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Death toll from Syria-turkey quake nears 10,000

Families in southern Turkey and Syria spent a second night in the freezing cold on Wednesday as overwhelmed rescuers raced to pull people from the rubble two days after a massive earthquake that killed more than 9,600...

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Lebanon crisis means 'no football this year' for World Cup fans

Lebanese watch a streaming broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2022 group G soccer match between Brazil and Switzerland, at a café-restaurant in the area of Sabtiyeh, north of Beirut, on Monday. Lebanon being hit hard by the economic crisis, the country did not obtain the rights to broadcast the 2022 World Cup this year, depriving Lebanese fans of the World Cup. — AFP (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

4 Palestinians killed amid series of deadly clashes in West Bank

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Egypt not out of the woods after IMF deal

An Egyptian flag flies outside the Grand Mosque of Al-Sahaba (Companions of the Prophet) in Sharm el-Sheikh. — AFP

Erdogan vows to create 'safe zone' in Syria

A view of the "Free Woman" square in the Kurdish majority northern Syrian city of Kobane, on Thursday. — AFP

'Where are the mackerel?' Alarm as Bosphorus fish stocks crash

Angler Mehmet Dogan poses for a photograph on the bank of the Bosphorus. -- AFP

Saudi storm closes schools, cuts main road to Mecca

Men walk in a flooded street following heavy rains in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah on Thursday. — AFP

Iraq to redeploy federal forces along border with Iran and Turkey

Kurdish fighters assess the destruction caused by a reported Iranian rocket attack near town city of Altun Kupri (Perdi), north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on Wednesday. — AFP

Palestinians return body of Israeli teen killed in West Bank

Members of the Israeli Druze minority attend the funeral of 17-year-old Tiran Fero, on Thursday in Daliat el Carmel, around 20 km southeast of Haifa. — AFP

Lebanon MPs again fail to elect president

(BLURB WITH PHOTO) Michel Moawad won the support of 42 of parliament's 128 MPs, but his tally fell well short of the required majority and was exceeded by the number of spoilt ballots cast by pro-Hezbollah lawmakers

Heavy rains lash across Saudi, cuts main road to Mecca

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Thousands in north Syria mourn victims of Turkish raids

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Joy, relief at 'historic' climate damages deal

A person walks near the COP27 climate conference at the deserted hall at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces

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EU tells COP27 it will increase climate ambition

Climate activists take part in a protest demanding climate justice and human rights at the Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Centre, during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 15, 2022.

Anger, defiance in famous Istanbul area rocked by blast

View of ambulances at the scene after an explosion on busy pedestrian Istiklal street in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2022.
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