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Fire erupts at Cairo’s main train station 27 Feb 2019 - 03:45 pm
Fire fighters and onlookers gather at the scene of a fiery train crash at the Egyptian capital Cairo's main railway station on February 27, 2019.  AFP / STRINGER
Some 40,000 civilians have left last Islamic State bastion 27 Feb 2019 - 03:19 pm
A fighter with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard as people queue at a scanning area for those who are evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz, during an operation to expel IS jihadists from the ar
Fiery crash 'kills 20' at Cairo train station 27 Feb 2019 - 02:54 pm
Fire fighters and onlookers gather at the scene of a fiery train crash at the Egyptian capital Cairo's main railway station on February 27, 2019.  AFP / Ahmad Hassan
Fire at Cairo's main train station causes deaths, injuries -source, media 27 Feb 2019 - 11:30 am
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Iran's president rejects resignation of his foreign minister 27 Feb 2019 - 10:18 am
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif delivers his statement, during the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 28, 2018. Salvatore Di Nolfi/Pool via REUTER
Algeria students demonstrate against 5th term for Bouteflika 26 Feb 2019 - 09:13 pm
Algerian students take part in a protest against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term at Place d'Armes in the city of Oran on February 26, 2019.   AFP / STRINGER
Regime shelling kills 4 civilians in Syria's Idlib 26 Feb 2019 - 04:18 pm
The wreckage of buildings are seen after Assad Regime forces' shelling attacks at Khan Shaykun town on February 24, 2019 in Idlib, Syria. Enes Diyab - Anadolu
Iran infighting "deadly poison" for foreign policy: Zarif 26 Feb 2019 - 10:28 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2019, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran foreign minister Zarif announces resignation on Instagram 26 Feb 2019 - 12:06 am
Mohammad Javad Zarif
New Istanbul airport to become fully operational on April 7 -Hurriyet 25 Feb 2019 - 09:12 pm
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Syria's Assad meets Khamenei in first Iran visit since war began 25 Feb 2019 - 08:16 pm
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Iraq to try IS detainees, including 13 French nationals 25 Feb 2019 - 07:07 pm
French-Tunisian Umm Yussef, 21, speaks to AFP during an interview, as she walks towards the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the IS group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on February 22, 2019.  AFP
US-backed Syria force resumes evacuations from last Islamic State redoubt 25 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm
Men suspected of being Islamic State (IS) fighters wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the IS group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on February 22, 2019. / AFP /
Algerian PM to protesters: 'Let ballot box decide' 25 Feb 2019 - 04:57 pm
A protester holds up the Algerian flag during a rally against the Algerian president's bid for a fifth term in office on February 24, 2019 at the Place de la Republique in Paris.  AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
Britain to ban Lebanon's Hezbollah, class it as terrorism organisation 25 Feb 2019 - 02:15 pm
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EU sees first Arab summit as response to Russia, China 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah during the first joint European Union and Arab League summit at the International Congress Centre in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on February 24
Canadian citizen detained in Egypt, his family says 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
Yasser Ahmed Albaz, left, pictured with his wife, Safaa Elashmawy. He was taken from the Cairo airport and is in Egyptian custody. (Amal Ahmed Albaz/Suppled to cbc.ca)
Exodus from last IS enclave overwhelms Syria force 24 Feb 2019 - 05:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) drink tea in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 18, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said