The attacks and counter-attacks between Israel and the Houthi militia in Yemen, set against the backdrop of the Gaza war, are both futile and…
Eduardo Ramon
You might think it would be impossible for the inferno in Israel and Gaza to burn hotter. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu is fuelling three parallel…
Dutch writer Gerda Blees was inspired to write her first novel by a report on the death of a member of a highly unusual commune. The result, We Are…
Frederic Hof has played a key role in recent Syrian history, serving as the last Washington diplomat to handle direct mediation between Damascus and…
Digital art, Chinese farmers and Liverpool Premier League win
Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
An employee cleans mirrored floors at the Mahanakorn Skyverse digital art exhibition at King Power Mahanakorn in Bangkok on May 26, 2025
AFP
An aerial view shows combine harvesters working a wheat field in Huaian, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on May 27, 2025.
Paul ELLIS / AFP
Liverpool supporters climb traffic lights as they celebrate Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England, on May 26, 2025.
REUTERS / Sofiia Gatilova
A view shows a church damaged by Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 23, 2025.
Zain JAAFAR / AFP
An Israeli army soldier aims his rifle during a raid on a currency exchange shop in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on May 27, 2025.
AP / Eraldo Peres
A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 20, 2025.
Wikus de Wet / AFP
Russian painter Vladimir Tretchikoff's 'Lady from the Orient' painting in Johannesburg on May 23, 2025, ahead of an auction.
REUTERS / Francisco Loureiro
A woman stands in front of members of the Argentine Naval Prefecture during the weekly protest of pensioners against President Javier Milei's austerity policies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21, 2025.
REUTERS / Marcelo del Pozo
People work at the 140-year-old Fernandez y Roche Industrias Sombrereras Espanolas factory, which produces Orthodox Jewish Hats, in Salteras, near Seville, southern Spain, on May 23, 2025.
Philip FONG / AFP
Shinbashi geishas rehearse at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre before the 100th Azuma Odori festival in Tokyo, Japan, on May 20, 2025.
Average monthly crude oil prices dropped to below $65 per barrel in May 2025, one of the lowest since April 2021. Following an 8.1% increase in…
In 1972, two years after Hafez al-Assad assumed power in Syria, a delegation from the Damascene Jewish community visited the office of Prime Minister…
Climate finance is shrinking just as MENA faces mounting climate challenges. From extreme heatwaves to worsening droughts, the region is one of the…
When Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha was awarded the prestigious American Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2025, in recognition of his…
Two weeks ago, Donald Trump delivered a message to the Middle East while visiting Riyadh—his first foreign visit during his second presidential term…
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Assad to be tried in absentia
