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Turkish forces 'surround' Syrian Kurdish city 13 Mar 2018 - 01:35 pm
A view of Afrin region is seen on March 12, 2018 in Afrin, Syria. Hi?am Al Homsi - Anadolu
Baghdad ends air blockade of Iraqi Kurdistan 13 Mar 2018 - 12:46 pm
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Syrian forces press Ghouta advance despite calls to end 'bloodbath' 12 Mar 2018 - 09:27 pm
A displaced Syrian child runs at a government-run shelter after they were evacuated by the army from areas in the Eastern Ghouta region recently recaptured from rebels by government forces, on March 12, 2018 in Ad Duwayr on outskirts of Damascus. Syrian g
France will strike Syria chemical arms sites if used to kill: Macron 12 Mar 2018 - 05:17 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference in the Indian city of Varanasi on March 12, 2018. AFP / MONEY SHARMA
Syria's Douma faces catastrophe, says council, as assault grinds on 12 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm
A boy is seen in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh/File Photo
Iran recovers black box from Turkish plane crash killing 11 12 Mar 2018 - 10:35 am
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Iran plane crash victims are Turkish socialite, friends coming home after Dubai bachelorette party 12 Mar 2018 - 12:01 am
The last photo on Mina Barasan's Instagram account showed her surrounded by seven other young women, all wearing robes and sunglasses. The post, tagged #minasbachelorette, said it was taken at the One and Only Royal Mirage luxury hotel in Dubai.
Protest leaders in Morocco's Jerada arrested 11 Mar 2018 - 07:47 pm
Moroccans shout slogans and wave the national flag during a demonstration in the northeastern city of Jerada on December 27, 2017 (AFP)
Private Turkish plane, 11 people on board, travelling from UAE to Istanbul crashes in Iran 11 Mar 2018 - 07:13 pm
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Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up 11 Mar 2018 - 05:42 pm
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Any gas attack in Syria 'very unwise': Mattis 11 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm
A picture taken late on March 10, 2018, shows an explosion, from a Syrian government air strike, illuminating the town of Arbin in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta. AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Fierce fighting in Syria's Ghouta as Assad presses assault 11 Mar 2018 - 01:56 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardment on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on March 10, 2018. AFP / Ammar SULEIMAN
Turkish warplanes destroy 18 Kurdish militant targets in Iraq - Anadolu 11 Mar 2018 - 12:19 pm
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850 sq km now under control in Afrin: Erdogan 10 Mar 2018 - 05:23 pm
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) control the area after Turkish Armed Forces and FSA members cleared from PYD/PKK-Daesh terrorists within the
Erdogan vows to press Syria offensive to key Kurdish-held towns 10 Mar 2018 - 04:55 pm
President of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during AK Party's 6th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Mersin, Turkey on March 10, 2018. Anadolu
Turkey's president slams NATO for lack of support in Syria 10 Mar 2018 - 03:52 pm
President of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the inauguration of ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's Politics Academy in Ankara, Turkey on March 09, 2018. Halil Sa??r
Wife of ex-Egypt president sets example of loyalty 10 Mar 2018 - 02:46 pm
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Syrian army intensifies Ghouta assault - Syrian state TV 10 Mar 2018 - 01:38 pm
A Syrian man sits amidst the destruction in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on March 9, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA

Asia

View of the skyline in Kuala Lumpur. File photo for representational purposes only. Malaysia's unemployment rate drops to 3 pct in 2025
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This photo illustration taken in Seoul on February 27, 2026 shows a Google Maps screen with a search for Seoul City Hall on a smartphone and a Google Maps webpage showing a map of Seoul. Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP South Korea finally agrees to share data with Google Maps
This handout photo taken on February 26, 2026 courtesy of the Facebook page of Ethan Asentista shows the eruption of Kanlaon volcano as seen from Canlaon City, Negros Oriental province in the central Philippines. (Photo by Handout / Courtesy of Ethan Asentista / AFP) Philippine volcano eruption sends ash 2.5 kilometres into sky

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Image used for representation only. French infant tests positive for toxin linked to formula recalls
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Africa

US Palaeontologist Paul Sereno poses at the Fossil Lab of the University of Chicago, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by Keith Ladzinski / Fossil Lab, University of Chicago / AFP) Scientists discover giant bird-like dinosaur in Niger desert
Peninsula Egyptian President discusses regional developments with Sudanese Prime Minister
A clinician fills a syringe a dose of the long-acting injectable HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Lenacapavir injection before administering to a client, during its launch marking the first phase of the national rollout at the Riruta Health Centre in Nairobi on February 26, 2026. (Photo by Simon Maina / AFP) Kenya administers first HIV prevention shots
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