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Gaza death toll rises to 35,272; wounded 79,205 16 May 2024 - 09:02 pm
Displaced Palestinians walk around a puddle in front of destroyed buildings and tents in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 16, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
33rd Arab Summit begins in Manama 16 May 2024 - 04:44 pm
This handout picture from the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA) shows Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (C) posing with Arab leaders in Manama on May 16, 2024 ahead of the 33rd Arab League Summit. (Photo by BNA (Bahrain News Agency)
Arab Summits: Historical milestones in support of just, legitimate Palestinian rights 16 May 2024 - 09:38 am
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Israeli occupation murders five Palestinians, injures others in bombing 15 May 2024 - 02:28 pm
A Palestinian boy carries a toddler in an alley in Deir el-Balah in the central gaza Strip on May 15, 2024 . (Photo by AFP)
Israeli entity continues bombing southern Lebanon 14 May 2024 - 12:56 pm
This picture taken from the northern Israeli kibbutz of Malkia along the border with southern lebanon, shows smoke billowing above the Lebanese village of Meiss El-Jabal during Israeli bombardment on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
UNRWA: 450,000 people forcibly displaced from Rafah 14 May 2024 - 12:47 pm
Palestinians carry their belongings as they prepare to flee rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
World Food Program warns of new displacement of Palestinians in Gaza 13 May 2024 - 02:33 pm
A Palestinian boy looks out his tent in a Rafah displacement camp in the southern gaza Strip on May 13, 2024 (Photo by AFP)
Al Khater: Palestinian women, children an icon of steadfastness, strength 12 May 2024 - 09:25 am
Rania Abu Anza (C) the mother of twin babies Naeem and Wissam, killed in an overnight Israeli air strike, mourns their death ahead of their burial in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 3, 2024. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
Israel strikes Gaza after fresh Rafah evacuation order 12 May 2024 - 08:09 am
An elderly woman and child wait with belongings before evacuating from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Number of Palestinians detained since October 7 climbs to 8,680 11 May 2024 - 05:58 pm
Palestinians check the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on May 11, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations ordered 11 May 2024 - 02:23 pm
Smoke rises above buildings during an early morning Israeli strike on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 11, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia to back Palestinian state on May 21: Borrell 10 May 2024 - 08:01 pm
European Commission vice-president in charge for High-Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference at the end of an Informal Foreign Affairs Council (Development Ministers) in Brussels, on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Any Israeli ground attack on Rafah will lead to humanitarian catastrophe, warns UN Secretary-General 10 May 2024 - 07:10 pm
Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres. File photo.
Israeli airstrike on maintenance workers South of Lebanon injures two 10 May 2024 - 04:43 pm
Smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila following Israeli bombardment on May 10, 2024. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP)
Rafah offensive would lead to 'humanitarian disaster': UN chief 10 May 2024 - 03:50 pm
Palestinians sit on an animal pulled cart as they move to safer areas in rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by AFP)
UNRWA closes its headquarters in occupied Jerusalem following arson attack 10 May 2024 - 03:28 pm
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OIC condemns settlers attack on UNRWA headquarters in occupied Jerusalem 09 May 2024 - 11:02 pm
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Toll of Israeli aggression against Gaza rises to 34,844 martyrs, 78,404 injured 08 May 2024 - 04:26 pm
A boy sits amidst rubble at the site of a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern gaza Strip on May 8, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Asia

File photo for representational purposes only Indonesia accelerates garlic imports to stabilize prices before Ramadan
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto (C), accompanied by former presidents Joko Widodo (4th, R) and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (4th, L), attends the launch of Investment Management Agency Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 24, 2025. (Muchlis Jr/Presidential State Press Bureau/Handout via Xinhua) Indonesia launches new agency to transform state-owned investment management
This photo taken in Mae Sot, Tak province of Thailand on Feb. 10, 2025 shows the border area between Thailand and Myanmar. (Xinhua/Lin Hao) Cambodia finds 230 foreigners in raids on online scam compounds
File photo of Kabul used for representation British couple arrested by Taliban in Aghanistan: family

Europe

(FILES) A fully functioning solid gold toilet, made by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, is going into public use at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on September 15, 2016. (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP) £2.8m gold toilet stolen from UK show never found: court
The European and Ukrainian flags are displayed in front of the Altiero-Spinelli building, the European Parliament in Brussels on February 24, 2025. (Photo by John Thys / AFP) Nordic, Baltic countries pledge more military aid for Ukraine
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Social media rollbacks opening 'floodgates' of hate: UN chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk looks on prior to the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on February 24, 2025. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Global system undergoing 'tectonic shift': UN

Africa

This photo taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows the view of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Xinhua) South Africa's national tourism agency urges African countries to forge continental partnerships
File photo: Two out of the five critically endangered Mountain Bongos (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) run after being released into the Mawingu Mountain Bongo Sanctuary near Nanyuki, Kenya, March 9, 2022. Picture taken March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Baz Ratner 17 rare mountain bongos repatriated to Kenya
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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