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An opposition fighter shouts for help as he delivers the body of a civilian who was wounded during shelling by Syrian government forces outside a hospital in Syria's northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
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Aleppo clashes intensify, NAM summit condemns Al-Assad

Increased offensives within Syria, defections and mounting regional pressure

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (right), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (centre) and Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi attend the Non-Alligned Movement summit in Tehran AFP PHOTO / MEHR NEWS / RAOUF MOHSENI
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Iranian nuclear programme comes under microscope as NAM wraps up

Ban Ki-moon makes use of his visit to Tehran, discusses the Iranian…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Veteran Somali politician Mohamed Osman Jawari in Mogadishu on 26 August AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab
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Somali Parliament elects speaker

Political progress comes as UN worker is killed

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
The 3 UN workers charged with arson and inciting sectarian violence in Rakhine state
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Myanmar grants presidential pardon to 3 local aid workers sentenced to Jail for inciting unrest

The 3 UN workers charged with arson and inciting sectarian violence in…

Nouran El-Behairy Nouran El-Behairy
An elderly Palestinian woman sits on the ground outside her home at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS
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Bleak future for Gaza

Gaza will not be livable, unless drastic actions are taken, says the…

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
The wreckage of a Morrocan tank is pictured near the Western Sahara village of Tifariti in the region where the Frente Polisario is fighting for independence for the territory on the west African coast AFP PHOTO / Dominique Faget
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UN head rejects Moroccan envoy change

UN mission in Western Sahara will remain unchanged

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Stranded on the border with Turkey, a Syrian mother takes care of her children after they were displaced from their houses due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
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Refugees stranded as Turkey closes border

With 80,000 refugees have already crossed its borders, Turkey declares it’s a…

Fady Salah Fady Salah
A video released by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa on 26 August reportedly shows an Algerian man taken hostage by the MUJAO in April asking Algerian authorities to "save his life" AFP PHOTO / MUJAO
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Algerian hostage in Mali pleads for his life

Movement for Oneness and Jihad kidnaps an Algerian consulate employee

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
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Daraya massacre aftermath highlights war-crimes

Finding 200 dead bodies, activists accuse the Syrian army of war crimes

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, attends the opening session of the expert-level meeting of XVI summit of the Non-Alligned Movement in Tehran AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Iran IAEA nuclear talks break down

A meeting last Friday between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and…

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh