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Iranian media says 3,000 arrested in recent protests

Around 3,000 people were arrested during the recent protests in Iran, according to security officials cited by the country's Tasnim news agency on Friday.The 3,000 people detained included "armed individuals and...

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Israel to demolish 25 residential buildings in West Bank camp

A Palestinian man holding the national flag gestures at the entrance of the Nur Shams refugee camp. — AFP

Pakistan Social Club reactivated

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Authorities warn of humanitarian disaster after Gaza storms; senior Hamas commander killed

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a car in Gaza City, on Saturday. — Reuters

Nearly 795,000 displaced Gazans face flood risk

Palestinians ride a donkey-drawn cart on a rain-flooded street in Gaza City on Friday. — Reuters

At least 22 killed in collapse in Moroccan city

Rescuers work at the site of the collapse of two buildings in Fes, Morocco, December 10, 2025. REUTERS

Israel continues violations on Gaza truce

A displaced Palestinian child carries a water container as she walks at a tent camp in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/

Syria marks one year since Assad toppled

The first anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's fall, in Damascus

Israel, Qatar and US hold trilateral meeting in New York

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Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens

A Sudanese woman stands at a camp for displaced people, North Darfur. — Reuters file photo

Qatar, Egypt call for next steps in Gaza ceasefire

A Palestinian girl carries a bag of bread as others gather in the yard of the UNRWA Deir Al Balah Joint School, west of Deir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. — AFP

Gazan clansman killed in Rafah, efforts hit snag

A mourner reacts as she attends with others the funeral of Palestinians killed by an Israeli strike, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. - AFP

Fresh Israeli strikes target south Lebanon

Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to journalists working for foreign media and news agencies at the Government Palace in Beirut. - AFP

Tens of thousands of Gazans need medical evacuation

Nine-years-old Rateb Mahmoud Qaliq uses his crutches rather than his ill fitting prothetic leg, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. — AFP

Qatar hopes to push Gaza talks

Displaced Palestinian children play in the wreckage of a car in the Tel al Hawa neighbourhood, in the southern part of Gaza City, on November 29, 2025. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on November 29 said more than 70,000 people have been killed since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted more than two years ago. The milestone comes as a fragile US-brokered ceasefire largely holds, but with both sides accusing the other of violating the terms of the deal. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Tens of thousands flock to pope's Beirut mass

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