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'It's a thunderbolt,' say Palestinians of Hamas chief's killing 31 Jul 2024 - 11:29 am
Palestinians walk through a deserted commercial area in Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during a general strike on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Zain Jaafar / AFP)
Reports say Hamas chief killed by air strike 31 Jul 2024 - 09:34 am
(Files) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Beirut on June 22, 2022. (Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP)
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas political leader and ex-Palestinian PM 31 Jul 2024 - 09:06 am
(Files) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh addresses supporters during a rally in Gaza City 22 April 2005. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Russia calls killing of Hamas leader ‘unacceptable political murder’ 31 Jul 2024 - 08:47 am
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Turkiye condemns 'shameful assassination' of Hamas chief: minister 31 Jul 2024 - 08:33 am
(Files) This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidency Press Office on April 20, 2024, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas. (Photo by Handout / Turkish Presidential Press Service / AFP)
Hamas says Haniyeh assassination ‘grave escalation’ 31 Jul 2024 - 08:31 am
(Files) This handout picture provided by the Iranian foreign ministry on February 13, 2024, shows Hamas' political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh. (Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / AFP)
Palestinian president slams 'cowardly assassination' of Hamas chief: statement 31 Jul 2024 - 08:18 am
(Files) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Ismail Haniyeh at Abbas' office in Gaza City, Saturday, June 10, 2006. (Photo by Khalil Hamra / AFP)
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran 31 Jul 2024 - 08:00 am
(Files) Ismail Haniyeh, political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in Tehran on March 26, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Prime Minister of Lebanon's Caretaker Government condemns Israeli onslaught on southern suburbs of Beirut 31 Jul 2024 - 12:11 am
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Woman killed, others injured in Israeli raid on southern suburb of Beirut 30 Jul 2024 - 11:40 pm
Men walk past debris after the top floors of an eight-storey building were destroyed following an Israeli military strike in a Beirut's southern suburb, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Iran's new president Masoud Pezeshkian takes oath of office 30 Jul 2024 - 09:19 pm
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Algeria says withdraws ambassador to France over W.Sahara rift 30 Jul 2024 - 05:33 pm
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IOF bombs Al-Bureij refugee camp, murders nine Palestinian civilians 30 Jul 2024 - 04:33 pm
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Palestinian health ministry declares Gaza Strip a polio epidemic zone 29 Jul 2024 - 08:07 pm
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Arab Observatory for Human Rights slams Israeli evacuation orders in south of Gaza 29 Jul 2024 - 09:15 am
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Jordan's Umm al-Jimal added to UNESCO heritage list 28 Jul 2024 - 11:04 pm
A handout image made available by the Jordan Tourism Board on July 28, 2024, shows the house XVIII at the Umm al-Jimal archaeological site, some 86 kms (53 miles) north of the Jordanian capital Amman, which was added to World Heritage list by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on July 27, 2024. (Photo by Handout / JORDAN TOURISM BOARD / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 39,324; wounded 90,830 28 Jul 2024 - 08:13 pm
A Palestinian man inspects the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on July 27, 2024.(Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
13 Palestinian martyred as occupation strikes South Gaza 28 Jul 2024 - 07:01 pm
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Asia

A Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on October 31, 2025. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP) China sends youngest astronaut, mice to space station
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A woman rows a boat on a flooded street following heavy rains in Hoi An on October 30, 2025. (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN / AFP) Death toll rises to 28 in central Vietnam floods
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Gyeongju on October 31, 2025. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) Nvidia to supply 260,000 cutting-edge chips to South Korea

Europe

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Representational file photo of a tuna fish. UK tuna giant floats, boosting London Stock Exchange
Leader of D66 (Democrats 66) Rob Jetten (L) speaks to journalists in The Hague on Ocotber 31, 2025, after the D66 party won the the Dutch parliamentary elections. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP) Centrist D66 confirmed as Dutch general elections winner
Members of the French Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention (BRI - Research and Intervention Brigade) police unit check the scene of a robbery at a gold refining laboratory in Lyon, central-eastern France, on October 30, 2025. Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP French police arrest six over armed robbery at gold laboratory

Africa

This handout satellite image by Vantor taken on October 26, 2025 and made available on October 31, 2025 shows smoke billowing from fires burning around El-Fasher Airport in El-Fasher. (Photo by Handout / Satellite image ｩ2025 Vantor / AFP) UN calls for swift, independent investigation into violations in Western Sudan's El Fasher
A displaced woman rests in Tawila, in the country's war-torn western Darfur region, on October 28, 2025, after fleeing El-Fasher following the city's fall to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (Photo by AFP) UN warns of 'atrocities,' 'horror' in Sudan as RSF advances
France's President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi before a meeting at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on October 30, 2025, on the sidelines of the Paris Peace Forum. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP) Congo's Goma airport to reopen, over $1.7bn in aid pledged: Macron
A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania presidential elections. Photo by Marco Longari / AFP Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths feared

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