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Israel hits Hamas sites after balloons with 'explosive device' 03 Mar 2019 - 11:15 am
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Algeria looks for Bouteflika's response to huge protests 02 Mar 2019 - 07:30 pm
Algerians shout slogans and march with banners as they protest during a rally against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in power, in the northern coastal city of Oran, about 410 kilometres west of the capital Algiers, on March 1
Everton must develop on-pitch leaders: Moyes 02 Mar 2019 - 04:16 pm
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Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle 02 Mar 2019 - 03:57 pm
A fighter from Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a baby near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Iran condemns Britain for listing ally Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group 02 Mar 2019 - 01:37 pm
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Algerian protest, stampede leaves at least one dead in capital: source 02 Mar 2019 - 12:27 am
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12 Palestinians hurt in border clashes with Israel: Gaza ministry 01 Mar 2019 - 10:34 pm
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Battered by scandal, Netanyahu still poised for re-election 01 Mar 2019 - 10:05 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav the fifth submarine in the fleet after it arrived in the Haifa port, January 12, 2016. Reuters/Baz Ratner
At least 10 killed in Somalia gunbattle: security officer 01 Mar 2019 - 12:26 pm
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Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home 28 Feb 2019 - 04:17 pm
Syrian refugee Safaa Al-Kurdi speaks during an interview in an apartment in the village of Mamontovo near Moscow, Russia February 19, 2019. Picture taken February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Maria Vasilyeva
Syria force poised for final assault on Islamic State 28 Feb 2019 - 03:55 pm
Civilians evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on February 27, 2019. AFP / Delil
Digital archive on show in Berlin hopes to help rebuild Syria 28 Feb 2019 - 03:10 pm
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Egypt to host Huawei's first MENA cloud platform: Cairo 27 Feb 2019 - 08:40 pm
Visitors walk next to Huawei booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 27, 2019. Reuters/Rafael Marchante
Morocco shuts residences of Islamic group members 27 Feb 2019 - 08:40 pm
Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex visit the Andalusian Gardens in Rabat, Morocco February 25, 2019. Facundo Arrizabalaga/Pool via Reuters
Egypt railcar crash, fire at central Cairo station kills 25 27 Feb 2019 - 05:53 pm
Firefighters 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
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

Asia

Commuters wade through a flooded street triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Manila on August 17, 2026. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) Over 5 million affected by extreme weather as Philippines suspends classes in Manila, 12 provinces
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Villagers rest in a tent on an open field in Marapokot, Nagekeo, East Nusa Tenggara, on August 17, 2026, following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake. T (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP) Nearly 13,000 displaced after deadly Indonesian quake
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Europe

This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'
Jesus College, where black academic Jason Arday was a Fellow, is pictured at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, eastern England on August 15, 2026. Photo by BROOK MITCHELL / AFP Cambridge head slams 'racist feeding frenzy' over dead academic
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Africa

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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police
Electoral Commission of Zambia chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis (back row 3rd R) addresses the nation at the 2026 National Election Results Centre in Lusaka on August 14, 2026. Zambia resumed vote counting on August 14 after a nationwide suspension over violence raised tensions nationwide. (Photo by GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) Zambia resumes vote count after pause over violence

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