Saudi Arabia’s economy has been transformed in phases of ambitious reform going back to the 1970s, when the country redeveloped its urban and…
Barbara Gibson
For the first time since the 12 Day War with Israel and the US, Iran has made notable changes in its security leadership. On 7 August, Ali Larijani…
A high-profile conference convened by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) in territories controlled by the Syrian…
Light conquers darkness, asserting its presence through infinite hues and forms, moving to rhythms that seem to come from distant realms. These…
Back in March, after talks between the new leadership in Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the country’s autonomous…
Syria has entered a new phase, bringing to a close the political “honeymoon” that followed the regime’s collapse late last year. Several developments…
In 1989, the warring parties in Lebanon’s 14-year civil war agreed to end the fighting and settled on a system that allocated elements of power to…
Bookstores in the sky, migrants at sea, and more from the world
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Migrants run to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on August 12, 2025.
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A migrant is assisted by a medic from NGO Sea-Watch in the search and rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Libya, on August 11, 2025.
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A view of the Cliff Bookstore within the Cotton Sinkhole on August 9, 2025, in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China.
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Mourners attend the funeral of Al Jazeera journalists Anas Al Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and another colleague, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City on August 11, 2025.
REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
The sister of Palestinian man Mohammed Qandeel, who was killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid on Saturday, according to medics, grieves as she is comforted by her daughter during his funeral in Gaza City on August 10, 2025.
REUTERS/Edgar Su
Performers during the opening ceremony of the World Games in Chengdu, China, on August 7, 2025.
REUTERS/Efekan Akyuzc
A drone view shows burnt trees after a wildfire near the northwestern city of Canakkale, Türkiye, on August 9, 2025.
REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
A resident holds his cat as he leaves the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Bilozerske in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on August 10, 2025.
Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP
Moroccan horsemen ride during a performance to celebrate the annual Moussem festival in El Jadida on August 11, 2025.
REUTERS/Issei Kato
A miko, or shrine maiden, takes part in a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the atomic bomb, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary of the bombing in the city, at Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan on August 8, 2025.
A global race for minerals is unfolding across the world—a critical component of modern technology which has become a key driver of economies and…
Kuwait is quietly undergoing a subtle but significant administrative reboot—one that is beginning to yield tangible results. While regional attention…
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