From the moment the referee blew the opening whistle of the FIFA World Cup 2026, the players were not the only ones competing. During the 39-day…
Sara Padovan
Donald Trump’s Middle East advisor, Massad Boulos, has a tough job when it comes to Libya, a country torn between west and east since the fall of…
When Hezbollah began attacking Israel on 2 March shortly after Israeli and American bombers killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Israel hit…
The “New Syria" does not want to return to Lebanon through the gates of tutelage or war, nor does Lebanon wish to summon the memory of 1976, when the…
While US President Donald Trump has indulged in his usual hyperbole to describe the US-Iran deal as achieving "everything we set out to accomplish,”…
The Egyptian government has decided to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) to reduce dependence on petroleum imports and ease long…
Colombia election turmoil and International Yoga Day
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A man walks his bike as demonstrators stand in front of burning barricades during clashes over the preliminary results of the presidential runoff election in Bogota, Colombia, on 21 June 2026.
Saeed KHAN / AFP
A woman practises yoga as the sun rises over Sydney Harbour on the winter solstice and International Day of Yoga on 21 June 2026, marking the shortest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
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People take part in a yoga session to celebrate International Yoga Day at the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium in Yangon on 21 June 2026.
REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
A lightning strikes over apartment blocks during a thunderstorm in Beijing, China, on 16 June 2026.
AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
Displaced Palestinians play football at a club in Gaza City on 20 June 2026.
REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Palestinians gather along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer day, in Gaza City, on 19 June 2026.
AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Buildings damaged by Israeli strikes are seen through shattered glass from the Jabal Amel Hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on 18 June 2026.
YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
Seven-month-old male giant panda cub known as Rio born from artificial insemination with his mother Hu Chun at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, on 20 June 2026.
AP Photo/Nestor Ponce
A sculpture of soccer star Lionel Messi by artist Aldo Beroisa, that was unveiled for Argentina's opening World Cup match against Algeria, stands in Cutral Co, Argentina, at sunrise on, 21 June 2026.
REUTERS/Toby Shepheard
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hugs his wife Victoria after announcing the timeline for his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on 22 June 2026.
Senior US envoy Tom Barrack has held a series of meetings with Kurdish leaders from Iraq and Syria in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of…
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states first contemplated a shared railway network in the 1980s, as part of a broader effort to deepen economic…
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