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Egypt struggles against population 'catastrophe' 21 Dec 2017 - 02:22 pm
A picture taken on December 12, 2017 shows an elevated view of al-Attaba district on the edge of downtown Cairo, Egypt. AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Suspected cholera cases reach one million in Yemen 21 Dec 2017 - 02:00 pm
The mother of one-year-old Sameer al-Dhanbari, who suffers from severe malnutrition, helps him as he lies on a bed at a hospital in Houta city, in the southern province of Lahej, Yemen December 5, 2017. Picture taken December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
Erdogan slams UAE over FM's anti-Turkish retweet 21 Dec 2017 - 01:41 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during the 42nd Mukhtars Meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on December 20, 2017. Halil Sa??rkaya - Anadolu
UN votes on Jerusalem after Trump warns 'we're watching' 21 Dec 2017 - 01:37 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and Defense Secretary James Mattis, holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst.
Sesame Street to bring laughter to war-hit children in Middle East 21 Dec 2017 - 12:07 pm
Sesame Muppet Tonton surprised a class of young students in an IRC classroom in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Image from: http://refugee.sesameinternational.org/photo-gallery/
Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad says sentenced to 63 years' jail 20 Dec 2017 - 06:33 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 5, 2017 shows former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and his former vice president, Hamid Baghaie, holding hands during a press conference in the capital Tehran. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Blinded in one eye, Syrian baby becomes symbol of siege 20 Dec 2017 - 02:46 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 19, 2017 shows Syrians covering one eye with their hands in the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdalla
Air strikes kill 19 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 20 Dec 2017 - 12:22 pm
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Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly 19 Dec 2017 - 08:26 pm
Kurdish protesters run away from tear gaz during a rally against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer.
Five dead as protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan: medical official 19 Dec 2017 - 07:53 pm
Kurdish protesters run away from tear gaz during a rally against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer.
Egypt colonel gets 6 years after announcing presidential bid 19 Dec 2017 - 07:44 pm
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U.N. to move 10,000 migrants from Libya in 2018 19 Dec 2017 - 04:52 pm
Migrants rest on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, as it approaches the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya,
Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 02:12 pm
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to the press after receiving a Russian delegation in Damascus. / AFP / SANA
Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 12:02 pm
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 18, 2017 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to the press after receiving a Russian delegation in Damascus. AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA
Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal - TV 19 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am
A file photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Lebanon arrests taxi driver over murder of British woman 18 Dec 2017 - 02:30 pm
A undated handout picture released by the family of Rebecca Dykes through Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on December 17, 2017, shows Rebecca Dykes, a British woman employed at the UK embassy in Lebanon, who has been found murder
Erdogan says Turkey will open embassy in East Jerusalem 17 Dec 2017 - 04:03 pm
President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during his party's provincial head meeting in Karaman, Turkey on December 17, 2017. Mehmet Ali Özcan - Anadolu
Heavy air pollution shuts schools in Iran 17 Dec 2017 - 03:57 pm
Iranian women wearing face masks wait at a bus stop as winter's heavy pollution has hit new highs in the capital Tehran, on December 17, 2017. / AFP / ATTA KENARE

Asia

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Tourists walk out of a store after buying jasmine tea-flavored gelato at the Shangxiahang historical and cultural block in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 17, 2026. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi). Representational purposes only. Most Chinese mainland firms eye entrance into ASEAN market: survey
In this picture taken on November 4, 2022, Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan addresses the media representatives at a hospital in Lahore. Photo by Arif ALI / AFP Pakistan Supreme Court orders ex-PM Khan moved from jail to hospital
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Europe

Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
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This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police

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