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  • Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace each other on the day they sign a defence agreement, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 17, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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    Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact as Gulf Arab states grow wary of US security guarantees
  • A Taliban flag flutters near telecom equipment installed over a rooftop providing internet services overlooking Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, in Mazar-i-Sharif on Tuesday, as the Taliban administration banned fibre-optic internet in Balkh province.
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    Taliban orders ban on internet in northern Afghanistan ‘to prevent immoral activities’
  • An still image from the award winning film, "The Sea"
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    Israel’s culture minister vows to defund ‘Israeli Oscars’ after film about Palestinian boy wins big
  • A satellite image taken on September 16, 2025, shows armored vehicles just 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) north of Al-Shati Camp in northern Gaza.
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    Israeli tanks surround Gaza City ahead of ground incursion as EU proposes sanctions amid global outcry
  • Palestinians struggle to get food at a community kitchen in Gaza City on  Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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    UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
  • Basel Adra speaks during an event in Madrid, Spain on June 23.
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    Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker says IDF searched his house after he was attacked by settlers
  • A damaged building, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli official, in Doha, Qatar, September 9, 2025.
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    Inside Israel’s operation to kill Hamas leaders in Qatar
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    Satellite images reveal wide destruction in Gaza City as Israel steps up assault
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  • Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian expedition to Gaza, led by activists including Greta Thunberg, departs from the port of Barcelona, as container ships are seen in the background, Spain August 31, 2025.
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    Gaza aid flotilla says boat struck by drone at Tunisian port
  • Smoke rises after several blasts were heard in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
    Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
    Israel carries out strike targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar
  • Israeli police officers and emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting attack in Jerusalem on Monday, September 8.
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    At least 6 killed in shooting at Jerusalem bus stop, Israeli officials say, in city’s deadliest attack in 2 years
  • Ramon International Airport, just outside the southern Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel on January 21, 2019.
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    Sirens fail as Houthi drone hits arrivals hall at Ramon Airport in southern Israel, authorities say
  • Israeli hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal appears in a Hamas propaganda video from Gaza City that was released on Friday.
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    Hamas releases video of hostages in Gaza City as Israeli military advances
  • Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and members of the cabinet stand as they attend a cabinet session to discuss the army's plan to disarm Hezbollah, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, September 5, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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    ‘Pivotal moment’ for Lebanon as cabinet backs army plan to disarm Hezbollah amid growing US pressure
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  • Palestinians gather in the Al-Rimal neighborhood to demand an end to Israeli attacks and forced displacement in Gaza City, Gaza, on August 21, 2025.
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    US sanctions Palestinian rights groups who asked top court for Israel war crimes investigation
  • UAE warns Israel’s West Bank annexation would cross ‘red line’ and end regional integration efforts
  • Rift between Netanyahu and Israel’s military deepens over assault on Gaza City
  • Here are the countries that have recognized a Palestinian state
  • Yemen's Houthi-led government's Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi pictured last year.
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    Yemen’s Houthis say prime minister of rebel-controlled government killed in Israeli airstrike
  • Israel releases clip of October 7 attack as it faces international condemnation over Gaza City assault
  • Israel declares Gaza City a ‘dangerous combat zone’ as it recovers remains of two hostages
  • France, Germany and UK begin process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear program
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