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CIA chief in Libya after Lockerbie suspect handover 12 Jan 2023 - 08:55 pm
This combination of pictures created on January 12, 2023 shows (left to right) Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah speaking in Tunisia's capital Tunis on November 30, 2022; and CIA director William Burns speaking before introducing the US President during a visit to the agency headquarters on the 75th anniversary of its founding in Langley, Virginia, on July 8, 2022. (Photo by FETHI BELAID and Samuel Corum / AFP)
Improved Syria-Turkey ties should seek end to 'occupation': Assad 12 Jan 2023 - 08:08 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (left) receiving Russia's Special Envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentiev and his accompanying delegation in the capital Damascus on January 12, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP)
Iran media claims detained British-Iranian linked to death of nuclear scientist 12 Jan 2023 - 05:47 pm
An undated handout picture provided by Khabar Online news agency shows, former Iranian deputy of defence minister, British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari, during an interview in Tehran. - Iran has sentenced Akbari to death after his conviction for spying for British intelligence services, the Islamic republic's judicial news agency reported January 11, 2023. (Photo by Khabar Online / AFP)
UAE names oil chief to head COP28 climate talks 12 Jan 2023 - 04:44 pm
United Arab Emirates' Industry Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Amr Alfiky)
Saudi Arabia says seeks to use own uranium for nuclear project 11 Jan 2023 - 11:38 pm
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Amnesty International slams ban on raising Palestinian flag in 1948 lands 10 Jan 2023 - 09:48 pm
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US Navy says seizes weapons en route from Iran to Yemen 10 Jan 2023 - 04:32 pm
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Iran executes two more men in connection with protests 08 Jan 2023 - 11:33 am
Mohammad-Mehdi Karami speaks in a courtroom before being executed by hanging, along with Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, for allegedly killing a member of the security forces in Tehran, Iran December 2022 in this still image obtained from a video by WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters
UAE says it led arrest of 'most wanted' people smuggler 05 Jan 2023 - 07:23 pm
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Iran closes French institute to protest Khamenei cartoons 05 Jan 2023 - 06:33 pm
File Photo: French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna leaves a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 26, 2022. (REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier)
Longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jail freed after 40 years 05 Jan 2023 - 01:01 pm
Karim Younis gestures as he is welcomed at his village in Ara, Israel January 5, 2023. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Gazans turn to firewood as energy prices soar 05 Jan 2023 - 11:33 am
A Palestinian man Samir Hejji and his son cut wood for sale, in Gaza City, December 28, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Iraqi court summons justice minister amid graft probe 04 Jan 2023 - 07:50 pm
Judge Haider Hanoun, head of the Federal Authority of Integrity, speaks to the press in Baghdad on January 3, 2023, to announce the recovery of four billion Iraqi dinars, the equivaliant of $2.6 million, reportedly part of the $2.5 billion of government funds fraudulently stolen from the tax authorities. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)
Egyptians hit by soaring food prices as crisis bites 04 Jan 2023 - 06:26 pm
People walk past a currency exchange point, showing an image of the US dollar in Cairo, Egypt, on March 22, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Iran protests cartoons of Khamenei in French satirical weekly 04 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with a group of Iranian women in Tehran, Iran January 4, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)
Three years on, Iran vows revenge for commander slain by US 03 Jan 2023 - 07:26 pm
People attend the ceremony to mark the third anniversary of the killing of senior Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani in a US attack, in Tehran, Iran, January 3, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
OIC strongly condemns Israeli far-right minister storming of Al-Aqsa mosque 03 Jan 2023 - 05:04 pm
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Minister of National Security in Israeli entity storms Al-Aqsa mosque 03 Jan 2023 - 02:30 pm
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Asia

Representational file photo. Kazakhstan to form national agency to manage radioactive waste
People wade through the water along a submerged street in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province, north of Manila on November 11, 2025, as flood waters continue to inundate homes due to heavy rains brought about by Super Typhoon Fung-wong. Photo by John Dimain / AFP Philippines digs out from Typhoon Fung-wong as death toll climbs
Peninsula Over 1,200 new dengue cases reported in Pakistan's Sindh
Elephants return to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage after taking their daily bath in a river in Pinnawala on February 16, 2025. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) Sri Lanka deploys 5,000 civil security officers to curb human-elephant conflict

Europe

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File photo of France president, Emmanuel Macron France's Macron to meet Palestinian president Abbas
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the press flanked by his wife Carla Bruni and French lawyer Jean-Michel Darrois after the verdict in his trial at the Tribunal de Paris courthouse in Paris, on September 25, 2025. Photo by Julien De Rosa / AFP France's Sarkozy says prison a 'nightmare' as prosecutors seek his release
File: BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured during a visit by Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (both unseen) to the BBC World Service, in London, on April 28, 2022, for its 90th anniversary. (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP) BBC chief resigns after row over Trump documentary

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