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Iran condemns 'cowardly' drone attack on defence site 29 Jan 2023 - 07:44 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with his Qatari counterpart in the capital Tehran, on January 29, 2023. (Photo by Aatta Kenare / AFP)
Iranian military factory hit by drone attack 29 Jan 2023 - 05:32 pm
Members of the Iranian Army take part in a military exercise in Isfahan on September 8, 2022. [File: Handout/WANA via Reuters]
Lebanon's top Christian cleric says judge probing port blast must be allowed to pursue truth 29 Jan 2023 - 05:08 pm
Lebanese demonstrators lift placards demanding top prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat be discharged and held accountable for the 2020 port blast, during a rally in the capital Beirut on January 28, 2023. - The judge leading the investigation into the deadly 2020 port explosion, charged on January 22 several powerful figures, including Oueidat, over the blast, reviving a probe that was suspended for over a year amid vehement political and legal pushback. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Blinken begins Middle East trip amid spate of violence 29 Jan 2023 - 04:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada at the State Department in Washington, US, January 11, 2023. (REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting 29 Jan 2023 - 12:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. File Photo: AFP
Woman accused of murdering Saudi national in US arrested: Embassy  28 Jan 2023 - 02:24 pm
File Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
BBC Arabic Radio goes off air after 85 years 28 Jan 2023 - 10:23 am
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Watchdog blames Syria for 2018 chemical attack 28 Jan 2023 - 12:32 am
A child waves as a US convoy patrols the area near the town of Tal Hamis, southeast of the city of Qameshli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh governorate, on January 26, 2023. (Photo by Delil Souleiman / AFP)
UN warns of record rates of hunger in Syria 27 Jan 2023 - 10:23 pm
File Photo: A child pushes a cart selling cooked sweetcorn in Douma, outside Damascus, Syria, September 17, 2018. (REUTERS/Marko Djurica)
Lebanon lawmaker sit-in enters second week 27 Jan 2023 - 07:52 pm
Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (left) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut, in this handout photo provided by the Lebanese Parliament on January 19, 2023. (AFP)
Iran: One person dies in attack on Azerbaijan's embassy 27 Jan 2023 - 01:34 pm
Police stay guard in front of the Azerbaijan embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, following an attack. Photo by AFP
Nine killed in Israeli raid in West Bank 27 Jan 2023 - 08:30 am
Palestinian women mourn at the funeral of one of the victims killed during an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, yesterday. (AFP)
Lebanon central bank says freezes accounts of US-sanctioned individuals 26 Jan 2023 - 08:47 pm
A view shows a logo of Lebanese money exchanger Hassan Moukalled's company CTEX on the exterior of the company, in Beirut, Lebanon January 26, 2023. (REUTERS/Aziz Taher)
Saudi Arabia amends nationality law; prime minister to grant citizenship 26 Jan 2023 - 07:47 pm
A view shows vehicles driving on a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 16, 2021. File Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
Egypt unveils ancient 'secret keeper' tomb, golden mummy 26 Jan 2023 - 05:46 pm
Workers stand behind a collection of pharaoh statues during a press conference at the Saqqara archaeological site, where a gold-laced mummy and four tombs including of an ancient king's
Iraq to hang 14 people for IS massacre of cadets 26 Jan 2023 - 05:15 pm
Rusafa Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, above, is hearing most of the cases against foreigners. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Beirut blast victims' relatives rally for embattled probe judge 26 Jan 2023 - 12:58 pm
Families of the victims of the 2020 port blast take part in a protest against Lebanon's top public prosecutor who charged the judge investigating the blast and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion in front of the Justice Palace in Beirut, Lebanon January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Iran slaps new sanctions on EU and UK in tit-for-tat move 25 Jan 2023 - 10:03 pm
An Iranian man walks past an anti-U.S. mural on the wall of former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on January 25, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Asia

People fishing at a pier on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. AFP file photo for representational purposes only. Indonesia to halt diesel imports from July 1
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a train station in Seoul on April 19, 2026. Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles into sea: Seoul
This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia's Sandakan Fire and Rescue Department on April 19, 2026, shows a general view of the Kampung Bahagia water village after a fire, in Sandakan, on Malaysia's Borneo island. (Photo by Handout / Malaysia's Sandakan Fire and Rescue Department / AFP) Malaysia: massive fire destroys nearly 1,000 homes, displaces thousands
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Europe

This undated handout photograph made available by the Precture de Police on April 19, 2026 shows a bomb from World War II partially uncovered near a residential area, prompting a vast operation by emergency services to neutralise the device, in Paris' northwestern suburb of Colombes. Photo by Handout / Préfecture de police / AFP Bomb experts try to defuse WWII bomb near Paris
A visitor performs on a reconnaissance vehicle of the German Federal army Bundeswehr at their booth at the FIBO trade show for health, fitness and wellness in Cologne, western Germany on April 16, 2026. (Photo by Ina Fassbender / AFP) Fit in fatigues: German army presses recruitment drive
QNA / X US Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket to transport satellite into orbit
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Africa

Representational file photo Over 46 million Ethiopians register for upcoming general election
Senegal football supporters walk with their personal belongings after being released from Al Arjat 2 prison in Sale on April 18, 2026.(Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP) Morocco frees Senegal fans after sentences served
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