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Iraq-Syria crossing under Peshmerga control: Officials 02 Nov 2017 - 10:43 am
The Faysh Khabur road next to Tigris river, passing through a triangle merging the borders of Iraq, Syria and Turkey, is seen between IKRG and Syria, which opened for both criss and cross, and gained control by peshmergas in Duhok, Iraq on November 01, 20
Syria's famed sweets bringing smiles once again 02 Nov 2017 - 09:49 am
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Israeli air strike targets factory near Syria’s Homs: pro-Damascus commander 01 Nov 2017 - 11:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: A rebel fighter carries suitcases and his weapon prior to boarding a bus as rebel fighters the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs Syria May 21 2017 REUTERS Omar Sanadiki
Putin in Tehran hails Iran cooperation on Syria, eyes business 01 Nov 2017 - 09:58 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (C) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) pose for a photo during the 2nd trilateral summit between Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan in Tehran, Iran on November 01, 2017. (Iranian Pres
Israel denies rights worker entry in anti-boycott push 01 Nov 2017 - 07:24 pm
A spokeswoman for Israel's interior ministry said the office of Public Security and Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan had recommended he be denied entry over
South Sudan's Kiir in Sudan to ease 'tense' relations 01 Nov 2017 - 04:11 pm
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir welcomes South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit at Khartoum airport, Sudan November 1, 2017. (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)
Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control 01 Nov 2017 - 02:39 pm
A container, which was used by Hamas security forces, is removed at Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip November 1, 2017. (Reuters/Mohammed Salem)
Suspected militant arrested after knife attack near Tunis parliament 01 Nov 2017 - 12:17 pm
A file photo of Tunisian Police. Reuters.
Gunfire as rare protests hit streets of Eritrea's capital 01 Nov 2017 - 12:10 pm
A general view shows buildings in the central business district of Eritrea's capital Asmara
Syrian opposition SNC wont participate in Russia-sponsored congress - spokesman 01 Nov 2017 - 11:08 am
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Three civilians killed in explosion in Western Iraq 01 Nov 2017 - 10:10 am
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Russia, Turkey and Iran agree to plan for Syria 'congress' 31 Oct 2017 - 10:28 pm
Syrian rebel representative General Ahmad Berri (R) and other attendees walk during a seventh round of Syria peace talks in Astana on October 31, 2017. AFP / Stanislav Filippov
Egypt says bombs militants responsible for Western Desert attack 31 Oct 2017 - 10:22 pm
Four-wheel drive cars cross the Egyptian western desert and the Bahariya Oasis southwest of Cairo in this picture taken on May 15, 2015. (Reuters / Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
At least 12 killed in east Libya air strike: medical source 31 Oct 2017 - 01:40 pm
People waiting the funeral in Derna, Lybia. Credit: Twitter/@hesham_burashid
Syria activists say 4 children killed in government shelling 31 Oct 2017 - 01:15 pm
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Palestinian shot dead after alleged car attack attempt 31 Oct 2017 - 12:48 pm
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Trial of Turkey opposition daily staff resumes 31 Oct 2017 - 12:41 pm
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Access to food 'precarious' for Syrians stranded near Jordan 31 Oct 2017 - 12:05 pm
A file photo of Syrian children at school in a refugee camp in Jordan. Reuters.

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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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