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Ethiopian crash captain untrained on 737 MAX simulator - source 21 Mar 2019 - 02:11 pm
Mourners of victims of the crashed accident of Ethiopian Airlines react beside coffins during the mass funeral at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17, 2019. AFP / Samuel HABTAB
Israel calls UN members to vote against war crimes bill 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
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Lions, other animals to be saved from Gaza zoo: welfare group 20 Mar 2019 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Palestinian Mohammad Oweida, a zoo owner, shows stuffed animals that died during the 2014 war in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2016. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Air strike kills four people in Somalia: Relatives 20 Mar 2019 - 01:25 pm
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Lebanese-Canadian arrested for ‘spying for Israel’ 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
A herd of sheep graze near the Lebanese-Israeli border in Kfar Kila village, southern Lebanon, August 24, 2015. Reuters/Aziz Taher
'Fascist' perfume, flatulent hippo star in Israel election social media war 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
Competitors hold the Israeli flag along the Old City ramparts during Jerusalem's 9th International Marathon, on March 15, 2019. AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen
Top US diplomat says Golan change intentional 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
A United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation military observer uses binoculars near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, May 11, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Japan to send defense forces to non-UN mission in Egypt 19 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers his speech while attending the graduation ceremony of the Defense Academy in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture on March 17, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Islamic State loses big part of enclave, SDF sees defeat "very soon" 19 Mar 2019 - 12:17 pm
Smoke rises from the last besieged neighborhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
New Algerian group urges Bouteflika to step down, and army not to interfere 19 Mar 2019 - 10:18 am
People carry their national flags as they protest over President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's decision to postpone elections and extend his fourth term in office, in Algiers, Algeria March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Sudan, South Sudan to demilitarize shared borders 18 Mar 2019 - 09:46 pm
South Sudan government soldiers parade in a camp in Juba on April 21, 2016. AFP/Peter Martell
Upstart party turns cannabis into key Israeli election issue 18 Mar 2019 - 06:33 pm


A billboard in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan in the suburbs of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2019 bearing portraits of Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) political alliance leaders Moshe Yaalon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi, with a caption below readi
Syria army vows to retake control of Kurdish areas 18 Mar 2019 - 04:30 pm
A sniper with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) opens fire toward a part of Baghouz where remaining Islamic State (IS) group fighters are holding out in their last position, in the countryside of the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on March 18, 201
U.S.-backed force says it has taken positions in Islamic State Syria camp 18 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
A view overlooking the camp of Baghouz where remaining Islamic State (IS) group fighters and their families are holding out in the last position controlled by IS as Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) fighters await to advance on them, in the countryside of t
Iranian border guard killed in fight with armed group near Iraq 18 Mar 2019 - 10:52 am
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Algerian unions refuse to support PM's efforts to form government 18 Mar 2019 - 10:46 am
Demonstrators wave an Algerian flag during a protest over fears of plot to prolong the Algerian president's rule, on March 17, 2019, in Marseille, southeastern France. AFP / Christophe SIMON
Turkish man escapes New Zealand mosque terror by seconds 17 Mar 2019 - 10:52 pm
Mustafa Boztas, who was at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch during the terror attack, told Anadolu Agency on Sunday that he was shot in his leg by the terrorist but managed to escape through the mosque's window.
Israel court bars extreme-right election candidate Ben-Ari 17 Mar 2019 - 10:16 pm
Jewish Power party's Michael Ben Ari attends a hearing at the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 14, 2019, to be allowed to run to the Israeli parliament. AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen