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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
Iraq brings all remaining IS territory under attack 21 Sep 2017 - 03:17 pm
Members of the Iraqi forces flash the victory gesture as they ride in an infrantry fighting vehicle (IFV) during the advance towards the city of al-Sharqat on September 21, 2017, AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
US and Iran meet as Trump threat looms over nuke deal 21 Sep 2017 - 01:57 pm
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Moscow warns US after artillery hits Syrian regime forces 21 Sep 2017 - 11:59 am
A general view of destruction in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on September 20, 2017 as Syrian government forces continue to press forward with Russian air cover in the offensive against Islamic State group jihadists across the province. AFP / LOU
Hawija: Iraq's holdout insurgent bastion 21 Sep 2017 - 11:32 am
An Iraqi soldier waves his hat from the turret of a Russian-made T-72 tank, as Iraqi forces advance towards the city of al-Sharqat on September 20, 2017, where Iraqi forces backed by Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries are preparing to
Hamas asks Abbas to lift Gaza sanctions 21 Sep 2017 - 02:10 am
Ismail Haniyah (centre), Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, speaking to media at Rafah border crossing following his visit to Egypt, yesterday.
Iran in UN spotlight as Trump threatens nuclear deal 20 Sep 2017 - 06:31 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to address the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
US-backed force takes 90% of Syria's Raqa from IS: monitor 20 Sep 2017 - 10:32 am
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Egypt's Sisi meets Israeli PM at UN for first public talks 19 Sep 2017 - 01:58 pm
A handout released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New YOrk on September 18, 2017, to discuss the Middle East peace process in their first public talks.
Motorbike explosion in Syrian city kills child, monitors say 19 Sep 2017 - 08:57 am
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France defends Iran nuclear deal, Trump to decide soon 18 Sep 2017 - 09:25 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on September 18, 2017 at the United Nations in New York. AFP / Don Emmert
Trump says giving Mideast peace ‘an absolute go’ 18 Sep 2017 - 09:22 pm
US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Tunisia postpones first post-revolt municipal polls 18 Sep 2017 - 09:22 pm
Ennahdha Islamist party leader Rached Ghannouchi attends a meeting in the capital Tunis with all political parties to decide on the date of the next municipal elections on September 18, 2017. AFP / Fethi Belaid
'Ridiculous' if Trump doesn't back 2-state solution: Palestinian official 18 Sep 2017 - 08:06 pm
Trump is due to meet Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday before the Palestinian president's address to the United Nations General Assembly the same day.
Syria war crimes investigator blasts impunity in farewell speech 18 Sep 2017 - 05:53 pm
(File Photo) Carla Del Ponte. Reuters
Supreme court steps in to block Iraq Kurd independence vote 18 Sep 2017 - 05:23 pm
An Iraqi Kurd holds a Kurdish flag during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 15, 2017. AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Syria troops closer to besieging IS after crossing key river 18 Sep 2017 - 04:00 pm
A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 15, 2017 shows a Russian soldier standing guard in a central street in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor. / AFP / Dominique DERDA

Asia

This handout picture taken and released on August 19, 2026 by Indonesia's Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue personnel from the agency working at the scene of a collapsed building in East Manggarai following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia's Flores island on August 15. Photo by Handout / INDONESIA'S NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY (BASARNAS) / AFP Indonesia family finds 84-year-old woman alive days after earthquake
Onlookers and fire personnel gather at the site following a fire at a hotel in Kolkata on August 19, 2026. Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP Indian hotel fire kills nine, including five Bangladeshi nationals
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Tourists walk out of a store after buying jasmine tea-flavored gelato at the Shangxiahang historical and cultural block in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi). Representational purposes only. Most Chinese mainland firms eye entrance into ASEAN market: survey

Europe

Britain's King Charles III (L) and Britain's Queen Camilla arrive to attend the King's Trust 50th anniversary celebration at the Royal Albert Hall in London on May 11, 2026. Photo by Aaron Chown / POOL / AFP Queen Camilla says was 'difficult' keeping King Charles' cancer private
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to the media, during his visit to Wolverhampton Bus Station, in Wolverhampton, central England on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Hannah McKay / AFP) UK PM unveils plan to help rough sleepers off streets by Christmas
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Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history

Africa

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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