The Democratic RepublicIn Book I of Plato’s Republic, the Greek philosopher recounts the dialogues his teacher Socrates had on the concepts of…
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In the realm of translation, Iranian writer and translator Hamid Reza Mohajerani stands out as a bridge between Arabic and Persian literature, owing…
The discovery of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean over the past 15 years has driven a series of important political developments in the…
The recent visit by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team to Doha, on 17-18 September, has reaffirmed Qatar’s economic resilience and its steady…
A lot seems to be riding on a speech by Morocco’s King Mohammed VI before politicians on Friday, to mark the opening of a new legislative year, as…
Gaza displacement, Hunter's moon and more
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The Harvest Supermoon rises behind the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn skyline, on Monday, October 6, 2025, in Jersey City, New Jersey.
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A Palestinian boy carries a piece of wood on October 4, 2025, as he walks on a coastal path towards the south after Israel ordered residents of Gaza City to leave.
Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP
Demonstrators call for an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza and protest the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel, on Mohammed V avenue in Rabat on October 5, 2025.
REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
A drone view of photographs of Palestinian children killed by Israel during its genocide in Gaza displayed during a demonstration organised by the NGO Rio de Paz on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, October 4, 2025.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A pop-up statue depicting US President Donald Trump and disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dancing together reappears after an absence, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, October 3, 2025.
Roslan RAHMAN / AFP
A plane flies past the full moon, also known as the "Hunter's Moon", in Singapore on October 7, 2025.
Luis TATO / AFP
A protester throws a teargas canister back at police officers during clashes with Malagasy security forces at a demonstration calling for the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina, in Antananarivo, on October 6, 2025.
Yuri CORTEZ / AFP
A demonstrator clashes with riot police during a rally commemorating the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco student massacre in Mexico City on October 2, 2025.
Jung Yeon-je / AFP
People walk through a field of yellow cosmos flowers at Olympic Park in Seoul on October 1, 2025.
AP/Channi Anand
An effigy of the demon king Ravana's Brother, Kumbhakarna, goes up in flames, marking the end of the Dussehra festival in Jammu, India, on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa describes it as the “tyranny of geography,” while many Lebanese refer to it as the “curse of geography.” But the…
For the French visual artist Henri Matisse, colour was hugely important, so it was bad timing that in the winter of 1912, as he began his first visit…
Syria has announced the results of its first parliamentary election since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, with most new members of…
Two years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israel has killed more than 64,500 Palestinians and injured over 163,500, the majority of them…
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