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Ailing Bouteflika: Algeria's longest serving president 01 Apr 2019 - 09:26 pm
A file photo taken on April 15, 2000 shows Cuban president Fidel Castro (L) and Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R), president of Algeria, saluting troops in a ceremony in Havana. AFP / Adalberto Roque
Algeria's president says he will step down before April 28 01 Apr 2019 - 09:15 pm
In this file photo taken on November 23, 2017 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen while voting at a polling station in the capital Algiers during polls for local elections. AFP/Ryad Kramdi
Algeria's president: From freedom fighter to public enemy 01 Apr 2019 - 09:15 pm
Algerian minister of Foreign affairs Abdelaziz Bouteflika answering journalist's questions as he leaves the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Georges Pompidou on July 10, 1973. AFP
Algeria's Bouteflika: highlights of a long presidency 01 Apr 2019 - 09:15 pm
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (L) with his counterparts from Egypt, Hosni Mubarak (C), and Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, after their meeting in Sirte on the Mediterranean coast east of Tripoli on August 15, 2005. AFP
Algeria: timeline of mass protests 01 Apr 2019 - 09:15 pm
People carry national flags during a protest to demand the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria March 29, 2019. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina
Algeria bans graft suspects from leaving as Bouteflika clings on 01 Apr 2019 - 05:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika delivers a speech during swearing-in ceremony after his re-election in Algiers, Algeria April 19, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Iran orders evacuation of flood-hit western cities 01 Apr 2019 - 05:39 pm
An aerial view of flood-hit areas in Golestan Province in northern Iran on March 21, 2019. Anadolu
Israel to send 250,000 settlers to occupied Golan 01 Apr 2019 - 03:42 pm
A picture taken from the Syrian town Ain al-Tineh shows the Druze town of Majdal Shams in the Israeli- annexed Golan Heights on March 26, 2019.   AFP / Louai Beshara
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocks Iran's west, no casualties 01 Apr 2019 - 02:42 pm
Peninsula
Turkey election board says opposition leading Istanbul race 01 Apr 2019 - 10:55 am
Supporters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) unfurl a portrait of candidate Ekrem Imamoglu to celebrate local election in Istanbul, Turkey on 1 April 2019. AFP / Yasin AKGUL
Despite talk of returns, Turkey quietly works to integrate Syrian refugees 31 Mar 2019 - 10:04 pm
Jamal Sahlabji and his son Ahmed (R) stand in front of a private school in Gaziantep, Turkey, March 6, 2019. Picture taken March 6, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Brazil's Bolsonaro meets Netanyahu in pre-vote visit to Israel 31 Mar 2019 - 07:29 pm
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro meet at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem, March 31, 2019. Heidi Levine/pool via Reuters
Cold homecoming for Afghans paid by Iran to fight in Syria 31 Mar 2019 - 04:35 pm
Peninsula
Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home 31 Mar 2019 - 04:24 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (C) exits a polling booth prior to cast his ballot at a polling station during the municipal elections in Istanbul, on March 31, 2019.  AFP / BULENT KILIC
Turks vote in test for Erdogan as recession hits home 31 Mar 2019 - 10:20 am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters after his speech during a pre-election rally at Bayrampasa district in Istanbul, on March 30, 2019.  / AFP / Ozan KOSE
Israel reopens Gaza crossings closed for days after rocket strike: official 31 Mar 2019 - 10:07 am
Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinian protestors over the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, as it is seen from its Israeli side March 30, 2019 REUTERS/ Amir Cohen
Pope visits Morocco to highlight migrants, Muslim ties 30 Mar 2019 - 05:23 pm
:King Mohammed VI of Morocco (R) welcomes Pope Francis (L) in Rabat upon the pontiff's arrival in the North African country on March 30, 2019 on a visit which will see him meet Muslim leaders and migrants ahead of a mass with the minority Catholic communi
2 Gazans martyred by Israeli fire amid Land Day demos 30 Mar 2019 - 05:11 pm
Palestinian protesters use slingshots to hurl rocks as smoke billows from tires burning during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration marking the first anniversary of the