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Hamas hands over three Israeli detainees to Red Cross in Gaza 20 Jan 2025 - 12:38 am
Supporters and relatives of Israeli detainees Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, watch a live television broadcast on their release on January 19, 2025.(Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)
UN races to feed one million Gazans after truce 19 Jan 2025 - 10:14 pm
Scores of displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia, as they leave areas near Gaza City where they had taken refuge, toward the further northern part of the Gaza Strip, shortly after a ceasefire deal was expected to be implemented. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
Biden welcomes Gaza truce, says region 'fundamentally transformed' 19 Jan 2025 - 08:39 pm
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Sschmidt / AFP)
Displaced Gazans head home through rubble as Israel-Hamas truce begins 19 Jan 2025 - 05:20 pm
Displaced Palestinians transport their belongings as they return to central Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Palestinian prisoners set to be released from Israeli prison 19 Jan 2025 - 08:40 am
Displaced Palestinians wave national flags as they return to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Lebanese President reaffirms insistence on withdrawal of occupation forces from South 18 Jan 2025 - 07:14 pm
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Egypt says 50 fuel trucks to enter Gaza per day 18 Jan 2025 - 06:09 pm
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Lebanese President meets UN Secretary General 18 Jan 2025 - 05:08 pm
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Two judges shot dead at Iran's supreme court: media 18 Jan 2025 - 02:22 pm
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Palestinian president says ready to assume 'full responsibility' in Gaza 18 Jan 2025 - 09:01 am
A girl rides a bicycle outside tents at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Nearly 60,000 Palestinians perform Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque 17 Jan 2025 - 11:28 pm
Approximately 60,000 worshippers attended the Friday prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque. (Photo by Hazem Bader / AFP)
Gaza's destruction in numbers 17 Jan 2025 - 08:27 pm
A boy runs with a Palestinian flag atop a mound of rubble at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
G7 nations announce full support for Gaza ceasefire agreement 17 Jan 2025 - 08:00 pm
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UN Secretary-General hails Qatar's efforts to reach ceasefire agreement in Gaza 16 Jan 2025 - 07:44 pm
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Italy lauds Gaza ceasefire agreement 16 Jan 2025 - 07:09 pm
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British Foreign Secretary calls for full implementation of Gaza ceasefire deal phases 16 Jan 2025 - 06:48 pm
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Hamas warns continuing Israeli 'aggression' endangers hostages 16 Jan 2025 - 06:33 pm
This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke plumes rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on January 16, 2025, following the announcement of a ceasefire. Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP.
Air strikes in Gaza crush joy of ceasefire deal 16 Jan 2025 - 05:30 pm
The daughter of a man killed during an Israeli air strike the previous day, checks the destruction at the site of the attack, in Jenin's refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, on January 16, 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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