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Iranian revolutionary guard soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980, which led to an eight-year-long war (1980-1988) in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2013. (EPA/Abedin Taherkenareh)
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An armoured vehicle is seen after fighting between Libyan special forces and ex-rebel fighters of the Benghazi Shura Council in the eastern city of Benghazi July 30, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)
Heavy shelling, clashes resume in Libya’s Tripoli
Tripoli, Reuters—Heavy shelling resumed on Thursday in southern Tripoli, where rival militia brigades were battling for control of the capital’s main airport in some of the worst clashes since the 2011 revolt which ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Around 200 people have...Caption:
Argentina’s Economy Minister Axel Kicillof speaks during a press conference at the Argentina Consulate on July 30, 2014 in New York, following talks on Argentina’s debt. (AFP Photo/Stan Honda)
Argentina braces for market reaction to second default in 12 years
Buenos Aires, Reuters—Argentina defaulted for the second time in 12 years after hopes for a midnight deal with holdout creditors were dashed, setting up stock and bond prices for declines on Thursday and raising chances a recession could worsen this year. After a long...Caption:
Israeli tanks at an army deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip, on July 31, 2014, as smoke billows from the coastal Palestinian enclave. (AFP PHOTO/JACK GUEZ)
Israel calls up another 16,000 reserves
Jerusalem, AP—Israel said Thursday it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it to potentially widen its Gaza offensive against the territory’s Hamas rulers in a three-week-old war that has killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and more than 50...Caption:
Servicemen of the maritime security of the State Border Service of Ukraine prepare to patrol the Tahanroz’ka gulf of the sea of Azov on July 31, 2014, to prevent illegal entry of armed groups and smuggling of weapons from nearby Russia. (AFP Photo/ Alexander Khudoteply)