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Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo after blast: Report 23 Aug 2020 - 12:03 pm
A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Erdogan renews support for Palestinian cause 22 Aug 2020 - 04:01 pm
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the nation in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2020. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS
Female protest leader gunned down in Iraq's Basra 22 Aug 2020 - 03:54 pm
Mourners sit next to the coffin of Reham Yacoub, a female activist who was killed by unidentified gunmen, during her funeral in Basra, Iraq August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Essam al-Sudani/File Photo
Three men killed in north Lebanon shooting, security sources say 22 Aug 2020 - 02:45 pm
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Lebanon enforces new partial lockdown in effort to curb COVID-19 21 Aug 2020 - 03:30 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks past a fortified Blom Bank ATM machine, as Lebanon imposed a partial lockdown for two weeks starting on Friday in an effort to counter the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beirut, Lebanon August 21, 2020. RE
Turkey in talks with Germany, China, Russia on vaccine trials 19 Aug 2020 - 09:46 pm
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Iran surpasses 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus 19 Aug 2020 - 04:54 pm
A woman clad in mask due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic walks past a newspaper stall in Iran's capital Tehran on August 15, 2020. AFP
Lebanon reimposes lockdown amid COVID-19 spike: ministry 18 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm
A Lebanese flag is pictured, in the aftermath of a massive explosion, in Beirut's damaged port area, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Lebanon Tribunal judges convict lead defendant in 2005 Hariri bombing 18 Aug 2020 - 02:48 pm
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Post blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity 17 Aug 2020 - 11:31 pm
A room in the Saint George hospital in Beirut's neighbourhood of Ashrafieh remains empty of patients on August 13, 2020, more than a week after a massive blast in the nearby port heavily damaged the building./ AFP / PATRICK BAZ
Jordan to isolate city near Syria after coronavirus spike 16 Aug 2020 - 11:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: People enjoy drinks at a cafe which reopened to the public for the first time since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Amman, Jordan June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed/File Photo
Historic downtown Cairo building collapse injures 5 15 Aug 2020 - 05:27 pm
A policeman stands by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on August 15, 2020. / AFP / Khaled DESOUKI
Lebanon lawmakers debate emergency imposed after blast 13 Aug 2020 - 11:44 am
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri heads a parliamentary session at UNESCO Palace, after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Istanbul in uproar over restoration damage to iconic tower 12 Aug 2020 - 08:26 pm
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One week on, Beirut marks the minute hell broke loose 11 Aug 2020 - 08:37 pm
A crowd cheers members of the Lebanese Civil Defence during a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the Beirut port explosion across from the capital's harbour, on August 11, 2020. / AFP / PATRICK BAZ
8,000 buildings damaged by Beirut port blast 11 Aug 2020 - 04:05 pm
Locals look at a destroyed house where the wife and two of the daughters of Syrian refugee Ahmed Staifi were killed following a massive explosion, in Beirut, Lebanon, August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
UN sends 50,000 tons of wheat to Lebanon to avert food crisis 11 Aug 2020 - 02:39 pm
Debris are seen in the port area after a blast in Beirut, Lebanon, August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
UN food chief: Beirut could run out of bread in 2 1/2 weeks 10 Aug 2020 - 09:56 pm
An aerial view taken on August 9, 2020, shows a general view of the port of Beirut, the damaged grain silo and the crater caused by the colossal explosion of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse, leaving scores

Asia

Passengers prepare to board a train to return home ahead of Eid al-Fitr, at Gubeng station in Surabaya on March 17, 2026. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) Millions of Indonesians in Eid travel exodus
File photo China says to provide humanitarian assistance to Iran, Mideast nations
Taliban security personnel inspect the site after Pakistani airstrikes hit the Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre in Kabul on March 17, 2026. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) IN PHOTOS: 'Many dead': Wounded survivor escaped Kabul clinic strike
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Europe

This photograph shows a logo of the World Health Organisation (WHO) displayed on the facade of organisation's headquarters in Geneva on April 23, 2025. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP Argentina withdraws from World Health Organization
Image used for representation only. Britain rushes to contain 'unprecedented' meningitis outbreak
Germany's Economy and Energy Minister, Katherina Reiche speaks to the media as she arrives for a Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Brussels on March 16, 2026. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP) Germany targets oil firms to prevent wartime price gouging
View from Geneva, Switzerland. Reuters file photo. Swiss government rejects proposal to limit immigration

Africa

A Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) warden displays some of the syringe cartridges modified to carry live ants at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport law courts in Nairobi on March 17, 2026. Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP Two men in Kenyan court for ant-smuggling
Vehicles move on a flooded road after a heavy rain in Kibera of Nairobi, Kenya, on March 7, 2026. (Photo by Henry Naminde/Xinhua) Death toll rises to 49 as massive floods batter Kenya
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US Palaeontologist Paul Sereno poses at the Fossil Lab of the University of Chicago, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Keith Ladzinski / Fossil Lab, University of Chicago / AFP) Scientists discover giant bird-like dinosaur in Niger desert

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