For the first time since Vladimir Putin launched his so-called “special military operation” to conquer Ukraine in 2022, Kyiv’s ability to hit back…
Pep Boatella
Good news rarely flows from the Middle East when it comes to war and geopolitics, a point proved particularly since October 2023, but what happened…
The eruption of the war in Syria in 2011 sent millions scattering. While many made their way to Europe, others made for more stable regimes in the…
From soy sauce to pumpkin exhibitions and pole vault records
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault in Lausanne on August 21, 2024. He would beat his own world record five days later.
Sanaullah Seiam / AFP
An Afghan worker offers his evening prayer at a brick kiln on the outskirts of Kandahar on August 21, 2024.
AFP / China Out
Workers make soy sauces at a village in Rugao, in eastern China's Jiangsu province on August 22, 2024.
Thomas Kienzle / AFP
A depiction of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at a pumpkin exhibition themed around 'strong women' at Ludwigsburg Castle in southern Germany, on August 22, 2024.
AFP / State Police in Iceland
Lava and smoke erupting from a new volcano near Grindavik on the Icelandic peninsula of Reykjanes on 22 August 2024.
R. Satish Babu / AFP
A college student dressed as Hindu deity Krishna, ahead of Janmashtami festival, in Chennai on August 23, 2024.
Munir Uz Zaman / AFP)
A man carrying his livestock wades through flood waters in south-eastern Bangladesh on August 24, 2024. Nearly 300,000 Bangladeshis took refuge in emergency shelters.
Lourival Izaque / AFP
Firefighters battle a fire in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 23, 2024.
AFP
A man watches smoke billow after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese village of Qsair on August 25, 2024.
Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
Activists protest to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state, in Kolkata on August 25, 2024.
As military escalations go, the latest round of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict was a more measured bout, neither side going all-out in their quest to…
With escalating geopolitical tensions, increased sanctions, and discussions around de-dollarisation, interest in gold is rising.Central banks,…
The Blue House Gallery in Sarouja, Damascus, recently hosted 32 paintings by Syrian artist Hamsah Shalhoub in her first solo exhibition.A graduate of…
The latest initiative to negotiate a ceasefire in Sudan has collapsed after one of the two warring parties failed to attend the talks in Switzerland…
It was with a warm embrace and a big smile that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo…
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Will Netanyahu meet his political end?
