The first contact between Egypt and Syria’s new rulers came in a phone call between their foreign ministers on 31 December 2024. In diplomatic…
Axel Rangel Garcia
Hezbollah’s leadership, weapons, finances, and communications all took a major hit in the latter half of 2024, targeted by Israel’s intelligence…
One of former US President Ronald Reagan’s most lasting slogans of governance is that “personnel is policy.” Judged using Reagan’s mantra, it appears…
Israel’s recent war against Hezbollah in Lebanon remains a big test of the party’s support base, which bore the brunt and burden of the assault that…
On 4 December 2024, a 26-year-old American computer engineer named Luigi Mangione was arrested and accused of murdering Brian Thompson, the chief…
Donald Trump’s demand that Hamas release the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza before his inauguration on 20 January may have breathed…
Ahead of his upcoming inauguration, people are already casting their predictions over what Trump's return to the White House means for international…
Jimmy Carter's passing, Orthodox Christmas and Chinese New Year
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A woman attends the lantern festival at Beijing’s Wenyuhe Park in Beijing on January 4, 2025, to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year on January 29, marking the Year of the Snake.
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A portrait of former US President Jimmy Carter is seen in a shop window ahead of his state funeral in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on January 4, 2025.
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The Armenian Apostolic Bishop of Damascus performs the blessing of the water ritual at the Christmas service at the Mar Sarkis (St Sargis) Church in Bab Sharqi in the old city of Damascus on January 6, 2025.
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Swimmers hold a wooden cross after taking part in the blessing of the water ceremony as part of Epiphany Day celebrations at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchate on January 06, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey.
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A man touches the flack jacket of journalist Omar Al-Derawi as mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah January 3, 2024.
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A deer stag lies amongst frosty foliage at Richmond Park in London, Britain, January 4, 2025.
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A worker pushes a wheelbarrow carrying trash past a wall mural ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 2, 2025.
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An Afghan labourer works at a chalk factory in Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 5, 2025.
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Drivers compete in Stage 2B of the 47th Dakar Rally between Bisha and Bisha, Saudi Arabia, on January 6, 2025.
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A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans during a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Shortly after Syria erupted into civil war in 2011, and ever since, the country has become a byword for refugees, displacement, and exile. Millions…
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Hormuz face-off? US and Iran in a battle of wills
