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Syrian troops advance in their offensive in country's south 24 Jun 2018 - 06:57 pm
Smoke rises after Assad Regime forces carried out an attack in Syria's southwestern Daraa province on June 23, 2018. Ammar Al Ali - Anadolu
Egypt to extend state of emergency for three months 24 Jun 2018 - 04:14 pm
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Turkey votes in pivotal test for Erdogan 24 Jun 2018 - 03:14 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan leaves the voting booth at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Assad pledges to regain control of northern Syria by force if needed 24 Jun 2018 - 03:09 pm
Smoke rises after Assad Regime forces carried out an attack in Syria's southwestern Daraa province on June 23, 2018. Ammar Al Ali - Anadolu
Syrians flee to makeshift camps as bombing escalates in south 24 Jun 2018 - 07:45 am
Syrians leave Daraa, southwestern Syria, after several days of intensified bombardment on June 23, 2018. AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED
Iraqi PM Abadi and cleric Sadr enter into political alliance 23 Jun 2018 - 09:31 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who's political bloc came third in a May parliamentary election, (L) meets with cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who's bloc came first, in Najaf, Iraq June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Iraqi airstrike kills 45 Islamic State leaders inside Syria 23 Jun 2018 - 04:54 pm
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Iraq conducts air strike on Islamic State position in Syria 23 Jun 2018 - 03:50 pm
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Erdogan, rival Ince trade blows on eve of crunch Turkey polls 23 Jun 2018 - 03:23 pm
Supporters of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend his election rally in Istanbul, Turkey June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
Syrian army gains ground in rebel south: monitor 23 Jun 2018 - 01:49 pm
A picture taken on June 21, 2018 shows smoke plumes rising from Syrian regime bombardment on the town of Al-Mulayhah al-Sharqiyah in the eastern Daraa province countryside. AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED
Israeli army injures Anadolu Agency’s photojournalist 22 Jun 2018 - 09:17 pm
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Survivors report 220 migrants drowned off Libya in recent days: UNHCR 22 Jun 2018 - 06:33 am
Migrants wait to be transported to a detention center, at the coast of Tajoura, east of Tripoli, Libya June 20, 2018. Reuters/Hani Amara
Merkel pledges $100 million loan for troubled Jordan 22 Jun 2018 - 05:45 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) speaks during a press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman on June 21, 2018. AFP / Khalil Mazraawi
Embattled Merkel in Lebanon amid heated asylum debate 22 Jun 2018 - 05:45 am
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on June 21, 2018 shows Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) posing for a picture from a panoramic view overlooking the capital Beirut.
Algerian prime minister urges Bouteflika to seek fifth term 21 Jun 2018 - 08:56 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015 in Algiers (AFP / Alain Jocard)
Sara Netanyahu preceded by avarice of other first wives 21 Jun 2018 - 07:12 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara (Reuters)
Thousands flee regime shelling on south Syria: monitor 21 Jun 2018 - 01:45 pm
FILE PHOTO. Moawiya Sayasina, the Syrian activist who started scribbling anti-Assad slogans in 2011, walks past the rubble of destroyed buildings in a rebel-held neighbourhood in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on June 5, 2018. AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED
Turkey's Erdogan says may seek coalition if fails to get majority 21 Jun 2018 - 10:41 am
Turkish President and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the crowd during Turkey's ruling AK Party’s rally in Mardin, Turkey on June 20, 2018. (Osman Öksüz - Anadolu Agency)

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Police gather outside the house where a teenage suspect is suspected of killing his grandparents before carrying out a school shooting in Nonthaburi province, north of Thailand's capital Bangkok, on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Chanakarn LAOSARAKHAM / AFP) Toll in Thai school shooting rises to eight after child dies: ministry
Rescuers evacuate residents in Laymyethna township in Ayeyarwady region, Myanmar, Aug. 1, 2026. (Myanmar Fire Services Department/Handout via Xinhua) Over 40,000 affected by flooding after embankment breach in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady

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This photograph shows a fire in construction waste at a recycling company near the port of Rotterdam, in Rotterdam on August 7, 2026. (Photo by Jeffrey Groeneweg / ANP / AFP) Fire crews tame Rotterdam waste plant blaze
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Traditional groups play traditional instruments next to Djidji Ayokwe, also known as the talking drum, that was taken by French Colonial troups from Ivory Coast in 1916, during an official presentation to the local population in Adjamé village in Abidjan on August 7, 2026 after the repatriation of the Talking Drun fron France in March 13, 2026. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) Ivorians set eyes on talking drum for first time
File photo strictly for representational purposes only. Freepik. Ethiopia posts record 5.7-bln-USD annual mining export revenue
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