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French diplomats to travel to Syria Tuesday 15 Dec 2024 - 05:24 pm
A picture shows the Embassy of France in the capital Damascus on December 12, 2024. Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP.
'Endless torture': Turkish inmate recalls hell of Syria jails 15 Dec 2024 - 12:53 pm
Mehmet Erturk, a Turk imprisoned in a Syrian prison, walks in his village Magaracik, in Kilis on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Israeli ongoing onslaught on Gaza kills 44,930 martyrs, wounds 106,624 14 Dec 2024 - 06:35 pm
Rescuers look for survivors following an Israeli strike on the UNWRA Al-Majda Wasila Governmental School housing displaced Palestinians, on al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City on December 14, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Egypt inaugurates $500 million solar power plant in Aswan 14 Dec 2024 - 03:58 pm
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Shopping spree in Syria's former rebel heartland 14 Dec 2024 - 02:58 pm
People shop at a shopping mall in the town of al-Dana, near Sarmada, in the northern Syrian province of Idlib on December 13, 2024. The crowd wanders in awe through the aisles saturated with lights, dazzled by the abundance of goods displayed before them in the heart of the former rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria. Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP.
Türkiye to reopen embassy in Syria as diplomats gather for talks 14 Dec 2024 - 02:17 pm
People hold a banner featuring Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as members of the Syrian community and supporters gather to celebrate the fall of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the face of an offensive by Islamist-led rebels, in Istanbul on December 8, 2024. Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP.
Iran confirms increase in IAEA nuclear inspections 14 Dec 2024 - 01:44 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Iran’s ambassador to IAEA Mohsen Naziri Asl attends the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on December 12, 2024. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP.
UN envoy warns against Syria collapse at crisis talks 14 Dec 2024 - 01:18 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen attends a press conference on the situation in Syria, in Geneva on December 10, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
Syria war monitor reports Israeli strikes on military sites 14 Dec 2024 - 12:21 pm
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Turkiye says Damascus embassy to be 'operational' Saturday 14 Dec 2024 - 09:38 am
Aerial view shows people celebrating the ouster of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad near the landmark Damascus Sword sculpture at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
G7 leaders call for peaceful, inclusive transition process in Syria 13 Dec 2024 - 11:37 pm
This handout picture taken in Rome and released on December 13, 2024 by Italy's Prime Minister press office (Palazzo Chigi Press Office), shows a screen displaying the G7 leaders meeting by video link. From top left : Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Council Antonio Costa. (Photo by Handout / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP) 
Thousands of Syrians celebrate in streets, calling for unity 13 Dec 2024 - 08:27 pm
This aerial view shows people celebrating the ouster of Syria's president Bashar Al Assad near the landmark Damascus Sword sculpture at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
'Syria freed!': thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque 13 Dec 2024 - 04:24 pm
This aerial view shows pigeons flying as people crowd outside the 8th-century Umayyad mosque and the Hamidiyah covered market in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024 during first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Nuseirat massacre proves international community's failure to protect Palestinians 13 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm
Palestinians mourn relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, ahead of their funeral in the Nuseirat refugee in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
6 killed, 60 injured in fire at elderly care home in Jordan 13 Dec 2024 - 10:38 am
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Blinken meets Erdogan for talks on Syria crisis 12 Dec 2024 - 10:46 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erodgan before a picture of the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during their meeting at Ankara Esenboga Airport on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Casualties from Israeli aggression on Gaza: 44,835 martyrs, 106,356 wounded 12 Dec 2024 - 08:42 pm
A Palestinian woman cries outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes 12 Dec 2024 - 12:04 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Asia

:In this handout photo taken early September 26, 2025 and released by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), coast guard personnel evacuate residents along with their pets at the height of Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi in Ormoc City, Leyte province, central Philippines. (Photo by Handout / Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) / AFP) 400,000 evacuated, 3 dead as fresh storm batters Philippines
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A fishing boat is washed ashore near houses in Calayan island, Cagayan province on September 23, 2025, a day after Super Typhoon Ragasa hit the island. (Photo by Cristy Gaffud / AFP) Philippines cancels classes, flights as new storm looms
From social media Afghan teen survives flight to Delhi hidden in plane landing gear

Europe

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech during the 2025 Global Progress Action Summit in central London on September 26, 2025. Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP UK to launch digital ID scheme to curb illegal migration
File photo US approves $1.2 billion missile sale to Germany
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy reacts after the verdict in his trial for illegal campaign financing from Libya for his successful 2007 presidential bid, at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. (Photo by Alain Jocard / AFP) Ex-French president Sarkozy handed 5-year prison term over Gaddafi money
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Africa

Workers operate sewing machines to stitch pieces of fabric together to make jeans inside the United Aryan textile factory at the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in Nairobi on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Kenyan jeans factory to fire workers as US deal expires
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File photo Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdraw from ICC
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