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In northern Iraq, Yazidis risk all to flee Islamic State 26 Nov 2016 - 12:07 pm
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Men made a mess of Somalia, now women want to fix it 26 Nov 2016 - 09:17 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 16, 2016 shows a Somali polling agent (R) explaining the voting procedure to a voter before she casts her ballot in Baidoa. AFP / SIMON MAINA
No plan to build wall around refugee camp: Lebanon army 26 Nov 2016 - 12:41 am
Ducks swim along a closed-off shoreline in Sidon, southern Lebanon, yesterday.
Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73 26 Nov 2016 - 12:36 am
Fighters from the Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) react as they enter the village of Al Tofaha, southeast of the city of Tal Afar, yesterday, during an ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Iraq's Najaf cemetery swells as fight against IS escalates 26 Nov 2016 - 12:20 am
A bridge destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group is seen in front of black plumes of smoke from burning oil wells, set ablaze by retreating militants, in Qayyarah, some 60km south of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday.
Kuwait to elect new Parliament today 26 Nov 2016 - 12:10 am
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Erdogan threatens EU with new migrant influx 26 Nov 2016 - 12:03 am
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Turkey reinstates over 6,000 teachers 26 Nov 2016 - 12:02 am
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Israel arrests 13 on suspicion of arson over wildfires 25 Nov 2016 - 11:58 pm
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Sinai attack toll rises to 11 25 Nov 2016 - 11:57 pm
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Israel forces shoot dead Palestinian 25 Nov 2016 - 11:54 pm
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Iran passenger trains collision death toll rose to 44: official 25 Nov 2016 - 08:41 pm
Injured people being treated at a local hospital following a collision between two passenger trains in the city of Shahroud, in the north-central province of Semnan, Iran in this still frame taken from video, November 25, 2016. IRINN/ via REUTERS TV
Foreign planes combat Israel wildfires as arrests made 25 Nov 2016 - 07:19 pm
A Russian firefighter plane helps extinguish a new fire that broke out in the Israeli town of Nataf, west of the Arab Israeli town of Abu Ghosh, along the border with the occupied West Bank on November 25, 2016. Foreign firefighting planes helped Israel t
Passenger trains collide in Iran, at least 40 killed 25 Nov 2016 - 06:45 pm
A handout picture released on November 25, 2016 by the Tasnim news agency shows damaged trains following an accident in the Semnan province, some 250 kms east of the Iranian capital Tehran. At least 40 people were killed in Iran early when an intercity ex
Suicide car bomb kills 12 south of Baghdad 24 Nov 2016 - 04:06 pm
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Sudan arrests dozens in foreign exchange crackdown 24 Nov 2016 - 03:37 pm
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Aleppo rebels agree UN aid plan; Russia, Syria yet to okay: UN 24 Nov 2016 - 03:20 pm
Debris of the collapsed buildings are seen after the war crafts belonging to the Syrian and Russian armies carried out airstrikes on the residential areas in Kafr Naya town of Aleppo, Syria on November 23, 2016. ( Beha el-Halebi - Anadolu Agency )
Hundreds evacuated as bushfires near Israel's Haifa 24 Nov 2016 - 03:04 pm
A picture taken on November 24, 2016 shows a fire raging in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa. Hundreds of Israelis fled their homes on the outskirts of the country's third city Haifa with others trapped inside as firefighters struggled to control r