Syria stands at a crossroads today following the historic meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Ahmed al-Sharaa, held in Saudi Arabia on 14 May…
Eduardo Ramon
Somewhere in Langley, Virginia, the headquarters of the CIA, analysts on the Middle East and North Africa desk are frantically trying to produce…
Snapshots from Gaza, Pakistan, the Vatican and more
Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Palestinian children peek out of holes in their tent at a makeshift displacement camp set up amid building rubble in Gaza City on May 12, 2025.
AP / Anjum Naveed
Students participate in a candlelight vigil for children who were killed in the Indian missile strikes in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
Vatican Media / AP
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on May 9, 2025.
Luis TATO / AFP
A farmer carries her baby on her back as she waits to scare away birds in rice fields near Gihanga, on the outskirts of Bujumbura, on May 8, 2025.
REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne
A reveller poses next to a statue at the Bealtaine fire festival, marking the beginning of summer at the Hill of Uisneach in Rathnew, Ireland, on May 10, 2025.
REUTERS / Sharafat Ali
A customer checks the fabric before buying curtains at a flea market, following the ceasefire between Indian and Pakistan, in Srinagar, May 11, 2025.
Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
A woman visits the newly opened teamLab Phenomena, an immersive artwork experience museum, in Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi on May 8, 2025.
LUIS ROBAYO / AFP
Aerial view showing a man looking down from the Obelisk observation deck in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 8, 2025.
Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP
Buddhist monks attend the Visakha Bucha Day or Vesak Day celebrations at Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, on May 11, 2025.
Hristo Vladev / Getty
A view of the 3D video mapping projection on the most famous buildings in Sofia during the Lunar Festival of Lights in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 8, 2025.
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Assad to be tried in absentia
