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In Iraq, Trump's sanctions threat brings bitter flashbacks 06 Jan 2020 - 07:21 pm
A keeper feeds a white lion at Al Zawra zoo in Baghdad, June 15, 2017. Reuters / Khalid al-Mousily
Uber ban in Istanbul triggered pirate cab boom, Hurriyet Reports 06 Jan 2020 - 12:23 pm
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'Million-strong' homage for general brings Tehran to standstill 06 Jan 2020 - 12:22 pm
People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official
Philippines braces to evacuate its workers in Iraq, Iran 06 Jan 2020 - 09:48 am
Protesters take part in a rally in front of the US embassy in Manila on January 6, 2020, demonstrating against the US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq. AFP / Ted Aljibe
Iran summons German envoy over 'unacceptable' remarks 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
The ministry conveyed to the German envoy Iran's
Israeli army to resume women tank crew trials 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
An Israeli army tank patrols along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. AFP / Jack Guez
Hezbollah leader says he warned Soleimani of assassination threat 05 Jan 2020 - 08:53 pm
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
Iraq's Parliament calls for expulsion of U.S. troops 05 Jan 2020 - 06:30 pm
U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, rest before their departure for the Middle East from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drak
Hezbollah chief urges Iraq to free itself from US 'occupation' 05 Jan 2020 - 05:30 pm
Supporters of Shiite Hezbollah movement hold posters of slain Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani as the movement's leader Hasan Nasrallah delivers a speech on a screen, in the Lebanese capital Beirut's southern suburbs on January 5, 2020. AFP / ANWAR
Pompeo: US military would only hit lawful targets in Iran 05 Jan 2020 - 05:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC. AFP / SAUL LOEB
Iran to finalise its next nuclear step on Sunday - IRNA 05 Jan 2020 - 03:31 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Parliament news agency on January 5, 2020 shows Iranian MPs chanting
Multiple rockets fall in Green Zone, Baghdad, air base: Iraqi military 04 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
A handout picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows American soldiers taking position around the embassy in the capital Baghdad. AFP / US EMBASSY IN IRAQ
Iran will punish Americans wherever they are within its reach: Guards commander 04 Jan 2020 - 02:33 pm
Hamas policemen in Gaza City stand guard during a mourning ceremony organised in honour of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait) killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in a US air strike a day earlier, on January 4, 2020. / AFP / MAHMUD
Coalition scales back Iraq operations for security reasons: US 04 Jan 2020 - 01:27 pm
A handout picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows American soldiers taking position around the embassy in the capital Baghdad, after supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached the outer wall o
Thousands of Iraqis join Baghdad funeral for slain commanders 04 Jan 2020 - 10:41 am
People gather at the funeral of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in B
US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
US soldiers in the US military camp of Bondsteel near the village of Sojeve on March 10, 2016. AFP / Armend Nimani
Airlines suspend flights to Baghdad over security concerns 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
A military helicopter flies over the US embassy as supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary protest in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Israel on alert for fallout after US killing of Iran commander 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. AFP / Jalaa Marey

Asia

Astronauts for China's Shenzhou-23 space mission Lai Ka-ying (L), Zhu Yangzhu (C) and Zhang Zhiyuan (R) wave during a press conference before the launch of the mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert in Jiuquan, in northwestern China's Gansu province on May 23, 2026. (Photo by CNS / AFP) China launches three-crew space flight as part of Moon ambitions
This photograph taken on May 14, 2026 shows commuters waiting to cross a road amid traffic in Dhaka. Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP Bangladesh puts AI in driving seat to tackle terrible traffic
Rescuers remove metal rubbles as they search for survivors on a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila on May 24, 2026. Nineteen people are feared trapped after a building under construction near Manila collapsed early on May 24, a local government official said. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) Rescuers search for 20 missing after Philippine building collapse
Drivers wait in rescue vehicles outside the Liushenyu coal mine, where an explosion killed dozens in Qinyuan county, in China痴 northern Shanxi province on May 24, 2026. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) Anxious Chinese families await news of missing coal miners

Europe

File Photo WHO chief says Kyiv offices damaged by strikes
A picture taken on April 30, 2026 shows residential buildings alongside the Guadalquivir river on Betis street in Seville. Photo by CRISTINA QUICLER / AFP Protesters march in Madrid over soaring housing costs
French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of European Commission President before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP) Macron warns Belarus against involvement in Ukraine war: source
File photo Starmer 'welcomes the progress' towards deal to end US-Iran war

Africa

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Benin president-elect Romuald Wadagni (C) delivers his remarks after being sworn in during his inauguration ceremony at the Palais des Congres in Cotonou on May 24, 2026. (Photo by yanick Folly / AFP) Benin's ex-finance minister sworn in as president
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