The United States’ recently published 2026 defence strategy raises more questions than it answers. On the surface, it points to a sweeping…
Pete Reynolds
The United States’ Armed Forces (USAF) are moving all their pieces into position for a strike on Iran, but what kind of strike and to what end remain…
When people speak of Al-Jazira’s return to the national fold, they refer to the provinces of Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Hasakah—a region of profound…
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Libyans were taken by surprise on 3 February by the announcement of the killing of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan leader Muammar…
Israel’s reopening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt this week was the culmination of diplomatic pressure to allow wounded Palestinians to…
A senior Israeli military official has acknowledged that the number of Palestinian victims in Gaza has reached 70,000, confirming that figures issued…
Grim childhood in Gaza and more from the world
AP/Abdel Kareem Hana
Children practice parkour on a sand dune near tents housing displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 1 February 2026.
REUTERS/Mahmoud
A woman holds a Palestinian child receiving treatment at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 2 February 2026.
EYAD BABA / AFP
A young boy sits overlooking destroyed buildings at Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on 31 January 2026.
Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
Aircraft of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force's Bayi aerobatic team perform an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore on 3 February 2026.
Ina FASSBENDER / AFP
A sled dog of musher Nukaaraq Lennert Olsen jumps at the "dog town" of Sisimiut, Greenland on 31 January 2026.
REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Swans gather at the bank of the partially frozen Dnipro River during subzero temperatures, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 2 February 2026.
TOMAS CUESTA / AFP
A firefighter works to extinguish a forest fire burning in the mountains of the rural area of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina, on 2 February 2026.
STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP
Dressed up revellers sail their decorated boats on the Grand Canal during the traditional parade at Venice Carnival, on 1 February 2026.
Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP
Worshippers take part in the traditional ceremony of Iemanja, the Goddess of the Sea of the syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion Umbanda, at Arpoador Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 2 February 2026.
REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
A chunk of snow and ice hangs on the edge of the partially frozen Niagara Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on 31 January 2026.
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