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Syria govt loses control of key city Daraa 07 Dec 2024 - 09:24 am
An anti-government fighter gestures in the city of Hama after forces captured the central Syrian city, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
Gaza civil defence says 29 dead after Israeli strikes near northern hospital 06 Dec 2024 - 05:37 pm
The bodies of victims lie amid the rubble in the courtyard of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike that hit the medical complex on December 6, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Jordan shuts borders with Syria: interior minister 06 Dec 2024 - 05:18 pm
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Russia urges citizens to leave Syria amid rebel advance 06 Dec 2024 - 05:10 pm
Photo used for representation purposes. A boy waves the opposition Syrian flag as he stands in one of the water wheels, or norias, in Hama, after anti government fighters captured of the central city, on December 6, 2024. Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP.
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 44,532 04 Dec 2024 - 11:14 pm
People run for cover as an explosion from an Israeli strike occurs near a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians, in Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
UNESCO grants heritage status to Aleppo soap as Syria war flares 04 Dec 2024 - 03:42 pm
(Files) A Syrian worker stacks laurel soap at the Jbaili soap factory, an 800 year old artisanal soap manufacturer, in the old city of Syria's northern city of Aleppo on January 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
Syria war monitor says army launches counteroffensive against rebels near Hama 04 Dec 2024 - 12:26 pm
Anti-government fighters move past abandoned Syrian army military equipment and vehicles, as they reach al-Safirah town southeast of Syria's Aleppo city on December 3, 2024. Photo by Aref TAMMAWI / AFP.
Trapped by rubble: displaced Gaza residents face death in bombed homes 03 Dec 2024 - 07:12 pm
Palestinians walk in a devastated neighbourhood due to Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip's city of Khan Yunis on December 2, 2024. Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP.
7 martyred, several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Beit Lahia and Rafah 03 Dec 2024 - 02:10 pm
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Kuwait, NATO discuss enhancing bilateral cooperation 02 Dec 2024 - 07:07 pm
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UN chief says situation in Gaza 'appalling and apocalyptic' 02 Dec 2024 - 02:38 pm
Delegates attend a humanitarian conference for Gaza in Cairo on December 2, 2024, amid the continuing war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP)
White House says 'not there yet' on Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal 01 Dec 2024 - 05:23 pm
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World Central Kitchen says pausing Gaza operations after Israeli strike 30 Nov 2024 - 07:33 pm
File photo used for representational purposes. United Nations staff members inspect the carcass of a car used by US-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Israeli occupation army confirms targeting World Central Kitchen aid workers 30 Nov 2024 - 06:28 pm
A man checks a car hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 30, 2024, in which five people were targeted, including three World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers, according to a report by the civil defence in the Palestinian territory. Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP.
Arab League celebrates historic agreements for Arab Common Electricity Market 30 Nov 2024 - 05:15 pm
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Gaza rescuers say 3 aid workers killed in Israel strike 30 Nov 2024 - 05:00 pm
A Palestinian man stands amid the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli strike on the Shujaiyah neighbourhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on November 30, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Two Palestinians shot by Israeli occupation forces in West Bank 30 Nov 2024 - 04:54 pm
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Israeli army continues breaching ceasefire deal in southern Lebanon 30 Nov 2024 - 04:20 pm
Smoke rises during Israeli shelling in Southern Lebanon's plain of Marjayoun, days after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, on November 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Asia

A firefighter gives a water cannon salute to India's MiG-21 fighter jets during their farewell ceremony at the Chandigarh Air Force Station in Chandigarh on September 26, 2025. (Photo by AFP) India retires 'flying coffin' Soviet fighter jet after six decades
: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

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
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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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