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Disillusionment appears to help Shiite cleric in Iraq vote 14 May 2018 - 04:55 pm
Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf, south of Baghdad, March 22, 2016. (Reuters file photo / Alaa Al-Marjani)
Israeli forces kill 41 in Gaza protests as anger mounts over U.S. Embassy 14 May 2018 - 04:32 pm
Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial m
U.S. Embassy move encouraged "massacre" by Israeli forces 14 May 2018 - 04:22 pm
A Palestinian man uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to
Iraqi air force destroys Islamic State command center in Syria - State TV 14 May 2018 - 12:26 pm
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Iran FM in Moscow as Russia moves to save nuclear deal 14 May 2018 - 12:08 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Arab League Council to hold extraordinary meeting on Jerusalem 14 May 2018 - 11:55 am
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground as the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the ba
Palestinian minister calls for defending Al-Aqsa 13 May 2018 - 06:56 pm
Yousef Adeis (Reuters file photo)
Israelis march, bask in pro-US fervour ahead of embassy move 13 May 2018 - 06:45 pm
An Israeli man confronts a Palestinian woman at Damascus gate in Jerusalem on May 13, 2018, as Israeli nationalist settlers celebrate the Jerusalem Day in the Old City. AFP / Menahem Kahana
Iraq counts votes as record abstentions hit first post-Islamic State poll 13 May 2018 - 03:55 pm
Iraqi polling station staff is seen after polls closed for the Iraqi parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq on May 12, 2018. Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu
Blast in Syria's Idlib kills 12 civilians 13 May 2018 - 02:19 pm
Civil defence crews and locals conduct search and rescue works after a bomb laden car explodes in front of the district hospital near the court house in Idlib, Syria on May 12, 2018. At least 12 people died and 25 injured. Khalaf Joumaa - Anadolu
Impact of GCC crisis not limited to five countries, says Turkey FM 13 May 2018 - 12:29 pm
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu makes a speech during the Istanbul Forum for Arab Journalists in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2018. ( Fatih Akta? - Anadolu Agency )
Rouhani says Iran may remain part of nuclear accord 13 May 2018 - 12:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
Egypt arrests activist over video critical of government 12 May 2018 - 08:03 pm
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Monitor: 42 killed by Israeli strikes in Syria this week 12 May 2018 - 06:12 pm
An image released on May 10, 2018 by the government-affiliated
In Iraq's shattered Mosul, voters eye fresh start after IS 12 May 2018 - 05:50 pm
An Iraqi voter shows his ink-stained index finger in front of a damaged wall in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on May 12, 2018, still partially in ruins from the devastating months-long fight to oust the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP / AHMAD AL-R
Iraq minorities fear new upheaval in multi-ethnic city after vote 12 May 2018 - 04:12 pm
Iraqi voters read lists of candidates outside a polling station in the central holy city of Najaf on May 12, 2018 as the country votes in the first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
Eleven Iranians among dead in Israel strikes on Syria Thursday: monitor 12 May 2018 - 10:28 am
An image released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) early on May 10, 2018 purportedly shows what the official news agency said was air defence systems intercepting Israeli missiles over Syrian airspace, without specifying the location. AFP PHOTO / SAN
Iraqis start voting in first election since defeating Islamic State 12 May 2018 - 08:34 am
An Iraqi man casts his vote at a polling station during the parliamentary election in the Sadr city district of Baghdad, Iraq May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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File photo used for representation only. Air India mandates drug tests for all pilots after mid-air plunge
This screen grab picture from a handout video taken and released on August 12, 2026 by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) shows the Putri Yasmin ferry, which serves the Padangbai-Bali- to Lembar-West Nusa Tenggara route, on fire in the waters of Bali. (Photo by Handout (Green Road Waste Management ) Rescuers comb waters near Bali for 5 missing after ferry blaze
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