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It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, says UN report 22 Oct 2024 - 09:23 pm
A woman pushing a wheel chair loaded with her personal belongings as displaced Palestinians fleeing Israeli military operations in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza strip walk along the Salah al-Din main road in eastern Gaza City making their way to the city centre, on October 22, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Over a dozen killed in Israeli strikes near one of Beirut's main hospitals 22 Oct 2024 - 04:36 pm
Rescuers search for survivors under the rubble a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Jnah on October 22, 2024. Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP.
Death toll from Israeli raid near Hariri hospital rises to 13, 57 injured 22 Oct 2024 - 11:19 am
A man inspects the debris a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb of Jnah on October 22, 2024. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon surges to 2,483 21 Oct 2024 - 11:39 pm
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on October 21, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Israeli forces bomb Rafah, Jabalia, murder many civilians 21 Oct 2024 - 09:53 pm
A Palestinian man rushes a child injured in Israeli military operations in northern Gaza, into Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Occupation rejects urgent request to evacuate those trapped under rubble in Northern Gaza: UNRWA 21 Oct 2024 - 10:16 am
Palestinians inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Islam Ahmed / AFP)
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen dead: Turkish TV 21 Oct 2024 - 09:53 am
(Files) A handout picture released by Zaman Daily shows exiled Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen at his residence on September 24, 2013 in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Selahattin Sevi / Zaman Daily / AFP)
Death toll of Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 2,464  21 Oct 2024 - 12:04 am
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese border village of Khiam on October 20, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Once bursting with life, south Beirut gutted by Israeli bombs 20 Oct 2024 - 07:12 pm
Smoke fumes cover a neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs near one of the runways of Beirut International Airport following an Israeli airstrike on on October 19, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Turkiye, Iran FMs warn of Israeli schemes to spread regional war 20 Oct 2024 - 05:31 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released on October 18, 2024 by Turkish Foreign Ministery press service Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (C) attends the 3+3 South Caucasus Regional Cooperation Platform with foreign ministers of Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia in Istanbul. Photo by Handout / Turkish Foreign Minister Press Office / AFP.
Carnage of Israeli air strikes spreads misery in north Gaza 20 Oct 2024 - 04:32 pm
Palestinians mourn over the covered bodies of relatives, killed in an Israeli airstrike, outside the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2024. Photo by Islam AHMED / AFP.
Palestinians enduring 'unspeakable horrors' in north Gaza: UN 19 Oct 2024 - 11:19 pm
A displaced Palestinian, ordered by the Israeli occupation army to leave the school in Beit Lahia where they were sheltered, rests as she arrives in Gaza City on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Gaza rescuers confirm over 400 killed in two weeks of Israeli assault on territory's north 19 Oct 2024 - 05:11 pm
Displaced Palestinians check the damage inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
Netanyahu residence targeted as Hezbollah launches barrage at Israel 19 Oct 2024 - 03:35 pm
A displaced young Palestinian woman stares from a balcony inside UN school-turned-refuge in the Al-Shati refugee camp near Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Gaza authorities accuse Israeli forces of attacking hospital 19 Oct 2024 - 09:43 am
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UNIFIL says it was targeted five times by Israeli forces 18 Oct 2024 - 10:37 pm
A United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) armoured vehicle drives on a road in the southern Lebanese area of Marjeyoun on October 17, 2024. UNIFIL, a mission of about 9,500 troops of various nationalities, was created following Israel's 1978 invasion of Lebanon. (Photo by AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 42,500 as Israeli forces commit more massacres 18 Oct 2024 - 07:59 pm
Relatives pray over the shrouded body of ten-year-old Sama al-Debs, who was killed during an Israeli army operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, during her funeral on October 18, 2024.(Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Italian PM visits Lebanon after UNIFIL incidents 18 Oct 2024 - 06:27 pm
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni looks on during a meeting with Lebanon's caretaker prime minister at the government palace in central Beirut on October 18, 2024. Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP.

Asia

An Afghan vendor selling perfume and body sprays, uses his mobile phone as he sits at his shop in Kabul on October 1, 2025. (Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP) Mobile and internet restored across Afghanistan
File photo September was hottest on record in Japan's Okinawa: weather agency
personnel search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) Survivor pulled from Indonesia school collapse as parents await news
File photo US confirms rules on Korean firms' use of B-1 visa: Seoul

Europe

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on October 1, 2025, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky holding a flag insignia as a serviceman pays his respect during a ceremony marking Defenders' Day, a holiday honoring veterans and fallen members of the Ukrainian armed forces. (Photo by Handout / AFP) Zelensky says Russia poses 'global threat' after strikes cut power to Chernobyl
File: Jane Goodall, the world's foremost authority on chimpanzees, communicates with chimpanzee Nana, on June 6, 2004 at the zoo of Magdeburg in eastern Germany. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / DDP / AFP) Renowned British chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Peninsula German finds 15 milion-euro winning lotto ticket in coat
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

Africa

Members of the security forces detain a protester as others scuffle during a youth-led demonstration in Rabat on September 29, 2025, calling for reforms in the public health and education sectors. Dozens of youths were detained on September 29 in Morocco on the third day of protests calling for education and public health reforms, according to a local rights group and AFP reporters. (Photo by Abdel Majid Bziouat / AFP) Hundreds arrested and injured in Morocco protests
Former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila during a meeting with leaders of various religious groups at one of his residences in Goma on May 29, 2025. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo ex-president Kabila sentenced to death in absentia for 'treason'
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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