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Peacekeepers say Israeli tanks 'forcibly entered' UN Lebanon position 13 Oct 2024 - 06:34 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. A United Nations flag flies in the back of one of the armoured vehicles of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Palestinians in Gaza's Jabalia grieve and try to survive 13 Oct 2024 - 05:21 pm
Ali Assaf (R), 20, reportedly the only survivor from his family killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, is comforted by a young man as mourns near the bodies of his relatives in front of the al-Maamadani on October 12, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP.
Qatari aircraft arrives in Beirut with humanitarian aid for Lebanese people 13 Oct 2024 - 04:09 pm
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UNICEF: Ongoing conflicts destroy children's lives in Middle East 13 Oct 2024 - 03:24 pm
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UN warns against 'catastrophic' regional conflict 12 Oct 2024 - 06:17 pm
Spanish peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) coordinate their patrol with the Lebanese army, in Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo by AFP.
Israel threatens south Lebanon residents to 'not return' amidst unprecedented backlash over targeting UN peacekeepers 12 Oct 2024 - 04:07 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. First responders stand on the balcony of an apartment building that was targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the village of Wardaniye, south of Beirut on October 9, 2024. Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP.
US forces strike Islamic State group in Syria 12 Oct 2024 - 02:59 pm
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Iran bans pagers, walkie-talkies on flights after Lebanon attacks 12 Oct 2024 - 02:53 pm
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Hezbollah says launched missiles on Israeli base near Haifa 12 Oct 2024 - 09:20 am
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Nicaragua breaks off ties with Israel 12 Oct 2024 - 08:52 am
(Files) A man holds a Palestinian and Sandinista flags during the inauguration of Gaza street in support to the Palestinian people, in the historic center of Managua on January 30, 2024. (Photo by Oswaldo Rivas/ AFP)
Canada's Prime Minister renews call for ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza 12 Oct 2024 - 08:07 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the ASEAN-Canada special Summit during the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Vientiane on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen / AFP)
Ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza leaves 65 martyrs in 24 hours; death toll at 42,126 11 Oct 2024 - 10:00 pm
A Palestinian boy cries after an Israeli strike hit the Rafida school housing displaced people in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 10, 2024.(Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Lebanon to demand UN Security Council to issue a ceasefire resolution 11 Oct 2024 - 07:51 pm
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Second round of Gaza polio vaccination 'more complicated': UN 11 Oct 2024 - 03:34 pm
A boy watches a smoke plume rise while standing in the balcony of the Rafei school, being used as a displacement shelter, in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2024. Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Relief as Lebanon evacuees dock in Turkey 11 Oct 2024 - 12:13 am
A Turkish soldier holds a child evacuee as Turkish citizens evacuated from Lebanon disembark from the TCG L402 Bayreaktar Turkish war ship after its arrival at the southern Turkish port of Mersin, southern Turkey, on October 10, 2024. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
UN force says two peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon 10 Oct 2024 - 02:53 pm
This picture shows a view of building hit by Israeli air strikes in Baalbek, in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, on October 9, 2024,. (Photo by Fabio Bucciarelli / AFP)
Attack damages ship off Yemen coast: UK maritime agency 10 Oct 2024 - 09:19 am
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Tearful Turkish-Lebanese evacuate Lebanon by sea 09 Oct 2024 - 09:42 pm
Photo used for demonstration purposes. Turkish passport holders await resgistration at a hotel in the BIEL area of Beirut's waterfront, ahead of their evacuation from Israeli bombing of Lebanon on Turkish Navy ships at the Beirut port on October 9, 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
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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

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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