12:58 pm
Sudanese protesters gather near the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on May 17, 2019, during an ongoing sit-in demanding a civilian-led government transition. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
Algeria riot police step aside in face of protesters 18 May 2019 - 07:37 pm
 Algerian protesters gather during an anti-government demonstration outside La Grande Poste (main post office) in the centre of the capital Algiers on May 17, 2019. (AFP / RYAD KRAMDI)
Return of Iraq-Syria flights postponed: Damascus 18 May 2019 - 04:29 pm
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Sudan army rulers say talks with protesters to resume Sunday 18 May 2019 - 04:26 pm
Sudanese protesters wave a national flag near the military headquarters in the capital Khartoum on May 17, 2019, during an ongoing sit-in demanding a civilian-led government transition. AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Iran FM Zarif discounts prospect of war with US 18 May 2019 - 03:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tokyo, Japan, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Practical steps needed to save Iran nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Zarif 17 May 2019 - 10:57 am
File photo of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Iran's Zarif says 'no possibility' of talks with US: Kyodo 16 May 2019 - 03:28 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, walks to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
Sudan protesters vow to press on after talks suspended 16 May 2019 - 02:24 pm
Sudanese protesters are gathered during a sit-in outside military headquarters after clashing with security forces in Khartoum on May 15, 2019.  AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
Doctors unveil first child blast wound manual 16 May 2019 - 11:01 am
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Eurovision Village partying upsets nearby mosque worshippers in Ramadan 15 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Participant Michael Rice of the United Kingdom performs during a dress rehearsal ahead of the second semi-final of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2019. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
German army suspends training of Iraqi forces 15 May 2019 - 03:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: German military experts work on an army vehicle at a workshop for Peshmerga forces in Erbil. AFP / SAFIN HAMED
More than one million people in Gaza may not have enough food by June: UNRWA 14 May 2019 - 06:07 pm
:A Palestinian man with his child on May 13, 2019 in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Khan Yunis. (AFP / MOHAMMED ABED)
New York Times report gives look into Assad's torture prisons 13 May 2019 - 11:45 pm
Many of these cases took place at Saydnaya Prison, which is known in Syria as the place where prisoners were sent in mass to face executions.
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