In late May, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani formally requested that the UN Mission to Iraq (known as the United Nations Assistance…
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**Update: This article was published in August 2024. David Lynch has since passed. His death was announced on 16 January, 2025***American TV director…
The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 after the departure of US-led Western forces undoubtedly marked the start of a new era and the end to…
What is the value of life in the Middle East? Is it worth less than elsewhere? Or does it depend on whose lives you are talking about?One might be…
From Star Wars to streaking meteors and a naughty gorilla
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Men kick-fighting during their thanksgiving festival 'Sisemba' after the rice harvest in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, on August 11, 2024.
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French swimmer Leon Marchand takes the Olympic flame from the cauldron at the Jardin des Tuileries on August 11, 2024, during the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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A Star Wars fan dressed as a character in the 'Training Day' parade in Guanajuato State, Mexico, on August 10, 2024.
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(L-R) Silver medallist Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa, gold medallist Netherlands' Sifan Hassan, and bronze medallist Kenya's Hellen Obiri at the podium ceremony for the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics 2024.
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A long exposure picture shows a meteor (C) streaking as a satellite crosses the night sky over the Suwalki region of Poland during the annual Perseids meteor shower on August 12, 2024.
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An Iraqi fisherman ties his boat to a plank in the Shatt al-Arab river at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq's southern city of Basra, on August 12, 2024.
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An artwork by street artist Banksy, the ninth to released in nine days, depicting a gorilla releasing animals, on the front shutter of London Zoo, on August 13, 2024.
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Bullet trains parked at Nanjing South railway station in Nanjing, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, on August 13, 2024.
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The 'Cappadocia Balloon and Culture Road Festival' on August 8, 2024 in Nevsehir, Turkey.
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Swimmers in the Sky Pool, a transparent swimming pool suspended 35m above ground between two apartment buildings in central London on August 12, 2024.
Less than a year after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan after US forces withdrew in 2021, President Joe Biden told the world that the…
At Grand Rapids in Michigan, in his first rally since an attempt on his life, Donald Trump paused from the usual maundering speech to tell the vast…
In 2023, cyber-attacks from data breaches to hostile account takeovers were estimated to have cost $8tn globally. This year, that is expected to rise…
Millions of Sudanese face imminent danger from a civil war that has claimed more than 150,000 lives since 15 April 2023, according to the latest…
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