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Israel frees 2 Syrians after return of soldier's remains 28 Apr 2019 - 04:45 pm
A general view taken on April 28, 2019 shows the Quneitra crossing in the Israeli annexed-Golan Heights during the transfer of two Syrian prisoners from Israel to Syria. AFP / JALAA MAREY
Iran warns could shut Hormuz Strait if tensions grow 28 Apr 2019 - 02:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
Algerian protest leader calls for six-month transition period 27 Apr 2019 - 08:43 pm
Demonstrators shout slogans during anti government protests in Algiers, Algeria April 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Militant attacks kill 22 government troops in north Syria 27 Apr 2019 - 07:00 pm
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Sudan opposition leader says Bashir ouster 'not military coup' 27 Apr 2019 - 04:36 pm
Leading Sudanese opposition figure Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, who was overthrown in 1989 in a bloodless coup by army officer Omar Hassan al-Bashir, talks during an interview with Reuters in Khartoum, Sudan, April 2
Sudan's protesters hope cheerful staying-power will oust army 24 Apr 2019 - 04:17 pm
Sudanese civil society activists Muawia Shaddad (C-L) and Omar el-Digeir (C-R), two of the leaders from the protest movement led by the Alliance for Freedom and Change, give a press conference in the capital Khartoum on April 24, 2019. AFP / OZAN KOSE
Erdogan says deporting Armenians was ‘Appropriate’ at the time 24 Apr 2019 - 02:29 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets MP's during a special session at Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) within National Sovereignty and Children’s Day in Ankara, Turkey on April 23, 2019. Evrim Ayd?n - Anadolu
Iran leader says US oil sanctions won't go 'without response' 24 Apr 2019 - 01:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 21, 2019 shows him addressing crowds of Iranians gathering in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad for a celebration of Noruz, the Persian New Year. AFP
12 killed in blast in northwest Syria: monitor 24 Apr 2019 - 11:47 am
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At least 264 dead in battle for Libya capital: WHO 23 Apr 2019 - 05:04 pm
Libyan children play near the port of Tripoli on April 22, 2019. AFP / Mahmud Turkia
Sudanese call for renewed protests to pressure military 23 Apr 2019 - 12:53 pm
Sudanese demonstrators gather in front of military headquarters during a demonstration after The Sudanese Professionals Association's (SPA) call, demanding a civilian transition government, in Khartoum, Sudan on April 22, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Sudan's army says holding talks with all political forces 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
Sudanese army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Shamseldin Kibashi attends a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Rights group: Rebel land mines in Yemen hinder aid efforts 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Cars queue to a petrol station to refuel amid shortages of fuel supplies in Houthi-held Sanaa, Yemen April 16, 2019. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
Opponents of Egypt's constitutional reforms call for 'no' vote 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
An Egyptian man casts his vote in a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments in Cairo on April 22, 2019. AFP / Khaled Desouki
Sudan’s army ruler vows to hand power to people 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Sudanese protesters flash the V for victory signs as they shout slogans during a protest near the army hearquarters in the capital Khartoum on April 21, 2019. AFP / Ozan Kose
Moroccans protest prison sentences of anti-poverty activists 22 Apr 2019 - 12:00 am
Moroccans shout slogans while waving the Berber, or Amazigh, flag during a demonstration against the court of appeal rulings on Al-Hirak al-Shaabi or
Voters offered rides, food in Egypt referendum on Sisi 21 Apr 2019 - 10:17 pm
Egyptian soldiers carry an elderly man at a polling station in a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in al-Ayat village, 90 km south of Cairo, on the first day of a three-day poll, on April 20, 2019. AFP
Tripoli forces push opponents back slightly south of Libyan capital-witnesses 21 Apr 2019 - 10:17 pm
Libyan fighters loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) run as they fire their guns during clashes with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar south of the capital Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara, on April 20, 2019. AFP / Mahmud Turkia

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File photo for representational purposes only. Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths
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File photo. Representational. Pakistan to start nationwide polio vaccination campaign in 159 districts

Europe

File photo / Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision organisers push back Israel decision over Gaza ceasefire
Representational file photo. Lithuania sees highest power prices in over six months
This handout photo provided by the Slovak Police via its Facebook site on October 13, 2025 shows a damaged train at the accident site of two collided passenger trains near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou close to Kosice, Slovakia. Photo by Handout / Slovak Police via FB / AFP Passengers injured as Slovakia trains collide
(L-R) John Hassler, Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren and Kerstin Enflo, member of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel sit in front of a screen displaying the portraits of the 2025 prize winners. (Photo by Anders Wiklund / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP) Trio wins economics Nobel for work on economic growth

Africa

Peninsula UN condemns repeated targeting of civilians in El Fasher, Sudan
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Paul Biya, President of Cameroon and presidential candidate for the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM), watches as Cameroon First Lady Chantal Biya casts her ballot at a polling station in Yaounde on October 12, 2025 during Cameroon's presidential election. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP) Cameroon's 92-year-old president poised for eighth term; counting begins as polls close

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