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UK Prime Minister affirms supportive position for ceasefire in Gaza 07 Jul 2024 - 07:11 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference at the end of his cabinet's first meeting in Downing Street in London on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Claudia Greco / POOL / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 38,153; wounded 87,828 07 Jul 2024 - 05:44 pm
Children react after Israeli bombardment as they take refuge at the Jaouni school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Erdogan says may invite Syria's Assad to Turkiye 'at any moment' 07 Jul 2024 - 04:05 pm
Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine attend the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between the Netherlands and Turkiye at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on July 6, 2024. (Photo by John MacDougall / AFP)
Iran's president-elect Pezeshkian to be sworn in next month 07 Jul 2024 - 12:15 pm
Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian in the south of Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare / AFP)
Displaced Gazan karate champ forges a future in Egypt 07 Jul 2024 - 11:57 am
Palestinian Karate-ka Mais Elbostami trains in a park near her home, east of the Egyptian capital Cairo on June 25, 2024. (Photo by Khaled Desouki / AFP)
6 Palestinians martyred following Israeli army's raid on vehicle in Rafah 06 Jul 2024 - 03:10 pm
Palestinians check residential buildings destroyed by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City, July 4, 2024.(Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election 06 Jul 2024 - 08:31 am
Iranian reformist presidential candidate Masoud Pezeshkian (C) leaves a polling station after voting in Tehran on July 5, 2024. (Photo by Atta Kenare / AFP)
3 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing on Gaza 05 Jul 2024 - 11:51 pm
A Palestinian couple holds their children as they walk through debris in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
Iraq to use Artificial Intelligence in school curricula 05 Jul 2024 - 02:50 pm
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Palestinian death toll surges past 38,000: Gaza Health Ministry 04 Jul 2024 - 02:03 pm
Palestinians stand near damaged tents after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 4, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Nine in 10 Gazans displaced since war began: UN 03 Jul 2024 - 11:43 pm
A Palestinian youth sits in the shade, on the remains of a chair placed on the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli bombardment, in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City on July 3, 2024. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
Gaza death toll rises to 37,953; wounded 87,266 03 Jul 2024 - 10:20 pm
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Egypt swears in a new Cabinet as mounting economic challenges fuel public discontent 03 Jul 2024 - 03:39 pm
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Dangerous skin diseases spreading among Gaza children 03 Jul 2024 - 12:40 pm
Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis arrive to the city as they flee Israel Hamas war on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
Israeli forces murder 8,672 students since beginning of Gaza genocide 02 Jul 2024 - 08:03 pm
Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis arrive to the city as they flee after the Israeli army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)
250,000 in southern Gaza hit by Israel's new evacuation order: UN 02 Jul 2024 - 02:10 pm
A man is transported on a hospital bed as displaced Palestinians leave an area in east Khan Yunis. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)
Sinkholes spread fear in Turkiye's parched breadbasket 02 Jul 2024 - 10:21 am
Arif Delikan, an associate professor of Konya Technical University inspects a large sinkhole in Karapinar in the central Anatolian province of Konya, on June 23, 2024. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Israeli forces murder over 37,900 Palestinian civilians in ongoing Gaza genocide  01 Jul 2024 - 03:04 pm
A Palestinian boy hugs a woman a she speaks to a girl while sitting on the balcony of a home damaged in previous Israeli bombardment, as some residents return to the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Eyad Baba / AFP)

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File photo for representational purposes only. Police officers try to move a damaged truck after an accident in Bekasi, on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 31, 2022, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Fakhri Hermansyah/ via REUTERS 6 dead, 9 missing after truck plunges into river in Indonesia
A general view shows a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel, a day after a portion of the tunnel collapsed at Nagarkurnool district in India's Telangana state on February 23, 2025. Photo by AFP Rescuers search for eight trapped in India tunnel collapse
A horse-drawn carriage driver takes passengers for a ride around the National Monument (Monas) park in Jakarta on January 28, 2025. (Photo by Bay Ismoyo / AFP) The last carriage horses of Indonesia's capital endure harsh lives
Representational image Philippines welcomes removal from money laundering 'grey list'

Europe

A catholic faithful prays during a mass for the healing of Pope Francis at San Miguel Arcangel Cathedral in Tegucigalpa on February 23, 2025. (Photo by Orlando Sierra / AFP) Global prayers as Vatican says Pope still 'critical'
File photo: Nuruosmaniye Mosque in Eminonu district is seen during heavy snowfall in Istanbul, Tukiye, January 25, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Heavy snowfall blocks 2,173 roads across 18 provinces in Turkiye
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference on the sidelines of the Zelensky offers to resign in exchange for Ukrainian NATO membership
An aerial view shows the main town of Amorgos, on the Greek island of Amorgos, in the Aegean Sea, on February 15, 2025. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP) Santorini seismic activity down but schools stay shuttered: Greece

Africa

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan addresses the conference to support initiatives for e-learning projects and the enrichment of education infrastructure in the Darfur region and the launch of smart education platforms, in Port Sudan on February 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP) Sudan army says breaks siege on strategic southern state capital
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Peninsula Wide power cuts in S.Africa in new electricity failure
Street vendors sell their fruits and vegetables at a market in Wad Madani in Sudan's al-Jazira state on February 20, 2025. (Photo by AFP) Sudan's heartland city limps back to life after army recapture

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