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Trafficking risk high for hundreds of migrants sent back to Libya 15 Jan 2020 - 07:26 pm
A migrant is seen at a detention centre in Tripoli, Libya April 4, 2019. Reuters/Ismail Zitouny
Five killed as Sudan crushes revolt by security agents 15 Jan 2020 - 12:17 pm
A civilian walks past members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are seen near the area where gunmen opened fire outside buildings used by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in Khartoum, Sudan January 14, 2020. REUTERS/Moham
Iran's Zarif says 2015 nuclear deal "among best deals": State TV 15 Jan 2020 - 10:39 am
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gives a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on October 29, 2019. (AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI)
Moscow warns EU move on Iran deal risks 'new escalation' 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell speaks during a debate at the European Parliament on January 14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP / Frederick Florin
Lebanon erupts in protest again as crisis builds and banks fret 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
A protestor jumps over a burning barricade during a protest over economic hardship and lack of new government in Beirut, Lebanon January 14, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176 14 Jan 2020 - 05:28 pm
Iranian students hold pictures of victims during a memorial for the passengers of the Ukraine plane crash, in University of Tehran on January 14, 2020.   AFP / ATTA KENARE
Gunfire heard in Sudanese capital: witness 14 Jan 2020 - 02:17 pm
Peninsula
Iran judiciary says arrests made over airliner downing 14 Jan 2020 - 12:47 pm
File picture of Ukraine plane crash.
Iran's president says downing Ukrainian plane an "unforgivable error" 14 Jan 2020 - 10:36 am
A woman sheds a tear during a memorial service at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario on January 12, 2020 for the victims of Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 which was shot down over Iran this past week. AFP / Geoff Robins
US troops describe 'miraculous' escape at Iraqi base attacked by Iran 14 Jan 2020 - 10:02 am
U.S. soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison
King of Jordan warns Islamic State on rise again 13 Jan 2020 - 03:11 pm
King of Jordan(Reuter/ file photo)
Russia says civilians can flee Syria's Idlib via three new checkpoints 13 Jan 2020 - 02:52 pm
Syrians gather amidst the rubble following regime airstrikes on a market in the town of Binnish in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib on January 11, 2020. (AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR)
Hezbollah says payback for US strike has just begun 12 Jan 2020 - 08:08 pm
Supporters of the the Shiite Hezbollah movement watch as the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah delivers a speech on a screen in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on January 12, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
Syrian regime forces civilians to flee NW Syria 12 Jan 2020 - 06:00 pm
Syrians gather amidst the rubble following regime airstrikes on a market in the town of Binnish in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib on January 11, 2020. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
UN welcomes announcement of ceasefire in Libya 12 Jan 2020 - 10:26 am
Peninsula
Trump warns Iran against 'massacre' as protests erupt over jetliner downing 12 Jan 2020 - 09:35 am
A rose rests on a page featuring photographs of people who have died in Iran as Iranian Americans from across California converge in Los Angeles to participate in the California Convention for a Free Iran and to express support for nationwide protests in
UK ambassador to Iran arrested: British govt 12 Jan 2020 - 08:24 am
Peninsula
Syrian regime airstrikes kill 17 civilians in Idlib 11 Jan 2020 - 04:19 pm
Panicked residents run following an air strike by pro-regime forces in the nothwestern Syrian city of Idlib on January 11, 2020. / AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR