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French foreign minister to travel to Libya to push peace deal 01 Sep 2017 - 12:18 am
Founder of French broadband Internet provider Iliad, Xavier Niel (3rd L), French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (2nd R), French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L), French Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (C), French Juni
Hezbollah leader says he met Assad in Syria over IS evacuation 31 Aug 2017 - 07:46 pm
Lebanon Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during an Ashura procession in Beirut suburb, November 14, 2013 (Reuters / Khalil Hassan)
No Syria peace without answers on thousands of detainees: activists 30 Aug 2017 - 09:24 pm
Visitors viewing the belongings of Syrians who have been detained or forcibly disappeared in regime jails on display at an exhibition by Amnesty International in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 30, 2017. AFP / Anwar Amro
Italy denies supporting Libyan traffickers to stop migrants 30 Aug 2017 - 09:09 pm
This April 20, 2015 photo shows rescuers carrying the body of a victim after coast guards followed a wrecked vessel off the coasts of Libya. (AFP / Matthew Mirabelli)
Israel arrests Palestinian wedding singer 30 Aug 2017 - 07:08 pm
Mohammed al-Barghouti (Photo courtesy: http://www.maannews.com)
US-led strike in Syria blocks IS fighters evacuated from Lebanon 30 Aug 2017 - 04:28 pm
Syrian forces members stand on a tank next to vehicles waiting to transport Islamic State (IS) group members in the Qara area in Syria's Qalamoun region on August 28, 2017 as part of a deal between Hezbollah and IS fighters where the jihadists would leave
Lebanon finds soldiers' bodies after retaking IS-held area 30 Aug 2017 - 02:51 pm
A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows Lebanese army soldiers with the 6th Brigade watching the Syrian border from a hill recently taken from the Islamic State (IS) group in Jurud Ras Baalbeck on the Syrian-Lebanese border on August 28, 201
64 dead in clashes between Syria regime and IS: monitor 30 Aug 2017 - 11:31 am
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Road collision kills 14 in Egypt’s Beni Sueif province 30 Aug 2017 - 10:24 am
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Iraq’s Kirkuk province to vote in Kurdish independence referendum 29 Aug 2017 - 07:51 pm
Kirkuk provincial Governor, Najm al-Din Karim (L), takes part in vote at the Kirkuk Governorate Council on August 29, 2017, over the participation of Kirkuk in Kurdistan's independence referendum. AFP / Marwan Ibrahim
Lebanon gets first animal protection law 29 Aug 2017 - 04:21 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) plays with a dog in the garden of the Baabda presidential palace on August 29, 2017, after signing the country's first animal welfare bill into law in the presence of representatives from welfare group Animals Lebanon wh
Lebanon army in uncharted territory near Syria border 29 Aug 2017 - 03:48 pm
A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows Lebanese army soldiers with the 6th Brigade driving a buggy bearing the Lebanese flag in an area they recently took from the Islamic State (IS) group in Jurud Ras Baalbek on the Syrian-Lebanese border
IS militants reach eastern Syria following Lebanon deal 29 Aug 2017 - 02:53 pm
A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki
Iran rejects US demand for UN inspector visit to military sites 29 Aug 2017 - 02:19 pm
Bushehr Nuclear site
Bomb blast in Baghdad market kills 11, injures 15 29 Aug 2017 - 08:58 am
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Hariri witness tells of traumatic search for missing father 28 Aug 2017 - 05:03 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 14, 2005 shows a general view of the site of an explosion in Beirut, in which Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri was killed. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Libya navy seizes oil tanker, detains Filipino crew 28 Aug 2017 - 04:58 pm
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Car bomb kills 11 in Baghdad's Sadr City market 28 Aug 2017 - 03:39 pm
A firefighter hoses down at the site of a car bomb attack in Jamila market in Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

Asia

Image used for representation only. Japan train hits station workers, killing four
Peninsula 'Worst' ever El Nino to bring heavy rains, drought to Sri Lanka
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

Europe

The covers stay on the pitch as rain delays the start of day two of the first Test match between England and Pakistan at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, northern England on August 20, 2026. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) Rain delays start of second day's play in England-Pakistan opener
(FILES) Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in west London on November 27, 2017, following the announcement of their engagement. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) Prince Harry and Meghan moving back to UK: British press
File photo Spain expands Ceuta migrant shelters to ease crisis
Peninsula Germany logged 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer: govt data

Africa

A medical worker puts on a protective suit at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Aug. 16, 2026. (Xinhua) DR Congo Ebola outbreak may be 3 times larger than official count Africa CDC
Peninsula More than 50 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria: local source
Peninsula Seven including Ecuadorian intelligence chief die in helicopter crash in central Kenya
File photo for representational purposes only. Over 100 killed in gold mine collapse in Central African Republic

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