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US embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately: Statement 03 Jan 2020 - 11:45 am
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. (AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
US Congress divided over Soleimani killing 03 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General and commander of the Quds Force, wearing his trademark ring during an interview with members of the Iranian leader's bureau in Tehran. (file pic/ AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR)
Pentagon says killing of Soleimani was at directions of Trump 03 Jan 2020 - 11:12 am
Iraqis walk at Baghdad's Tahrir Square on January 3, 2020. (AFP)
Democrats call US killing of Iranian general 'reckless' 03 Jan 2020 - 10:04 am
A picture published by the media office of the Iraqi military's joint operations forces on their official Facebook page shows a destroyed vehicle on fire following a US strike on January 3, 2020 on Baghdad international airport road in which top Iranian c
Netanyahu trial could be watershed in Israeli politics 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav the fifth submarine in the fleet after it arrived in the Haifa port, January 12, 2016. Reuters / Baz Ratner
Lebanon receives Interpol arrest warrant for Ghosn 02 Jan 2020 - 06:27 pm
Journalists gather outside the house believed to belong to former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon January 2, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Iraqi protester shot dead as anti-regime rallies continue 02 Jan 2020 - 06:13 pm
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Turkey detains 7 in probe into Ghosn fleeing bail in Japan 02 Jan 2020 - 12:30 pm
Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato/
Earthquake hits Northeastern Iran 02 Jan 2020 - 09:55 am
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Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad 01 Jan 2020 - 08:39 pm
An Apache military helicopter flies over the US embassy as supporters of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force protest to condemn the US air strikes that killed Hashed fighters over the weekend, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. AFP /
Hamas allows rival Fatah to mark anniversary in Gaza rally 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
A Palestinian woman gestures as others hold pictures of president Mahmoud Abbas and late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally marking the 55th anniversary of Fatah's founding, in Gaza City, January 1, 2020. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Displaced Syrians start new year in abandoned prison 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
Syrian children displaced from Maaret Al-Numan play in the yard of a former jail turned into a makeshift refugee shelter in the northwestern city of Idlib on December 31, 2019, during activities organised by a local aid association. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Iraqi militias start withdrawing from US embassy 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
Iraqi security forces and protesters stand outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. DoD/Lt. Col. Adrian Weale/Handout via Reuters
More than 20 dead, many displaced after violence in Sudan's West Darfur 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
File photo: Sudanese men ride camels as they gather to attend a speech by then Sudanese president during his visit to El Daein in Eastern Darfur on April 5, 2016. AFP / Ashraf Shazly
Shelling hit school killing 6 in rebel-held Syrian village 01 Jan 2020 - 04:13 pm
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following an air-strike on the flashpoint town of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's southern Idlib governorate on December 30, 2019. / AFP / Abdulaziz KETAZ
US troops fire tear gas at protesters in Iraq 01 Jan 2020 - 01:49 pm
U.S. Embassy security men use stun grenades to disperse protesters and militia fighters during a protest to condemn airstrikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/
Syria death toll for 2019 lowest in civil war: monitor 31 Dec 2019 - 07:58 pm
Syrian soldiers in a truck past people sitting in a field with harvested aubergines in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 2019. AFP / Delil Souleiman
US embassy in Baghdad evacuated as protesters denounce US air strikes 31 Dec 2019 - 01:10 pm
Protesters gather to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), outside the main gate of the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq on December 31, 2019. (REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani)

Asia

Peninsula Pakistani security forces announce killing of several militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peninsula 3 missing after car plunges into river in central Nepal
General view of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. AFP. Representational photo. Sri Lanka orders precautionary measures amid adverse weather
File photo. Bangladesh measles outbreak drives families into debt: aid groups

Europe

AI generated image for representational purposes only. Scottish island bird hunt banned after almost 500 years
This picture shows burnt houses in Le Porge, southwestern France, on August 3, 2026, after authorities allowed residents to return to their homes. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) Ukrainian firefighters join battle against France fire in first
Hungary's Prime Minister Peter Magyar informs the press with the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament at the presidential palace in Budapest, on August 3, 2026 on the government's handling of the heat wave and the energy crisis. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP) Hungary fends off heatwave-induced nuclear shutdown
This handout satellite photograph, taken on August 2, 2026, and released by Planet Labs PBC, shows the waterline marking the Spain-Morocco maritime border off Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta. Photo by Handout / 2026 Planet Labs PBC / AFP EU chief urges 'united action' on borders after Ceuta migrant rush

Africa

Peninsula Gunmen kidnap at least 52 people in northwest Nigeria: residents
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