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Turkey condemns Israel’s approval of new settler units 23 Feb 2018 - 09:22 pm
A crane lowers a caravan to the ground in Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Palestinians angry at reports of early US Embassy move to Jerusalem 23 Feb 2018 - 08:33 pm
An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary, December 6, 2017. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Reports say Iran temporarily bans ATR aircraft after crash 23 Feb 2018 - 02:53 pm
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More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of UN vote 23 Feb 2018 - 12:44 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardments on Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. / AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Hundreds of African migrants protest Israel detentions 23 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am
African migrants protest outside the Saharonim Prison, an Israeli detention facility for African asylum seekers near Holot, where at least nine others have been incarcerated as part of Israel's new policy of prison or deportation for migrants, in Israel's
Five-day assault on Syria enclave kills more than 400 23 Feb 2018 - 09:55 am
Syrian rescuers work at site of Syrian government bombardments in Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Air strikes hammer Syria's Ghouta for fifth day, UN mulling ceasefire resolution 22 Feb 2018 - 09:20 pm
Syrians prepare to bury a body in Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. AFP / Amer Almohibany
UN envoy sees difficult talks on Syria ceasefire deal 22 Feb 2018 - 11:19 am
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations' special envoy for the Syria crisis, attends a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2018, in Munich, southern Germany. AFP / Thomas Kienzle
Fresh rocket fire on Syria enclave kills 13: monitor 22 Feb 2018 - 11:17 am
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Egypt arrests 6 on a farm owned by Muslim Brotherhood politician 21 Feb 2018 - 09:55 pm
In this file photo taken on May 24, 2011 then Egyptian presidential candidate and reformist member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, speaks during an interview with AFP at his office at the doctors' syndicate in Cairo. AFP / Khaled Des
Syria's Ghouta residents wait to die as more bombs fall 21 Feb 2018 - 09:14 pm
:A wounded Syrian boy waits to receive treatment at a make-shift hospital in Kafr Batna in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus following Syrian government bombardments on February 21, 2018. AFP / Amer Almohibany
Migrant recounts his deportation from Israel 21 Feb 2018 - 07:58 pm
This file photo taken on September 2, 2017 shows Christian African Eritrean migrants walking outside at a makeshift church in southern Tel Aviv. (AFP / Menahem Kahana)
Gaza to pump sewage straight into sea as crisis worsens 21 Feb 2018 - 07:25 pm
A Palestinian man rides a camel as people sit on a beach on a hot day in Gaza City, July 12, 2017 (Reuters / Mohammed Salem)
Turkey says whoever helps Kurd militia in Syria is 'legitimate target' 21 Feb 2018 - 03:09 pm
Turkish Armed Forces' military vehicles are seen as they cleared and ceased Syrian border line from PYD/PKK terrorists within the
Lebanon arrests former Islamic State financial official 21 Feb 2018 - 02:46 pm
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Bodies recovered from Iran plane crash site 21 Feb 2018 - 02:15 pm
Iranian rescue teams gathering in the area of a search operation for the wreckage of a plane that crashed near a mountain peak two days earlier in Iran's Zagros mountain range. AFP /Mohammed KHADEMOSHEIKH
Confidant of Israel's Netanyahu turns state's witness in corruption case - media 21 Feb 2018 - 09:48 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an inauguration ceremony for a new emergency room at the Barzilai Hospital in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon on February 20, 2018. / AFP / JACK GUEZ
Russia says Syrian ceasefire monitoring centre hit in shelling - TASS 21 Feb 2018 - 09:39 am
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Asia

Residents stand in the mud as they wait to be evacuated from their flood-hit homes after Typhoon Kalmaegi hit Cebu City in the central Philippines on November 4. Photo by Alan Tangcawan / AFP World Bank releases 500 mln USD to aid Philippines' recovery after Typhoon Kalmaegi
Representational file photo. HIV/AIDS kill 1,000 people in Cambodia in 2024, down 9 pct: PM
A general view shows motorcycles trapped in mud after the flash floods in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya district of Indonesia's Aceh province, on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Chaideer MAHYUDDIN / AFP) Flash floods, landslides leave 174 dead, 79 missing in Indonesia
People wade through a flooded road after heavy rainfall in Kaduwela on the outskirts of Colombo on November 28, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) Sri Lanka deploys troops as floodwaters rise, death toll hits 69

Europe

Peninsula Russia bans activities of several international organisations, including Human Rights Watch
A Gendarmerie car drives past the entrance of the jail of Dijon, eastern France on November 27, 2025. (Photo by Arnaud Finistre / AFP) France catches one of two escapees in bed-sheet prison break
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A member of the prison staff stands behind the entrance door of the jail of Dijon central eastern France on November 27, 2025. (Photo by Arnaud Finistre / AFP) Two fleece French jail using bed sheets

Africa

A general view of the Presidential Palace in Bissau on November 26, 2025. (Photo by Patrick MEINHARDT / AFP) Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup, president's arrest
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