Since its 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran has expanded its influence and asserted its dominance across the region. After four decades, Iran’s era of…
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Christmas in Bethlehem, fiery protests, and more
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A man dressed as Santa reacts next to Palestinian teens playing next to the Israeli apartheid wall separating the Aida refugee camp from Jerusalem, in the Israeli-occupied city of Bethlehem, on 22 December 2025.
REUTERS / Yves Herman
A protester walks next to burning tyres near the European Parliament, as farmers protest against a free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American countries of Mercosur in Brussels, on 18 December 2025.
REUTERS / Sharafat Ali
Men pull sledges with tourists in a snow-covered field in Gulmarg, a ski resort and one of the main tourist attractions in the Kashmir region, Indian Kashmir, on 23 December 2025.
EYAD BABA / AFP
A Palestinian youth is silhouetted by the setting sun at the Nuseirat camp for the displaced in the central Gaza Strip on 22 December 2025.
OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP
Thousands of runners dressed as Santa Claus participate in the 14th edition of the Santa Claus race, a 4.5km fun run through the streets of Madrid on 21 December 2025.
Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Planes of the Italian Air Force aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori perform before the second run of Men's Giant Slalom, part of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 2025-2026, in Alta Badia, northern Italy, on 21 December, 2025.
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A farmer grows mushrooms inside a greenhouse during winter in Zaozhuang, eastern China's Shandong province, on 18 December 2025.
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A three toed sloth (Bradypus spp.) hangs from a branch in Metropolitan Natural Park, a protected area in Panama City, on 22 December 2025.
REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
Members of the ThesSUP team (stand-up paddleboarding), wearing Santa Claus costumes, paddle off the seafront of Thessaloniki, Greece, on 21 December 2025.
AP /Anthony Upton
Kefan Wang, a shaman from China and Abbie Coombs from London dancing as people celebrate the Winter Solstice sunrise celebrations at Stonehenge, a world-famous prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain, England, on 21 December, 2025.
Reflecting on the year that was, the Arab world’s economic landscape offered a complex and somewhat contradictory picture shaped by shifting…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Jerusalem…
Stanford University’s Global AI Vibrancy Tool 2025 offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of artificial intelligence competitiveness…
The project to transport gas through the Arab Pipeline has returned to the forefront—not as a technical remedy for Syria’s and Lebanon’s energy…
US President Donald Trump’s decision to sign the full repeal of the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act marks one of the most consequential shifts…
As the first quarter of the 21st century draws to a close, cinema finds itself at a crossroads. Netflix’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros,…
In el-Fasher, the sky seemed to collapse upon the weary shoulders of a city long strangled by siege, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) flung open the…
Many who study contemporary Iran argue that a web of parallel authorities governs the country, each monitoring the others in a system loosely…
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