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Death toll in Black Sea boat capsize rises to 23 25 Sep 2017 - 09:04 am
Photo: AA.
Iran blocks all Iraqi Kurdistan flights ahead of referendum: official 24 Sep 2017 - 03:30 pm
Employees from the Independent High Electoral Referendum Commission hang banners outside a voting station ahead of tomorrow's planned referendum for the Kurdistan region, in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on Septembe
Iraq's Kurds set for contentious independence vote 24 Sep 2017 - 02:18 pm
An employee from the Independent High Electoral Referendum Commission holds a voting ballot book at a voting station ahead of tomorrow's planned referendum for the Kurdistan region, in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq,
3 killed by missile attack in Syria de-escalation zone 24 Sep 2017 - 10:23 am
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Fresh airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib kill 12 civilians 24 Sep 2017 - 10:01 am
A wrecked building is seen after airstrikes hit a southern town of Idlib, Syria on September 22, 2017. (Hayyan Ebu Re?it - Anadolu Agency).
Turkey warns of 'security' steps in response to Iraqi Kurd vote 23 Sep 2017 - 01:38 pm
People gather to listen President of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) Masoud Barzani's speech as they hold IKRG flags during a campaign ahead of next week's so-called referendum on regional independence in Erbil, Iraq on September 22, 2017.  Yunus
Syria opposition activist, daughter 'assassinated in Istanbul' 23 Sep 2017 - 11:54 am
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Iraq Kurd leader delays independence vote announcement 23 Sep 2017 - 11:40 am
President of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) Masoud Barzani salutes the people during a campaign ahead of next week's so-called referendum on regional independence in Suleymaniyah, Iraq on September 20, 2017.  Feriq Fereç - AA
Ex-Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahdi Akef dies at 89 23 Sep 2017 - 11:13 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 28, 2015 shows Egypt's former Muslim Brotherhood supreme guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef looks on during his trial in the capital Cairo.  AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed AND Mohamed el-Shahed
Syria drops off the radar at UN assembly 23 Sep 2017 - 09:50 am
Lebanon's President General Michel Aoun arrives ahead of his address at the U.N. General Assembly at the United Nations on September 21, 2017 in New York, New York. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images/AFP
Iran tests new missile defying US warnings 23 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am
Missiles are displayed as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends an armed forces parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2017. President.ir
Tribes, tradition stand in way of Iraq police 23 Sep 2017 - 08:04 am
An Iraqi policeman stands in a street in the capital Baghdad on September 19, 2017. AFP / SABAH ARAR
21 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Black Sea coast 23 Sep 2017 - 01:11 am
A wounded migrant girl is being taken to hospital after a fishing vessel carrying illegal migrants sank in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwestern province of Kocaeli, yesterday.
Turkey says Kurd independence vote is direct security threat 23 Sep 2017 - 01:11 am
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Kurds press historic independence vote despite regional fears 22 Sep 2017 - 11:21 pm
President of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) Masoud Barzani salutes the people during a campaign ahead of next week's  referendum on regional independence in Suleymaniyah, Iraq on September 20, 2017. (Feriq Fereç / Anadolu Agency)
Darfur clashes kill 3 as Bashir urges reconciliation 22 Sep 2017 - 11:14 pm
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech during a visit to the village of Bilel in South Darfur, near the Kalma camp for displaced people, on September 22, 2017. AFP / Ashraf Shazly
Turkish Airlines CEO says Istanbul’s Ataturk airport reopens after jet crash 21 Sep 2017 - 11:49 pm
A plane passes as firefighters attempt to extinguish a burning private airplane after crashing at Ataturk Airport on September 21, 2017 in Istanbul.  AFP / Ozan Kose
Istanbul's Ataturk airport closed after private jet crashes 21 Sep 2017 - 10:29 pm
Firefigters stand next to the wreckage of a private jet after it crashed at Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey, September 21, 2017. Reuters/Osman Orsal