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Beirut search effort sparked by dog stops, no survivor found 06 Sep 2020 - 03:29 pm
Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a building in the Lebanese capital's Gemmayze area on September 5, 2020. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Rescuers search Beirut rubble for third day, with nation transfixed 05 Sep 2020 - 02:43 pm
Volunteers and a Chilean rescue team member dig through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Sudan declares state of emergency over deadly floods 05 Sep 2020 - 02:41 pm
A picture shows flooded houses in Tuti island, where the Blue and White Nile merge in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on September 3, 2020. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
Iran schools re-open despite concerns over spread of virus 05 Sep 2020 - 01:52 pm
Iranian students wearing mask are seen in school after the Ministry of Education of Iran plans the opening of schools and education to be done remotely in some schools according to the coronavirus (Covid-19) risk level in Tehran, Iran, September 05, 2020.
Highest Nile waters for a century swamp Sudan 04 Sep 2020 - 12:43 pm
A picture shows flood waters in Tuti island, where the Blue and White Nile merge in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on September 3, 2020. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY
Signs of life detected under rubble a month after Beirut blast, says rescuer 03 Sep 2020 - 08:11 pm
Workers remove the rubble beneath a partially-destroyed traditional Lebanese building in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood of the capital Beirut, in the aftermath of the devastating port blast, on August 26, 2020. A massive fertiliser explosion at the Beirut po
Lebanese army finds more explosive chemicals outside Beirut port after huge blast 03 Sep 2020 - 07:33 pm
TOPSHOT - A view shows the damaged site and grain silo following the massive August 4 blast in Beirut's port area, in Beirut on August 31, 2020. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Turkey seeing second peak of COVID-19 outbreak, health minister says 02 Sep 2020 - 11:08 pm
ANKARA, TURKEY - AUGUST 28: 96-year-old Hasibe Yavuz (Front C) is being discharged from the Ankara City Hospital after recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19), in Ankara, Turkey on August 28, 2020. Despite her age and chronic disease she managed to beat CO
Macron says France supports Iraqi PM's efforts to safeguard sovereignty 02 Sep 2020 - 04:41 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, give a joint press conference in Baghdad on September 2, 2020. AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Lebanon PM-designate pledges 'government of experts' 02 Sep 2020 - 04:34 pm
Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wearing a protective face masks, arrives to meet with the French President at the Presidential palace in Baabda east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 1, 2020. / AFP / X07238 / GONZALO FUENTES
Tunisia's parliament votes on new prime minister amid crisis 01 Sep 2020 - 04:03 pm
Hisham El-Mechishi appointed to form the country’s government is welcomed by Leader of the En-Nahda Movement Rached Ghannouchi before attending the vote of confidence session at Tunisian Parliament in Tunis, Tunisia on September 1, 2020. Yassine Gaidi -
Macron warns Lebanese leaders of sanctions if reforms are not swift 01 Sep 2020 - 03:59 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a blast victim while attending a ceremony to mark Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedars Reserve Forest, northeast of the capital Beirut, on September 1, 2020. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Lebanon judge issues 5 new arrest warrants over Beirut blast 31 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on August 26, 2020, shows imported vehicles damaged at the port of Beirut in the August 4 massive explosion that caused severe damage across swathes of the Lebanese capital, killed at least 181 people, injured more than 6,50
'My wounded country': Lebanese singer whose voice transcends divisions to meet Macron 31 Aug 2020 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) A file photo taken on October 7, 2010 shows Lebanese diva Fairuz (Fairouz) performing during a rare concert in the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit Monday i
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's new PM-designate 31 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordan reports its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases 31 Aug 2020 - 12:23 am
This picture taken on August 28, 2020 shows a view of an empty roundabout during a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic curfew in the centre of Jordan's capital Amman. Jordan on August 28 started imposing a full curfew in Amman and Zarqa, 23 kilometres north-eas
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties 30 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm
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Lebanon army: seven still missing after Beirut blast 29 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
Lebanese soldiers walk past a partially destroyed traditional building which was afffected by the Beirut port blast, in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, on August 26, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID

Asia

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Europe

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Africa

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Members of the Ugandan dance group 'the Ghetto Kids' rehearse at their home in Nakawuka, Wakiso, Uganda, on May 25, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda Ghetto Kids 'can't wait' to join Shakira at World Cup
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