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World / Middle East

Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food 19 Apr 2025 - 01:42 pm
A boy salvages flour in the aftermath of a reported Israeli strike on a tent shelter in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Syria leader hosts Republican US congressman in Damascus 19 Apr 2025 - 12:21 pm
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Pakistan foreign minister arrives in Kabul as Afghan deportations rise 19 Apr 2025 - 10:03 am
Photo used for representational purposes. A policeman escorts a van carrying Afghan refugees from a camp in Panjpai area on the outskirts of Quetta on April 16, 2025. Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP.
UNRWA says current blockade on Gaza the most severe since aggression began 18 Apr 2025 - 11:08 pm
A man looks through the rubble to inspect a destroyed building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 18, 2025.  (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
80 killed in deadliest US attack on Yemen: Houthi media 18 Apr 2025 - 09:12 pm
Brigadier Yahya Saree Qasim, the spokesman for Yemen's Houthis, speaks during a protest to denounce US airstrikes on Yemen, in Sanaa on April 18, 2025. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
Drone strikes in southern Lebanon violate ceasefire agreement 18 Apr 2025 - 08:15 pm
Smoke rises from the site of a reported Israeli strike in Ghazieh, near Sidon, Lebanon, on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP)
At least 45 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza civil defense 18 Apr 2025 - 08:02 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of their relatives, killed in an Israeli strike, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia on April 17, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
U.S. Military announces destruction of Ras Isa Port in Yemen 18 Apr 2025 - 05:25 pm
This grab taken from footage released by al-Masirah TV station of Yemen's Huthis shows fire and destruction at the site of US strikes on the Ras Issa fuel port in western Yemen on April 18, 2025. Photo by AL-MASIRAH TV / AFP.
Egypt central bank lowers interest rate for first time since 2020 17 Apr 2025 - 11:22 pm
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Oman announces second round of US-Iran talks to be held in Rome   17 Apr 2025 - 11:21 pm
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Aid to Gaza 'facing total collapse': 12 NGOs 17 Apr 2025 - 08:32 pm
Palestinian women mourn and hug one another after an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 17, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)
Lebanese Cabinet approves extension of UNIFIL mandate 17 Apr 2025 - 08:05 pm
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UNRWA calls for international media access to Gaza to reveal facts, counter misinformation 17 Apr 2025 - 06:08 pm
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Israel says no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza 16 Apr 2025 - 03:57 pm
A Palestinian child waits to receive his portion of food a distribution point at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on April 12, 2025. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
UNRWA warns of Gaza famine as aid stocks run out 15 Apr 2025 - 07:24 pm
 People walk past a puddle of water by a tent shelter erected near the rubble of a collapsed building in the Nasr neighbourhood in western Gaza City on April 15, 2025. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Jordan arrests 16 for 'targeting national security' 15 Apr 2025 - 05:25 pm
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Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital 15 Apr 2025 - 02:21 pm
Motorists drive their vehicles along a highway through low visibility conditions as a massive dust storm advances on Iraq's central city of Najaf on April 14, 2025. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP)
Powerful dust storm covers Kuwait and parts of southern Iraq 14 Apr 2025 - 10:52 pm
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