As pressure builds on British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to reconsider restrictions on North Sea oil and gas production, the country faces a…
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After days of tension over a wheat price widely seen as unfair, the announcement of an additional financial bonus on 21 May came as welcome news. But…
For the third time in less than two decades, prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric and politician Muqtada al-Sadr has announced the dismantling of a militia…
In his novel Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived, Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa portrays war as a complex human experience that…
A US Supreme Court ruling last week revives multi-million-dollar Cuba compensation claims against cruise giants, reopening one of the oldest wounds…
SpaceX is preparing for a 12 June initial public offering that could become the largest in history, targeting a valuation of at least $1.8tn and…
The last wild horses of Europe and more from the world
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One of the last flocks of wild horses in Europe is driven once a year into an arena near their nature reserve in Düülmen, Germany, to catch the young stallions and secure the continued existence of the centuries-old herd.
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A fireball and smoke erupt from a building following an Israeli strike in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on 28 May 2026.
REUTERS/Ivan Arias
A drone view in Guadalajara, one of the host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Mexico, on 28 May 2026 shows graffiti that reads 'This is not war, it is genocide," and "Full support for the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza."
AP Photo/Oded Balilty
Palestinian worshippers gather for Eid al-Adha prayer in the city of Jaffa on 27 May 2026.
REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
A full moon known as the "Blue Moon" rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, on 31 May 2026.
REUTERS/Taylor Coester
Sasha, Harvard University Police Department’s community engagement dog, wears a cap and gown during the 375th Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on 28 May 2026.
REUTERS/Andre Hidayat
Buddhist monks take part in a circumambulation ritual at Borobudur Temple, the world's largest Buddhist temple, ahead of Vesak Day, marking the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha, in Magelang, Indonesia, on 30 May 2026.
REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
A Ukranian soldier fires a self-propelled howitzer 2S22 Bohdana toward Russian positions on a frontline in the Donetsk region of Ukraine on 27 May 2026.
Ina FASSBENDER / AFP
A young man is seen underwater after he jumped from the 10-meter tower in the Grugabad in Essen, western Germany, on 28 May 2026, as temperatures in Germany remain unusually high for the season.
Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Muslim pilgrims perform their morning prayers during the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 27 May 2026.
Most politicians in Lebanon, it seems, have yet to grasp the scale of the major shifts that have swept the region since October 7. They are still…
At the end of the 20th century, fears of robots and machine intelligence usurping their human creators still belonged to the realm of science fiction…
When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in Hangzhou on 23 May, the choreography looked familiar enough: A Pakistani premier travels to…
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Trump mulls his next punches against Iran
