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Hundreds of south Lebanon residents try to return to villages despite Israeli presence 26 Jan 2025 - 11:01 am
Photo used for representational purposes. A Lebanese soldier stands guard in a residential area that was devastated by the war between Israel and Hezbollah, in the southern coastal town of Naqura, on the border with Israel on January 22, 2025. Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP.
Palestinian youth killed as Gazans try to return home 25 Jan 2025 - 11:16 pm
Smoke billows from a burning building during an Israeli raid on the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees on January 25, 2025. (Photo by Jaafar ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Lebanese army continues deployment in southern Lebanon 25 Jan 2025 - 10:42 pm
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Israel releases 200 Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire deal 25 Jan 2025 - 06:50 pm
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Gaza development put back 60 years by war: UNDP chief 25 Jan 2025 - 01:44 pm
People camp in a heavily damaged UN school surrounded by destruction, as displaced Palestinians return to the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, in Jabalia, on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Casualties, destruction as Israeli aggression continues in Jenin and its refugee camp 25 Jan 2025 - 12:16 pm
People gather around a car in which two Palestinians killed a day earlier iduring an Israeli military raid on Qabatiya in the occupied-West Bank Jenin governorate, on January 25, 2025. (Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Hamas-Israeli authorities exchange detainees and prisoners 25 Jan 2025 - 10:47 am
Displaced Palestinians arrive with their belongings northwest of Nuseirat in the central part of the strip on January 24, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
2,200-year-old mosaic, 1800-year-old monument found in Turkiye 24 Jan 2025 - 10:39 pm
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Hamas to release four Israeli female soldiers tomorrow, Jan 25 24 Jan 2025 - 10:15 pm
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Leader of new Syrian administration meets Saudi Foreign Minister 24 Jan 2025 - 07:10 pm
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Saudi Arabia taps composer Zimmer to rework national anthem 24 Jan 2025 - 01:37 pm
Official X account of General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh.
Yemen Huthi rebels say support for Palestinians led to US 'terrorist' designation 23 Jan 2025 - 10:20 pm
Yemeni university students and staff take part in an anti-Israel demonstration in the Huthi-controlled capital of Sanaa on January 22, 2025. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
Syria to draft new constitution and open economy to foreign investment, says Foreign Minister 22 Jan 2025 - 10:51 pm
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UN Secretary-General warns against Israeli intentions to annex West Bank 22 Jan 2025 - 10:26 pm
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
Iranian military aircraft crashes, pilots survive 22 Jan 2025 - 06:41 pm
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Qatari aid aircraft arrives to Damascus as part of Air Bridge to Syria 21 Jan 2025 - 12:58 pm
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Iranian airliner crashes at Mehrabad airport, no injuries 20 Jan 2025 - 10:28 pm
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Joy as 90 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel 20 Jan 2025 - 08:14 am
A Palestinian woman cries as she embraces a loved one who was released from Israeli jail in the early hours of January 20, 2025. (Photo by Zain Jaafar / AFP)

Asia

A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a railway station in Quetta on March 12, 2025. Pakistan forces launched a Pakistani military announces elimination of 10 militants in northwest Pakistan
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, answers questions at a regular press conference in Beijing, capital of China, March 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua) No room for any "Taiwan independence" separatist activities: mainland spokesperson
Protesters holding Filipino flags and a banner in support of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gather outside the The Hague Penitentiary Institution prison, which houses the International Criminal Court's (ICC) detention unit, on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Ramon van Flymen / ANP / AFP) Duterte case seen as a 'gift' for embattled ICC
Photo for representational purposes only. Chinese city offers cash rewards to boost birth rates

Europe

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony and a press conference following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Maxim Shemetov / POOL / AFP) Putin says Russia "in favor" of ceasefire, but nuances exist
Then German Chancellor Angela Merkel puts onher face mask as she leaves after addressing a press conference following a video meeting with the heads of government of Germany's federal states at the Chancellery in Berlin on November 18, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Michael Kappeler / POOL / AFP Merkel denies covering up report on Covid-19 origins
File photo for representational purposes only, European stocks fall as US-EU tariff dispute escalates
A picture shows the statue of John Paul II under heavy rain outside the Gemelli hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on March 12, 2025. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) Pope stable, X-ray confirms improvements: Vatican

Africa

People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP, Tristan McConnell South Sudan projected to experience universal poverty in 2025 World Bank
Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on October 12, 2024. Photo by AFP. African Union warns of huge risk of partition in Sudan
File photo: General view of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) Libya announces resumption of oil field operations after 10-year hiatus
File photo for representational purposes only. Sudan's grain production in 2024-2025 summer season reaches 6.6 mln tons minister

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