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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.
Turkiye, Iran FMs warn of Israeli schemes to spread regional war 20 Oct 2024 - 05:31 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released on October 18, 2024 by Turkish Foreign Ministery press service Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C) attends the 3+3 South Caucasus Regional Cooperation Platform with foreign ministers of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in Istanbul. Photo by Handout / Turkish Foreign Minister Press Office / AFP.
Carnage of Israeli air strikes spreads misery in north Gaza 20 Oct 2024 - 04:32 pm
Palestinians mourn over the covered bodies of relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, outside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2024. Photo by Islam AHMED / AFP.
Palestinians enduring 'unspeakable horrors' in north Gaza: UN 19 Oct 2024 - 11:19 pm
A displaced Palestinian, ordered by the Israeli occupation army to leave the school in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, rests as she arrives in Gaza City on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Gaza rescuers confirm over 400 killed in two weeks of Israeli assault on territory's north 19 Oct 2024 - 05:11 pm
Displaced Palestinians check the damage inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
Netanyahu residence targeted as Hezbollah launches barrage at Israel 19 Oct 2024 - 03:35 pm
A displaced young Palestinian woman stares from a balcony inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Gaza authorities accuse Israeli forces of attacking hospital 19 Oct 2024 - 09:43 am
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UNIFIL says it was targeted five times by Israeli forces 18 Oct 2024 - 10:37 pm
A United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured vehicle drives on a road in the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun on October 17, 2024. UNIFIL, a mission of about 9,500 troops of various nationalities, was created following Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon. (Photo by AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 42,500 as Israeli forces commit more massacres 18 Oct 2024 - 07:59 pm
Relatives pray over the shrouded body of ten-year-old Sama al-Debs, who was killed during an Israeli army operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, during her funeral on October 18, 2024.(Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Italian PM visits Lebanon after UNIFIL incidents 18 Oct 2024 - 06:27 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on during a meeting with Lebanon's caretaker prime minister at the government palace in central Beirut on October 18, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP.
Gaza 'hell on Earth' for one million children: UN 18 Oct 2024 - 05:12 pm
Palestinian children stand next to tents at a make-shift camp for the internally displaced in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 17, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
'The killings continue': Sinwar death brings no respite for Gazans 18 Oct 2024 - 04:44 pm
A Palestinian boy looks at destroyed shelters at the site of an Israeli airstrike which hit tents for displaced people two days earlier in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 16, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
Hamas confirms death of leader Yahya Sinwar 18 Oct 2024 - 04:20 pm
Archive photo used for demonstration purposes. Yahya Sinwar (R), leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, greets supporters during a rally in Gaza City on May 24, 2021. Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP.
Bus accident in Turkiye injures 22 17 Oct 2024 - 06:46 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Demiroren News Agency (DHA) on October 17, 2024, shows an tour bus which was carrying Japanese tourists onboard after it overturned near Afyonkarahisar western Turkiye. Photo by Demiroren News AAgency / DHA (Demiroren News Agency
345,000 Gazans face 'catastrophic' hunger this winter: UN 17 Oct 2024 - 05:17 pm
Displaced Palestinians queue to receive food rations, offered by a charity, in Gaza's Al-Shati refugee camp on October 17, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Beirut building housing Al Jazeera, embassies evacuated after threats: security source 17 Oct 2024 - 04:11 pm
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A Palestinian student was asleep when Israeli strike brought an inferno 17 Oct 2024 - 08:22 am
Injured Palestinian Ahmed al-Dalu, who survived an Israeli airstrike on tents for displaced people two days earlier which killed his wife and son Shaaban in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, walks in front of the medical facility in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
16 killed, 52 injured in Israeli raid on southern Lebanon 16 Oct 2024 - 11:59 pm
Personal photograph prints and sneaker shoes are strewn through the rubble of a destroyed building in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli air strike on the village of Qana in southern Lebanon on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Bilal Kashmar / 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

Protesters gather at the South African Parliament during civil society and faith-based organizations’ mass rally for Gaza, in Cape Town on September 27, 2025. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) Thousands march in Cape Town in support of Gaza people
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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