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To set up 'safe zone,' US wades into muddled Syria politics 07 Sep 2019 - 03:14 pm
A convoy of Turkish military vehicles passing through the village of Kafr Halab on the western edge of Aleppo province. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
UN says floods, heavy rainfall in Sudan kill 78 people 07 Sep 2019 - 02:01 pm
Buildings are seen aftermath of the flash floods in White Nile State, Khartoum, Sudan on September 05, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Iran fires up advanced centrifuges in latest nuclear step 07 Sep 2019 - 11:38 am
A handout picture released by Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on September 7, 2019, shows spokesman for the organization Behrouz Kamalvandi speaking during a press conference in the capital Tehran. AFP PHOTO / HO / ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN
Trump's Mideast peace envoy set to leave the White House 05 Sep 2019 - 06:41 pm
Jason Greenblatt, Trump's special representative for international negotiations, will depart the administration in the coming weeks, the White House said Thursday.
Netanyahu opposes Iran talks after Trump moots meeting Rouhani 05 Sep 2019 - 09:58 am
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Across decades, families of missing Iraqis share endless anguish 04 Sep 2019 - 10:11 pm
Samya Khasro, a woman from Iraq's once-persecuted Shiite Kurdish minority, sits next to pictures of family members who vanished 35 years prior and whose whereabouts remain unknown, as she gives an interview with AFP at her home in the capital Baghdad's hi
Netanyahu pays homage in Hebron, in nod to rightist voters 04 Sep 2019 - 07:13 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks up while his wife Sara touches the outside wall of the Cave of the Patriarchs, a shrine holy to Jews and Muslims during a state memorial ceremony, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 4, 201
US slaps sanctions on Iran shipping network over Syria oil 04 Sep 2019 - 06:27 pm
In this file photo taken on April 30, 2019 Iranian soldiers take part in the National Persian Gulf day in the Strait of Hormuz. AFP/Atta Kenare
Iran gives Europe two more months to save nuclear deal 04 Sep 2019 - 11:41 am
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech during the parliamentary session held to receive votes of confidence for 4 ministers at the Iranian Parliament, in Tehran, Iran on September 3, 2019. ( Iranian Presidency / Handout - Anadolu Agency )
Iran to return to nuclear deal only under oil credit line -Fars 04 Sep 2019 - 08:17 am
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In Iraq's Baiji, mines turn farms into killing fields 03 Sep 2019 - 08:17 pm
Abu Bashir, a local official who lost two sons to improvised explosive devices in the Al-Nour district outside Iraq's Baiji, an oil-rich region ravaged by fighting against the Islamic State group in 2014 (AFP /Sabah Arar)
New US-led patrols in Gulf raise stakes with Iran 03 Sep 2019 - 07:17 pm
Amphibious Assault Vehicles cruise towards the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), in Gulf of Aden, in this picture released by US Air Force on September 3, 2019. Keypher Strombeck/US Navy/Handout via Reuters
At least one killed in two motorbike explosions in Syrian border town 03 Sep 2019 - 04:43 pm
Civil defence crews and residents inspect the site of motorbike explosion killing 1, wounding 11 others in Azaz district of Aleppo, Syria on September 03, 2019. Nayef Abboud - Anadolu
Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria 03 Sep 2019 - 11:34 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 18, 2019, an Iranian flag flutters on board the Adrian Darya oil tanker, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar. AFP / Johnny Bugeja
Iran's Rouhani rules out any bilateral talks with US 03 Sep 2019 - 09:56 am
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (bottom) speaks at parliament in the capital Tehran on September 3, 2019. AFP / ATTA KENARE
German foreign minister Maas arrives in Sudan 03 Sep 2019 - 09:38 am
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (L) meets with Sudan's Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Omar Dahab Fadel upon the former's arrival at Khartoum International Airport outside the Sudanese capital on September 3, 2019. / AFP / Ebrahim HAMID
Palestinian women protest after suspected honor killing 02 Sep 2019 - 07:30 pm
Palestinian women protest in support of women’s rights outside the prime minister’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 2, 2019, after a young Palestinian died in a case that has raised emotions. AFP / ABBAS MOMANI
Iran confirms space centre blast but slams Trump tweet 02 Sep 2019 - 04:34 pm
Source: Twitter@realDonaldTrump

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(Files) Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee / AFP) Bangladesh ex-premier Hasina vows to return despite fearing for life

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Beach goers sit on the beach of Moutchic in Lacanau, southwestern France on July 24, 2026, as clouds of smoke rise into the sky from a wildfire. Photo by Maximilien Lamy / AFP How an AFP beach snap became emblem of Europe's wildfire summer
Jose Fernandez is pictured at his burnt-out home following a devastating wildfire in Pelayos de la Presa, 65 kilometers west of Madrid, on July 28, 2026. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP) 'No home': Spanish pensioner returns to charred ruins after wildfire
(Files) A staff member cleans the car logo of a BMW at the International Motor Show IAA on September 8, 2025, in Munich, southern Germany. (Photo by Alexandra Beier / AFP) BMW aims to cut 8,000 jobs by end 2027: company source
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