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Black Lives Matter protests take place across the US following police shootings
Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were shot by white policemen within days of each other.
Caracal Battalion: Photos of mixed-gender Israeli combat unit training along Egyptian border
Caracal was formed in the year 2000, following a demand for an intensive combat unit for girls.
Syria celebrates Eid al-Fitr with three-day ceasefire to coincide with end of Ramadan
Children play out on the streets as hostilities cease until Friday 8 July.
Baghdad bombing photos: Death toll expected to rise as rescue teams search charred wreckage
Numbers rise as bodies are recovered from the rubble inside the shopping centre, while 35 people remain missing.
Istanbul attack: Other recent incidents at major airports around the world
Attacks on airports in Istanbul, Brussels, Moscow and other cities around the world.
Turkey: Photos of aftermath of Istanbul Ataturk airport suicide bomb attack
Death toll is expected to rise after attack at Istanbul's main international airport.
Battle for Fallujah: Photos of Iraqi troops inside former Islamic State stronghold
Iraqi forces recapture parts of the centre of Fallujah, a Daesh base for two years.
Mexico: Violent clashes between teachers and riot police leave six dead in Oaxaca state
Protesters threw stones and Molotov cocktails, and burned vehicles during a teachers' protest.
Orlando shooting: Photos of #TwoMenKissing hit social media in defiance against anti-LGBT attack
Social media users have made a poignant stand against the LGBT-targeted attack.
Fighting Isis: Photos of Iraqi and Syrian forces battling to reclaim Daesh-controlled areas
Progress is being made in Iraq and Syria, as troops close in on the militant group.
Afghanistan: Inside the shattered ruins of Kabul's abandoned Darul Aman palace
With walls peppered with bullet holes the Darul Aman is a symbol of failed attempts to bring peace to Kabul.
The Battle for Fallujah: Inside Islamic State's secret tunnels
The militant group uses tunnels to approach, appear and escape the front line, in order to reduce their casualties.
Somalia: At least 16 killed in Al-Shabaab car-bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel used by government
The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group remains a threat to Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.
Kurds return to Yuksekova to find homes devastated by raging civil war
Residents of town in south-eastern Turkey returned after partial lifting of curfew to find utter chaos.
Battle for Fallujah: War photos of Iraqi forces surrounding Isis militants holed up in besieged city
Fallujah was first Iraq city to fall under IS control in 2014 and has been besieged for more than six months.
Life under Isis: Powerful portraits and stories of Syrians who escaped terror and fled to Turkey
Syrians living in Turkey talk about the horrors of life in Syria and their hatred of Islamic State, aka Daesh.
Battle for Fallujah: Photos of thousands fleeing besieged Iraq city after 2 years under Isis rule
Iraqi troops have launched a final attack to recapture the city which fell to Isis in January 2014.
Isis in Syria: Jableh and Tartus rocked by series of explosions
The deadly blasts in what are normally considered quiet, pro-government areas were the first targeting civilians in the cities.
The war on Isis: Iraqi government forces launch offensive to recapture Fallujah from Daesh
Iraqi government forces have clashed with Islamic State (Isis) militants near Fallujah as they battle to recapture the city.
Photos reveal giant crater left by truck explosion in Sarikamis in Turkey's third terror attack in a week
Truck exploded when rebels were loading on explosives intended for an attack on security forces.
Memorial Day: Israel observes two-minute silence to remember fallen soldiers
Israel came to a standstill as it observed two minutes of silence to remember fallen soldiers and victims of terror.
Baghdad car bomb: Isis claims responsibility for attack in busy market that killed at least 50
At least 50 people are dead with 60 wounded, although police officials stated the death toll may rise.
Female Yazidi and Kurdish fighters take up arms against Islamic State militants
Here are the women who say gender does not keep them from fearing or entering the battle.
Chris Hondros: Tribute to photographer killed in Libya five years ago
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed by a mortar attack in the rebel-held Libyan town of Misrata.
Taliban suicide car bomb and gun assault leaves at least 28 dead in Kabul
The attack during the rush hour was the worst to hit Afghan capital since the 2011 suicide blast.
Yemen: Children face life-threatening illnesses due to rapid decline of immunisation
Unicef estimates that nearly 10,0000 kids under the age of five may have died in the past year from preventable diseases.
Azerbaijan and Armenia accuse each other of violating ceasefire in breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region
Nagorno-Karabakh is a mountainous enclave populated mainly by ethnic Armenians who reject Azerbaijan's rule.
Rwanda genocide anniversary: Harrowing photos of 1994's 100-day mass slaughter
Over the course of 100 days in 1994, between 7 April and mid-July, up to a million people were killed in Rwanda, in a mass slaughter unparalleled in modern history.
Syria: Shattered town of Al Qaryatain is recaptured from Isis, securing Assad's grip on Palmyra
Syrian troops, backed by Russian forces have regained control of the town which IS has controlled since August.
Iraqis flee as government forces attempt to capture town of Hit in Anbar Province from Isis
Residents flee Hit after Iraqi forces launch an operation to retake it from Isis (Daesh) fighters.