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Thousands of Syrians celebrate in streets, calling for unity 13 Dec 2024 - 08:27 pm
This aerial view shows people celebrating the ouster of Syria's president Bashar Al Assad near the landmark Damascus Sword sculpture at the Umayyad Square in central Damascus on December 13, 2024. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
'Syria freed!': thousands cheer at famed Damascus mosque 13 Dec 2024 - 04:24 pm
This aerial view shows pigeons flying as people crowd outside the 8th-century Umayyad mosque and the Hamidiyah covered market in the old city of Damascus on December 13, 2024 during first weekly Muslim Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP.
Palestinian Foreign Ministry: Nuseirat massacre proves international community's failure to protect Palestinians 13 Dec 2024 - 04:03 pm
Palestinians mourn relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, ahead of their funeral in the Nuseirat refugee in the central Gaza Strip on December 13, 2024. Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP.
6 killed, 60 injured in fire at elderly care home in Jordan 13 Dec 2024 - 10:38 am
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Blinken meets Erdogan for talks on Syria crisis 12 Dec 2024 - 10:46 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erodgan before a picture of the founder and first president of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during their meeting at Ankara Esenboga Airport on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / POOL / AFP)
Casualties from Israeli aggression on Gaza: 44,835 martyrs, 106,356 wounded 12 Dec 2024 - 08:42 pm
A Palestinian woman cries outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Gaza rescuers say Israel kills 33 in morning strikes 12 Dec 2024 - 12:04 pm
Palestinians mourn near the bodies of victims of an Israeli strike, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south Gaza Strip, on December 12, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
UN General Assembly to vote on 'unconditional' ceasefire in Gaza 11 Dec 2024 - 11:03 pm
File: A man takes cover behind a column as an explosion propagates smoke and dust during an Israeli strike which reportedly targeted a school in the Zeitoun district on the outskirts of Gaza City, on September 1, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Damascus airport to reopen 'in next few days': director 11 Dec 2024 - 08:26 pm
An aerial view shows passenger planes of Syria's private airline company Cham Wings on the tarmac of the closed international airport of Damascus on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
UN appeals for $4 billion in Gaza, West Bank aid in 2025 11 Dec 2024 - 08:20 pm
This view shows the tents of displaced Palestinians erected by a collapsed building in Gaza City on December 11, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Turkiye opens additional border crossing with Syria to speed up refugees' return 11 Dec 2024 - 12:09 am
Syrian who lives in Turkey wait in a queue at Cilvegozu crossborder gate before entering in Syria at Reyhanli district in Hatay, on December 9, 2024. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
Eight dead in Cairo building collapse: health ministry 10 Dec 2024 - 08:34 pm
An excavator is stationed outside a collapsed building in the Waili district of central Cairo on December 10, 2024. Photo by AFP
Transitional govt brings 'new hope' for Syria: WHO chief 10 Dec 2024 - 08:06 pm
People cheer as they gather a the Karama square to welcome the arrival of rebel fighters from Aleppo and Daraa governorates in the southern Syrian city of Sweida on December 10, 2024. Photo by SHADI AL DUBAISI / AFP.
Russia's military bases in Syria under threat 10 Dec 2024 - 06:48 pm
This handout satellite provided by Planet Labs shows the empty Russian naval base in Tartus on December 9, 2024. The collapse of Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad's Syrian government has lead to Russia facing the prospect of having to withdraw from its military bases in the country. Photo by Planet Labs PBC / AFP.
Jordanian man returns home after 38 years in Syria's prisons 10 Dec 2024 - 02:34 pm
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Situation in Syria set to stabilize within few days, says Syrian Minister  09 Dec 2024 - 07:21 pm
A Syrian refugee girl waits to cross the destroyed border between the two countries in Al-Arida on December 9, 2024, as they return to their homeland. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP)
Death toll from ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza surges to 44,758 martyrs 09 Dec 2024 - 04:32 pm
Palestinians carry a body as they prepare for a funeral at the al-Awda Hospital at the Nuseirat refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip on December 7, 2024. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Biden to deliver remarks on Syria 08 Dec 2024 - 09:00 pm
US President Joe Biden enters the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2024. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)

Asia

Image used for representation only. Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes off central Philippines: USGS
Security personnel inspect an explosion site outside the Frontier Corps (FC) headquarters in Quetta on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Banaras KHAN / AFP) Bombing kills 10 outside Pakistan border force compound
Rescuers work on the site of a school building collapse at Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo district, East Java, Indonesia, Sept. 29, 2025. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua) Death toll from Indonesia school building collapse rises to 3
An aerial photo shows rescue workers walking through flood waters after typhoon Bualoi passed over Lam Thanh commune in Nghe An province on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Phan Duy / AFP) Long-lasting Typhoon Bualoi devastates Vietnam, killing 19

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Rory McIlroy of Team Europe celebrates with the Ryder Cup after Team Europe's 15-13 win over Team United States on September 28, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images/AFP 'Are you watching Donald Trump?': Europe's Ryder Cup golfers taunt president
Jaguar Land Rover signage is seen on a dealership in Tonbridge south-east of London on September 29, 2025. Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP Jaguar Land Rover to partially resume carmaking after cyberattack
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Africa

Members of the Judiciary Police arrive at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile Hotel at Porte Maillot in Paris, after South Africa's ambassador to France was found dead at the foot of the hotel on September 30, 2025. Photo by Anna KURTH / AFP South African ambassador found dead outside Paris hotel
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Protesters gather at the South African Parliament during civil society and faith-based organizations’ mass rally for Gaza, in Cape Town on September 27, 2025. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP) Thousands march in Cape Town in support of Gaza people
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