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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on February 18, 2012. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deployment of Syrian security forces in the Damascus

A massive traffic jam surrounds a central roundabout in Damascus, Syria, on February 17, 2024. In early December 2024, Syrian rebels seized Damascus, leading to President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia and ending over six decades of his family's rule. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Pervin Buldan share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference hold by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkish pro-Kurdish DEM Party's Ahmet Turk reads a letter of jailed Kurdish PKK militant group’s leader Abdullah Ocalan (unseen) during a press conference shares a statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm during the press conference held by DEM Party officials on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year co

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder speaks during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan calls for Kurdish militant group to lay down arms

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish DEM Party PM Sirri Sureyya Onder gestures during a press conference as they share the statement from jailed PKK militant group leader Abdullah Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm on February 27, 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey. DEM Party officials met with jailed PKK militant group leader Ocalan for the third time in his island prison early today. The visit is seen as part of a government bid to have Ocalan call on the PKK to disarm, potentially ending the insurgency which it launched against the Turkish state in 1984 and in which more than 40,000 people have been killed. PKK, which is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Ocalan has been held in near-total isolation on Imrali Island since 1999, with only rare communication with the outside world. Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, pro-Kurdish party says, potentially ending 40-year conflict. Photo by Berkman Ulutin/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy Milbank Hall At Barnard College 3

Dozens of pro-Palestine student protesters occupied Barnard College’s Milbank Hall on Wednesday, February 26, demanding the reversal of the expulsion of two students who allegedly stormed a classroom in early January and distributed fliers with anti-Israel rhetoric. The students marched out of Milbank Hall to nearby Riverside Park, ending the sit-in just before 10:40 p.m.

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US: Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy Milbank Hall At Barnard College

Dozens of pro-Palestine student protesters occupied Barnard College’s Milbank Hall on Wednesday, February 26, demanding the reversal of the expulsion of two students who allegedly stormed a classroom in early January and distributed fliers with anti-Israel rhetoric. The students marched out of Milbank Hall to nearby Riverside Park, ending the sit-in just before 10:40 p.m.

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US: Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy Milbank Hall At Barnard College 2

Dozens of pro-Palestine student protesters occupied Barnard College’s Milbank Hall on Wednesday, February 26, demanding the reversal of the expulsion of two students who allegedly stormed a classroom in early January and distributed fliers with anti-Israel rhetoric. The students marched out of Milbank Hall to nearby Riverside Park, ending the sit-in just before 10:40 p.m. According to the video’s owner, the video shows some protesters smuggling food and water into the occupied building through an open window.

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US: Student Blocked From Entering Milbank Hall As Protesters Occupy Building

Pro-Palestine student protesters occupied Barnard College’s Milbank Hall on Wednesday, February 26, demanding the reversal of the expulsion of two students who allegedly stormed a classroom in early January and distributed fliers with anti-Israel rhetoric. This video shows a Columbia University student Jonathan Lederer being blocked from entering the building.

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18 Dead in Bus Accident - Thailand

This photo taken on February 26, 2025 shows the scene of a bus accident in Prachinburi province, Thailand. Eighteen people were killed and 31 others injured in a bus accident in eastern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said. The accident occurred early Wednesday in Prachinburi province when a double-decker bus carrying 49 people on a study tour lost control and overturned on a downhill road, the local public relations office said. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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18 Dead in Bus Accident - Thailand

This photo taken on February 26, 2025 shows baggages at the scene of a bus accident in Prachinburi province, Thailand. Eighteen people were killed and 31 others injured in a bus accident in eastern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said. The accident occurred early Wednesday in Prachinburi province when a double-decker bus carrying 49 people on a study tour lost control and overturned on a downhill road, the local public relations office said. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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