With all the talk of the Houthi militia’s advance into southern Yemen along the Red Sea’s eastern coast, it is easy to forget that a civil war in…
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During his visit to Washington last week, Chinese leader Xi Jinping tried to step outside his usual diplomatic style and bring a more personal note…
Fireworks, UN walkouts and floods
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A performer holds a stick with fireworks during the traditional "Correfoc" (fire run) as part of the La Mercè festival, which celebrates Barcelona's patron saint, in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 September 2026.
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Displaced Palestinians gather to receive hot meals distributed by a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on 25 September 2026.
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Several attendees and delegation members walk out as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 24 September 2026.
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Palestinians share coffee as they dig caves to live in after Israeli forces demolished their houses, in Masafer Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on 23 September 2026.
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026.
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A resident stands at the site of a private house hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 28 September 2026.
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People navigate through a flooded market in Bangkok, Thailand, on 28 September 2026.
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Newly born cheetah cubs and their mother Daenerys sit in their enclosure at Prague Zoo, Czech Republic, on 25 September 2026.
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Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha for immersion in the Arabian Sea during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai on 25 September 2026.
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A French Air Force Dassault Rafale C fighter jet is seen through a window of the aircraft carrying Pope Leo XIV from Lourdes to Metz on the last day of his four-day visit to France, on 28 September 2026.
From $130tn in 2005 to more than $365tn in 2026, debt has effectively become a permanent fixture in the global economy, with governments and…
In this monthly column, we explore the latest productions from Arab and international cinema, offering a guide that combines introduction and…
In a modest second-hand bookshop in Badalona, near Barcelona, Marcel Font began to notice something he had never seen before. A Canadian company had…
UK police have released men who were arrested on suspicion of “terrorism” and "explosives offences" near an airbase in western England on bail…
When the People's Assembly of Syria (parliament) was formed, Syrians were told its function would not be symbolic. They were told that MPs would…
On 16 November, Israel’s El Al will launch direct flights to Morocco through its leisure subsidiary, Sun d’Or. Earlier this month, Israir resumed…
Africa is rich in rare earths and critical minerals but has not yet made the most of its natural wealth. Indeed, there have been times when the…
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