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World / Middle East

Blinken seeks progress on Gaza cease-fire-for-hostages deal in meetings with Egyptian mediators 06 Feb 2024 - 11:45 am
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is welcomed by the Second Secretary for Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs protocol Sarah Henry (R) upon arrival at Cairo East Airport in Cairo on February 6, 2024. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)
Foreign Ministers of Iran and Sudan discuss strengthening relations 05 Feb 2024 - 05:49 pm
Peninsula
Syria's 'miracle' quake baby and other orphans mark first year without families 05 Feb 2024 - 04:24 pm
A child walks past a destroyed house at a camp for quake-displaced Syrians in Jindayris town in the northwest of Aleppo province on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Aaref Watad / AFP)
Grandfather of Hind, six-year-old missing in Gaza, appeals to world for help 05 Feb 2024 - 01:54 pm
Peninsula
LIVE UPDATES: Israel continues to level homes, mosques as aggression nears fifth month 05 Feb 2024 - 12:06 pm
A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Israeli Occupation Continues Bombardment of Gaza Strip 05 Feb 2024 - 11:24 am
 A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment on February 5, 2024. (Photo by Said KHATIB / AFP)
US, UK strike 36 Houthi targets in Yemen: US Defense Secretary 04 Feb 2024 - 12:06 pm
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend the dignified transfer of the remains of three US service members killed in the drone attack on the US military outpost in Jordan, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on February 2, 2024. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: Overnight Israeli strikes kill 92 in Rafah, including children sheltered in kindergarten 04 Feb 2024 - 09:11 am
A woman reacts upon finding clothing items of a killed relative among rubble of a destroyed house, following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 3, 2024. Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP
EU top diplomat urges no Middle East escalation after US strikes 03 Feb 2024 - 11:32 am
The sun rises over Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 3, 2024 (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
LIVE UPDATE: Deadly strikes reported early Saturday in overcrowded Rafah 03 Feb 2024 - 11:30 am
A picture taken from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip shows smoke rising over buildings in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Said Khatib / AFP)
Deadly strikes hit 'pressure cooker' Rafah ahead of Gaza truce push 03 Feb 2024 - 11:12 am
A man checks the destruction caused by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)
Quake trauma haunts children in Turkiye's container city 03 Feb 2024 - 10:03 am
File photo of Mesut Hancer holds the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Irmak on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
A 6-year-old in Gaza City was calling to be rescued. Did anyone find her? 02 Feb 2024 - 10:30 pm
Hind Hamada, 6, celebrates her kindergarten graduation. Ihab Hamada
LIVE UPDATES: UNRWA warns funding suspension may force shutdown in operations 02 Feb 2024 - 09:39 am
A woman walks past a destroyed building in the Maghazi camp for Palestinian refugees, which was severely damaged by Israeli bombardment. Photo by ANAS BABA / AFP
UNRWA's Middle East Humanitarian operations in peril amid funding suspension 02 Feb 2024 - 09:02 am
Peninsula
UN experts decry killing, silencing of journalists in Gaza 02 Feb 2024 - 08:46 am
Smoke rising above destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip yesterday. (AFP)
Biden imposes sanctions over 'intolerable' Israeli settler violence 01 Feb 2024 - 11:19 pm
US President Joe Biden gives remarks during the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol in Washington, on February 01, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
LIVE UPDATES: UN pleads for aid funding, warns of 'collapse' in Gaza relief efforts 31 Jan 2024 - 09:26 am
Children stand atop a small hill near tents at a make-shift shelter for Palestinians who fled to Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 30, 2024.