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Iran confirms increase in IAEA nuclear inspections 14 Dec 2024 - 01:44 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. Iran’s ambassador to IAEA Mohsen Naziri Asl attends the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on December 12, 2024. Photo by Joe Klamar / AFP.
UN envoy warns against Syria collapse at crisis talks 14 Dec 2024 - 01:18 pm
Photo used for representational purposes. United Nations (UN) Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen attends a press conference on the situation in Syria, in Geneva on December 10, 2024. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP.
Syria war monitor reports Israeli strikes on military sites 14 Dec 2024 - 12:21 pm
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Turkiye says Damascus embassy to be 'operational' Saturday 14 Dec 2024 - 09:38 am
Aerial view shows people celebrating the ouster of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad near the landmark Damascus Sword sculpture at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
G7 leaders call for peaceful, inclusive transition process in Syria 13 Dec 2024 - 11:37 pm
This handout picture taken in Rome and released on December 13, 2024 by Italy's Prime Minister press office (Palazzo Chigi Press Office), shows a screen displaying the G7 leaders meeting by video link. From top left : Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, US President Joe Biden, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Council Antonio Costa. (Photo by Handout / Palazzo Chigi press office / AFP) 
Thousands of Syrians celebrate in streets, calling for unity 13 Dec 2024 - 08:27 pm
This aerial view shows people celebrating the ouster of Syria's president Bashar Al Assad near the landmark Damascus Sword sculpture at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
'Syria freed!': thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque 13 Dec 2024 - 04:24 pm
This aerial view shows pigeons flying as people crowd outside the 8th-century Umayyad mosque and the Hamidiyah covered market in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024 during first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Nuseirat massacre proves international community's failure to protect Palestinians 13 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm
Palestinians mourn relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, ahead of their funeral in the Nuseirat refugee in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
6 killed, 60 injured in fire at elderly care home in Jordan 13 Dec 2024 - 10:38 am
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Blinken meets Erdogan for talks on Syria crisis 12 Dec 2024 - 10:46 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erodgan before a picture of the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during their meeting at Ankara Esenboga Airport on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Casualties from Israeli aggression on Gaza: 44,835 martyrs, 106,356 wounded 12 Dec 2024 - 08:42 pm
A Palestinian woman cries outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes 12 Dec 2024 - 12:04 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
UN General Assembly to vote on 'unconditional' ceasefire in Gaza 11 Dec 2024 - 11:03 pm
File: A man takes cover behind a column as an explosion propagates smoke and dust during an Israeli strike which reportedly targeted a school in the Zeitoun district on the outskirts of Gaza City, on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Damascus airport to reopen 'in next few days': director 11 Dec 2024 - 08:26 pm
An aerial view shows passenger planes of Syria's private airline company Cham Wings on the tarmac of the closed international airport of Damascus on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
UN appeals for $4 billion in Gaza, West Bank aid in 2025 11 Dec 2024 - 08:20 pm
This view shows the tents of displaced Palestinians erected by a collapsed building in Gaza City on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Turkiye opens additional border crossing with Syria to speed up refugees' return 11 Dec 2024 - 12:09 am
Syrian who lives in Turkey wait in a queue at Cilvegozu crossborder gate before entering in Syria at Reyhanli district in Hatay, on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
Eight dead in Cairo building collapse: health ministry 10 Dec 2024 - 08:34 pm
An excavator is stationed outside a collapsed building in the Waili district of central Cairo on December 10, 2024. Photo by AFP
Transitional govt brings 'new hope' for Syria: WHO chief 10 Dec 2024 - 08:06 pm
People cheer as they gather a the Karama square to welcome the arrival of rebel fighters from Aleppo and Daraa governorates in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on December 10, 2024. Photo by SHADI AL DUBAISI / AFP.

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Image used for representation only. India and China to resume direct flights after 5 years
Rescuers search for three people who were reported missing under the rubble of a collapsed building in Bogo City on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ted Aljibe / AFP) Philippine quake toll hits 72, aftershocks at 2,652 expected to continue in coming days
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A relative of a missing student mourns as rescuers search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on October 2, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) No more signs of life in Indonesia school collapse: rescuers

Europe

Luxembourg's Grand Duke Guillaume waves from the balcony of the Grand Ducal Palace after being sworn-in as Grand Duke Head of State of Luxembourg in Luxembourg city on October 3, 2025. Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP Luxembourg enthrones new grand duke after royal abdication
This photograph shows the 25th April bridge over the Tagus river with the lights off following a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Lisbon on April 28, 2025. Photo by Patricia DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP. 'First of its kind' power surge behind Iberia blackout: experts
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds an operational meeting via videoconference with permanent members of the Russian Security Council in Moscow on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Aleksey Babushkin / POOL / AFP) Putin expresses support for Trump's Gaza proposal
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Africa

Residents sit in a pool of water due to the flooding of the Nile river in the Sudanese village of Wad Ramli north of Khartoum on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Ebrahim Hamid / AFP) Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood
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File photo for representational purposes only. Ghana raises cocoa prices following Ivory Coast hike
Members of the security forces detain a protester as others scuffle during a youth-led demonstration in Rabat on September 29, 2025, calling for reforms in the public health and education sectors. Dozens of youths were detained on September 29 in Morocco on the third day of protests calling for education and public health reforms, according to a local rights group and AFP reporters. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat / AFP) Hundreds arrested and injured in Morocco protests

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