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Iran and Ukraine open new talks over downed plane 19 Oct 2020 - 11:23 pm
This picture taken on October 19, 2020 shows (L to R) delegations from Ukraine and Iran meeting in Tehran for the second round of talks on compensation for the families of victims of the Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crash. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran hit by record 337 virus deaths in single day 19 Oct 2020 - 08:33 pm
Iranian women wear face masks as a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precaution, in Iran's capital Tehran on October 14, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran says UN arms embargo on Tehran has been lifted 18 Oct 2020 - 11:47 am
(FILES) A file photo taken on February 2, 2019, shows Iranians visiting a weaponry and military equipment exhibition in the capital Tehran, organised on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. AFP / Atta Kenare
Lebanon's protest flame still flickers on anniversary of 'revolution' 17 Oct 2020 - 08:21 pm
Lebanese protesters stand beneath the
Turkey says Black Sea gas find bigger than first thought 17 Oct 2020 - 06:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference during a visit to Moscow, Russia, March 5, 2020. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS
Pro-Iran protesters torch Kurd party offices in Baghdad 17 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard as demonstrators, supporters of the Hashed al Shaabi, ransack the Kurdish Democratic Party's headquarters in the capital Baghdad on October 17, 2020. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Lebanon's biggest Christian party says won't back Hariri for PM 17 Oct 2020 - 03:50 pm
Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon October 12, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
Iran announces its virus death toll passes 30,000 killed 17 Oct 2020 - 01:52 pm
Iranians wear face masks as a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic precaution, in Iran's capital Tehran on October 14, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Lebanon marks first anniversary of protest movement 17 Oct 2020 - 01:05 pm
Lebanese activists erect a metalic monument on October 16, 2020, with 'October 17' written on it in Arabic, a day ahead of the one year anniversary of the beginning of a nationwide anti-government protest movement, in front of the devastated port of the c
Iran hits new virus records, curbs travel 14 Oct 2020 - 08:03 pm
Iranian commuters wear face masks in a metro after Iranian authorities made it mandatory for all to wear face masks in public following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19), in Tehran Iran October 10, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS
Covid-19 claims over 10,000 lives in Iraq 14 Oct 2020 - 05:40 pm
Iraqi families walk in Baghdad's Zawraa Park on October 9, 2020, after the government lifted restrictions imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Lebanon, Israel held "productive" border talks: U.S. and UN statement 14 Oct 2020 - 02:45 pm
A general view shows UNIFIL and Lebanese military vehicles guarding the area around the UNIFIL base (not seen in picture) where Israeli and Lebanese delegtaions were having their first round of talks in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqura on Octob
Assad declares Syria wildfires national catastophe 13 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
A picture taken on October 11, 2020, shows a church in the middle of a scorched hillside due to forest fires in the countryside of the Syrian western city of Tartus. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Judge probing Beirut blast receives FBI's investigation 13 Oct 2020 - 01:45 pm
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Jordan's King Abdullah swears in new government to speed reforms 12 Oct 2020 - 04:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: King of Jordan Abdullah II addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Iran has highest daily virus death toll, new patient count 12 Oct 2020 - 02:50 pm
Iranian commuters wear face masks in a metro after Iranian authorities made it mandatory for all to wear face masks in public following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID19), in Tehran Iran October 10, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA
Iran’s nuclear chief and top Rouhani aide contract coronavirus 11 Oct 2020 - 04:00 pm
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Iraqi militias agree 'conditional ceasefire' to halt US attacks 11 Oct 2020 - 03:53 pm
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Peninsula 4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Iran's Kerman province
This photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025 shows a massive fire in the cargo area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Photo by Habibur Rahman/Xinhua) Bangladesh offers 3-day fee waiver for flights after airport fire
Peninsula 5.3-magnitude quake hits west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands: USGS
File photo for representational purposes only. Afghan gov't signs MoUs to support refugees, displaced families

Europe

Peninsula Food poisoning sickens 49 in Russia's Buryatia republic
Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the Popemobile after a mass for the canonization of seven new Saints at St Peter's square in The Vatican, on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Filippo Monteforte / AFP) Pope Leo proclaims seven new saints, including three nuns
France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez leaves the weekly meeting of the new cabinet at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on October 14, 2025. Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP New French Interior Minister announces Paris' desire to resume dialogue with Algeria
Peninsula Russia announces capture of two more towns in eastern Ukraine

Africa

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty. File photo. Egypt urges truce in Sudan to pave way for lasting ceasefire
The coffin is carried by officials during the final day of funeral proceedings for Odinga at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University grounds in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. (Photo by Luis Tato / AFP) Kenya buries long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga
Peninsula Ghana earns 8 bln USD from gold exports in 10 months
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks during a press conference during the IMF/World Bank annual meetings at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC, on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) IMF chief says acted 'as soon as conditions allowed' on Senegal debt

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