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'Darkest moment' of war unfolding in northern Gaza: UN rights chief 25 Oct 2024 - 04:53 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. People are seen through the shrapnel-riddled windscreen of a bus that was damaged when an Israeli artillery shell reportedly landed near it on Gaza's main Salah al-Din road outside Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 24, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
20 killed in intensive Israeli raids on Lebanon 24 Oct 2024 - 09:54 pm
People inspect the scene of a site hit by an Israeli air strike on the village of El-Khodr in the centre of Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Hassan SKEINE / AFP)
Mikati urges international community to take action to stop Israeli aggression on Lebanon 24 Oct 2024 - 05:26 pm
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a press conference after an international aid conference in support of Lebanon, in Paris on October 24, 2024. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
Israeli airstrike targeting car in mount Lebanon leaves two casualties 24 Oct 2024 - 04:31 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on October 24, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Gaza rescuers say 17 killed, dozens wounded in Israel strike on school 24 Oct 2024 - 02:50 pm
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BRICS leaders declare support for granting Palestine full UN membership 23 Oct 2024 - 10:57 pm
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Gaza genocide: Death toll rises to 42,792; over 100,000 injured 23 Oct 2024 - 09:23 pm
Tents sheltering people displaced by conflict are pictured with the Mediterranean sea in the background in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 23, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Iran's Pezeshkian urges BRICS members to help 'end the war' in Gaza, Lebanon 23 Oct 2024 - 02:16 pm
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / POOL / AFP.
German foreign minister warns Lebanon 'on brink of collapse' 23 Oct 2024 - 12:37 pm
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (3rd R) speaks with with her counterparts in Berlin on October 21, 2024. Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP.
It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, says UN report 22 Oct 2024 - 09:23 pm
A woman pushing a wheel chair loaded with her personal belongings as displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli military operations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza strip walk along the Salah al-Din main road in eastern Gaza City making their way to the city centre, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Over a dozen killed in Israeli strikes near one of Beirut's main hospitals 22 Oct 2024 - 04:36 pm
Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Jnah on October 22, 2024. Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP.
Death toll from Israeli raid near Hariri hospital rises to 13, 57 injured 22 Oct 2024 - 11:19 am
A man inspects the debris a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Jnah on October 22, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon surges to 2,483 21 Oct 2024 - 11:39 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on October 21, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Jabalia, murder many civilians 21 Oct 2024 - 09:53 pm
A Palestinian man rushes a child injured in Israeli military operations in northern Gaza, into Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Occupation rejects urgent request to evacuate those trapped under rubble in Northern Gaza: UNRWA 21 Oct 2024 - 10:16 am
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Islam Ahmed / AFP)
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen dead: Turkish TV 21 Oct 2024 - 09:53 am
(Files) A handout picture released by Zaman Daily shows exiled Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen at his residence on September 24, 2013 in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Selahattin Sevi / Zaman Daily / AFP)
Death toll of Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 2,464  21 Oct 2024 - 12:04 am
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam on October 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Once bursting with life, south Beirut gutted by Israeli bombs 20 Oct 2024 - 07:12 pm
Smoke fumes cover a neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs near one of the runways of Beirut International Airport following an Israeli airstrike on on October 19, 2024. Photo by AFP.

Asia

Smoke is pictured in the air from a multi-rocket launcher near the Cambodia-Thailand border in Oddar Meanchey province on July 25, 2025. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) Thai-Cambodian border clashes erupt again despite ceasefire deal
This picture taken on August 30, 2024 shows Indonesian gymnast Naufal Takdir Al Bari representing East Java competing at the 21st National Sports Week in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. (Photo by Hendra Syamhari / AFP) Indonesian gymnast dies after training accident in Russia
This photograph taken on July 12, 2025 shows high-rise buildings around the cramped shanties of Dharavi, a slum settlement in Mumbai. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP) In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
This picture taken on September 26, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 27, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a consultation meeting on nuclear materials, at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) Seoul official hints at US-North Korea meeting this year

Europe

US actress and producer Jennifer Lawrence attends a press conference hours before receiving the Donostia lifetime achievement award on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Ander Gillenea / AFP) Video: Jennifer Lawrence condemns Gaza 'genocide' at Spain film fest
A soldier of the German armed forces Bundeswehr demonstrates the use of a handheld HP 47 drone jammer during a drone defence exercise in Hamburg, northern Germany, on September 26, 2025. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP) Germany may allow military to shoot down drones: report
File photo King Charles III to visit Vatican in October
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Africa

File photo US reverses Ghana visa curbs as country becomes deportation hub
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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