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'I carry my cross': sub-Saharan migrants despair in Tunisia

The asylum system in Tunisia is frozen

Agence France-Presse

Arab leaders endorse plan to rebuild Gaza under Palestinian Authority

Arab leaders were gathering in Cairo Tuesday to settle on a reconstruction plan for the devastated Gaza Strip

Agence France-Presse

UN rejects 'annexation' proposals for Palestinian territories

'We must resist any normalisation of unlawful conduct,' said Volk

Agence France-Presse

Islamic Jihad accuses Israel of wanting to 'annex West Bank by force' after tanks deployed

People look on as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025. Israel on February 23 said troops would stay in West Bank refugee camps for the coming year, announcing expanded military operations including tank deployments, after the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians.

Agence France-Presse

In first, Turkmenistan to supply Turkey directly with gas: What to know

Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov takes part in the opening ceremony of the East-West pipeline.

Analysis

The Takeaway: Republicans to dial up Iran pressure in 2023

Demonstrators marching in solidarity with protesters in Iran stand around the Lincol Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, on Oct. 29, 2022.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Salwan Momika, the Koran burner who sparked international tensions

Salwan Momika staged several similar protests which sparked fury in Iraq

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Hamas says Trump's 'DEAD' threat to Gaza undermines ceasefire

Palestinians walk amid the rubble of buildings in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza

Agence France-Presse

Public backlash as Iran closes $3.7B corruption case, largest in its history

A man checks old banknotes in the Grand Bazaar in Tehran on March 3, 2025. Iran's parliament sacked the country's finance minister on March 2 after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state television reported. (Photo by Atta KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Koran burner shot dead in Sweden, five arrested

Momika, who repeatedly burnt the Koran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries

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