In recent days, Russian fighters in Mali have ceded territory to a coalition led by well-organised Islamist groups in the north but have equally…
Gregori Saavedra
As Lebanon continues to be stuck between two difficult choices—prolonged confrontation with Israel or making peace with the Jewish state and teaming…
When the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets today, 29 April, the club will be considering the departure of one of its…
Arabic literature embraced travel writing at an early stage, and the genre soon became a rich space, geographical knowledge converging with cultural…
As US-Iran negotiations inch forward at a snail's pace, tensions are rising in the Arabian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, amid a growing American military…
It appears that Donald Trump’s Iran policy has shifted from "maximum pressure" to "maximum uncertainty," with Washington sending mixed messages in…
Afghan parkour, Japan wildfires and lotus harvests
WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP
An Afghan parkour athlete performs a stunt on the back of a vehicle on a weekend in the sandy mountainside at the Sayad area of Reg-e-Rawan in Kapisa province on 24 April 2026.
AP /Ghaith Alsayed
A tractor and a motorcycle make their way through muddy floodwaters after heavy rains raised water levels at the Al-Siha Dam, affecting nearby villages and farmland in northwestern Syria on 25 April 2026.
TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
Farmers harvest lotus fruits from a field in Kandal province on 25 April 2026.
REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Candles arranged into a radiation hazard symbol at a memorial dedicated to firefighters and workers who died after the 1986 Chornobyl nuclear disaster, ahead of its 40th anniversary, in Slavutych, Ukraine, on 25 April 2026.
REUTERS/Zohra Bensemr
A displaced girl calls her sister from inside a tent at a makeshift encampment, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon, on 25 April 2026.
DEVI RAHMAN / AFP
Colourful houses in Butuh village, popularly known as Nepal Van Java, or Nepal of Java, for its resemblance to hillside villages in Nepal, on the slopes of Mount Sumbing in Magelang, Central Java, on 27 April 2026.
REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump host Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla for afternoon tea at the White House in Washington, DC, on 27 April 2026.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
A helicopter conducts firefighting operations as wildfires continue in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on 26 April 2026.
AP/Esteban Felix
The Milky Way stretches across the night sky as seen from the Atacama Desert, Chile, on 15 April 2026.
Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP
Fireworks explode at Saint George church during the Saint George's Day celebrations at the Quintino neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 23 April 2026.
Over the course of nearly eight decades since its establishment in 1948, Israel has fought more wars than any other state in the world, but the one…
In Syria, the most dangerous problems are not always the loudest. As the country tries to move beyond war, attention has understandably turned to the…
A recently released Saudi Vision 2030 report offered an optimistic yet cautious outlook for economic growth, highlighting areas where major…
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A US-Iran deal appears within reach. Cue the spoilers.
