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One dead, 157 injured in Istanbul plane skidding off runway 05 Feb 2020 - 11:32 pm
First responders work near the Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737-86J plane's broken-up fuselage, after it overran the runway during landing and crashed, at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport, Turkey February 5, 2020. Reuters/Murad Sezer
Plane crashes after landing in Istanbul, no fatalities 05 Feb 2020 - 07:19 pm
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Palestinian killed in clashes as tensions rise over US plan 05 Feb 2020 - 06:32 pm
Relatives of 17-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Al-Hadad react at a hospital in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank February 5, 2020. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
Cold, disease threaten more than half a million Syrians fleeing Idlib fighting 05 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
Syrians fleeing with their belongings pass through the town of Batabo in the Aleppo province, on February 5, 2020, on their way northwards toward the Turkish border amid an ongoing regime offensive. AFP / Aaref Watad
At least 4 killed in avalanche in eastern Turkey 04 Feb 2020 - 11:33 pm
Search and rescue works continue at site to find a construction equipment and a van, which have been buried under avalanche with passengers, at Van-Bahcesaray highway in Van, Turkey on February 4, 2020. (Özkan Bilgin / Anadolu Agency)
NW Syria violence displaces 500,000 in two months 04 Feb 2020 - 05:45 pm
Displaced Syrian children sit in the back of a truck transporting their belongings as they pass through the town of Hazano in the northern countryside of Idlib, on February 4, 2020, fleeing northwards amid an ongoing regime offensive. AFP / AAREF WATAD
Lebanon's only English-language daily stops print edition 04 Feb 2020 - 04:42 pm
:(FILES) A file photo taken on August 08, 2019, shows the front pages of the Lebanese local English-language newspaper
Iran to execute man for spying for CIA: Judiciary 04 Feb 2020 - 12:59 pm
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We were not notified about meeting between Al-Burhan and Netanyahu: Sudan Government 04 Feb 2020 - 12:25 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara Netanyahu arrive to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni at State House in Entebbe, Uganda February 3, 2020. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa
In death, Iran's Soleimani bequeaths perilous dilemma for Iraq 03 Feb 2020 - 09:10 pm
Iranian guards hold a picture of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. West Asia News Agency / Nazanin Tabatabaee via Reuters
6 Turkish troops, 13 Syrian soldiers killed in north Syria 03 Feb 2020 - 05:38 pm
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, watch as a bulldozer digs through the rubble of a house hit in a reported airstrike in the town of Sarmin in the northern Syrian Idlib province on February 2, 2020. / AFP / Omar HAJ KAD
Erdogan says Turkey hits back after Syrian shells kill Turkish troops 03 Feb 2020 - 04:15 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to media ahead of his departure to Ukraine at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey on February 3, 2020. (Arif Hüdaverdi Yaman - Anadolu Agency)
Turkey informed Russia of developments in Syria's Idlib 03 Feb 2020 - 02:16 pm
Syrians gather during a symbolic protest in the city of Harem in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib on the border with Turkey on February 2, 2020.( AFP / AAREF WATAD)
Iraqi protesters dig in heels despite new PM-designate 02 Feb 2020 - 06:13 pm
Iraq's wave the national flag during a gathering, rejecting the nomination of Mohammad Allawi as premier, in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on February 2, 2020. AFP
Iraqi president appoints Mohammed Allawi as new PM: State TV 01 Feb 2020 - 06:18 pm
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Palestinians cut all ties with Israel, US: Abbas 01 Feb 2020 - 04:36 pm
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas holds a placard showing maps of (L to R) historical Palestine, the 1947 United Nations partition plan on Palestine, the 1948-1967 borders between the Palestinian territories and Israel, and a current map of the Palestini
Erdogan: Turkey won't hesitate to use force to stabilize Syria 31 Jan 2020 - 08:37 pm
Turkish President and Leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the party's extended meeting with provincial heads at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, on January 31, 2020. (AFP / Adem AL
Trump says Mideast plan offers a path toward two-state solution 28 Jan 2020 - 08:56 pm
US President Donald Trump announces his Middle East peace plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 28, 2020. Trump says his plan 'could be the last opportunity' for Palestinians. (AFP / MANDEL NGAN)

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People march during an anti-government protest decrying corruption and calling for early elections following the collapse of a railway station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 in November 2024, in central Belgrade on May 23, 2026. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP) Thousands gather in Serbian capital to call for elections
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Representational file photo. Ethiopian Airlines' passenger numbers rise 80 pct in 8 years
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Technicians install beds and other equipment inside the isolation area for suspected cases at CBCA Virunga Hospital during rehabilitation work aimed at preparing the facility to receive potential Ebola cases, on May 22, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Three new Ebola cases confirmed in Uganda: ministry
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