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Netherlands

Special task forces of the police patrol in Trumanlaan (Truman avenue) in Utrecht, on March 18, 2019 as the police searches the attacker of a tram. (AFP)

Three dead in possible terrorist attack in Utrecht

Israel

Israeli politician and former Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari (C) is seen at the site of an attack at the Ariel junction leading to the Israeli settlement of Ariel southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on March 17. (AFP)

Israeli court bars extreme-right election candidate

New Zealand

In a manifesto circulating online, Tarrant described himself as "Just a ordinary White man, 28 years old"

Death toll rises to 50 in New Zealand

Arabofolies

Kurdish singer and musician Aynur Dogan performs during the Arabofolies festival. (The Arab World Institute in Paris)

Arabofolies festival celebrates Arab art in Paris

Mohammad Shtayyeh

Trusted adviser. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) hands a designation letter to Mohammad Shtayyeh to form a new government in Ramallah, March 10. (Reuters)

No policy shifts expected under newly appointed Palestinian prime minister

Egypt

Tested and untrusted. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood shouts slogans during his trial at a court on the outskirts of Cairo. (Reuters)

Calls for Muslim Brotherhood protests fall flat but fears of violence persist

Wafd Party

Party slump. Hani Sarie-Eldin (C), member of the Supreme Committee of the Wafd Party, speaks during a news conference in Cairo, last January. (AFP)

Future of Egypt’s parties in doubt even as Wafd celebrates centenary

Hassan Abdel Zaher

Yemen

Buying time. Houthi-allied police troopers stand guard on a street in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, last December. (Reuters)

UN Security Council works to salvage Hodeidah ceasefire

US

A US soldier mans an armoured vehicle near the city of Tall Tamr in the north-western Syrian province of Hasakah, January 16. (AFP)

Many challenges remain for US in Syria