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US military calls on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria 02 Nov 2019 - 05:37 pm
A US soldier sits atop an armoured personnel carrier in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on November 2, 2019. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Lebanon's banks see no "extraordinary movement" of money on reopening 02 Nov 2019 - 01:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: A young demonstrator stands outside the Central Bank of Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
Thirsty crops, leaky infrastructure drive Tunisia's water crisis 02 Nov 2019 - 12:04 am
Grandmother Massouda Barhoumi sits under a tree on her family's land, which is a 4km walk from the nearest source of water, in the central region of Kairouan, Tunisia on September 2, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Layli Foroudi
Lebanon president calls for merit-based govt, in nod to protesters 01 Nov 2019 - 08:36 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun addressing the nation on the third anniversary of his presidency from the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 31, 2019. AFP/ Dalati and Nohra
No Israeli govt involvement in alleged NSO-WhatsApp hack: minister 01 Nov 2019 - 08:31 pm
The logo of WhatsApp mobile messaging service in a file photo taken on December 28, 2016 in Paris. AFP / Lionel Bonaventure
Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet 01 Nov 2019 - 06:33 pm
An Iraqi female demonstrator takes part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 1, 2019. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Car blast kills eight in Syria's Afrin, near Turkish border 31 Oct 2019 - 11:25 am
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Roads blocked in Lebanon as protests enter third week 31 Oct 2019 - 11:08 am
Lebanese army soldiers clash with protesters as they attempt to reopen the main highway that links the cities of Saida and Beirut near the town of Jiyeh, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on October 30, 2019. AFP
North Korea fires unidentified projectile - South Korea military 31 Oct 2019 - 10:59 am
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US releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack 31 Oct 2019 - 07:56 am
U.S. special forces move towards the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a raid in the Idlib region of Syria in a still image from video October 26, 2019. Video picture taken October 26, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout vi
Erdogan: Joint patrols with Turkey and Russia start Friday 30 Oct 2019 - 05:49 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, October 30, 2019.
Iraq's Umm Qasr port operations halted by protesters: officials 30 Oct 2019 - 11:51 am
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What's next after Lebanon PM resigns 29 Oct 2019 - 09:45 pm
Prime Minister Saad Hariri (R) hands President Michel Aoun his government's resignation at the Baabda presidential palace, east of the capital Beirut, on October 29, 2019, bowing to nearly two weeks of unprecedented nationwide protests. AFP / Dalati And N
Lebanon government falls, protesters say 'more' 29 Oct 2019 - 09:45 pm
Lebanese anti-government protesters celebrate the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the southern city of Sidon on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
Populist cleric joins Iraq protests as political crisis deepens 29 Oct 2019 - 06:12 pm
Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (R) drives a car as he joins anti-government demonstrators gathering in the central holy city of Najaf on October 29, 2019. AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
Trump says Baghdadi's top replacement also killed 29 Oct 2019 - 05:36 pm
Syrian locals near a destroyed truck at the spot where Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, the Islamic State (IS) group's spokesman was reportedly killed in a raid in the northern Syrian village of Ayn al-Bayda near Jarablus. AFP / Aaref WATAD
Tunisia Fires Foreign, Defense Ministers in Government Shakeup 29 Oct 2019 - 05:22 pm
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Lebanon PM Hariri says to submit resignation 29 Oct 2019 - 05:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks during a news conference after a cabinet session at the Baabda palace, Lebanon October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Asia

People walk past Kartavya Path near India's presidential palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan) in New Delhi on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Arun Sankar / AFP) India court eases Diwali firecracker ban despite pollution
Peninsula Qatar Pavilion concludes successful participation at Expo 2025 Osaka, welcoming over two million visitors
File photo China sanctions 5 US branches of S. Korean ship giant Hanwha
File photo for representational purposes only. Indian authority revokes licence, orders shutdown of company responsible for cough syrup deaths

Europe

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky reacts as he holds a joint press-conference following talks with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in Kyiv on October 13, 2025, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.(Photo by Sergei Supinsky / AFP) Zelensky strips Odesa mayor of Ukrainian citizenship
(Files) The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on October 24, 2017 in Geneva. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP) WHO calls for urgent focus on brain health
This picture taken on December 19, 2017 shows a logo outside the fashion house and luxury goods Gucci shop on the Avenue Montaigne in Paris, ahead of Christmas. Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP EU hits Gucci, Chloe and Loewe with 157-mn-euro antitrust fines
Protesters leave Gare de Bruxelles-Nord railway station as they take part in a demonstration during a national day of action against the austerity of the federal Arizona government, in Brussels on October 14, 2025. (Photo by Marius Burgelman / Belga / AFP) Flights cancelled as Belgium hit by national strike

Africa

Members of Madagascar’s Army CAPSAT unit ride in armoured vehicles while assuming a defensive posture as they leave the Presidential Palace in Antananarivo, October 14, 2025. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP) Military seizes power in Madagascar as president impeached
Peninsula UN condemns repeated targeting of civilians in El Fasher, Sudan
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Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed with President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H E Emomali Rahmon and other officials during the meeting.

Qatar, Tajikistan review economic ties