When Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook died in 1982, he had never held political office, never led a party, and never sat in parliament. Yet few people shaped…
PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE / AFP
In a potentially significant development, Yemeni government forces from several formations are now deploying unmanned aerial systems against Iran…
Just over 15 years ago, on 9 July 2011, South Sudan declared its independence. Today, the spectre of partition looms over Sudan once again. Its…
The 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza sought to inaugurate an intellectual transformation that would redefine the fundamental relations…
A US naval blockade has disrupted Iran’s traditional trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz, forcing Tehran to rely on land, rail and Caspian…
Gaza child amputees learn to swim and more
AP / Abdel Kareem Hana
Palestinian girl Miral al-Babli, who lost a leg in Israel's war on Gaza, receives swimming training from the Heal Palestine organisation at a pool in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on 20 August 2026.
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
Children enjoy a water fountain at Ebrahim Park as the temperature reaches 40 C in Tehran, Iran, on 20 August 2026.
REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen
Female giant panda twins Leni and Lotti sit next to a birthday cake made of iced vegetables, on the day before Leni and Lotti turn two years old, at Zoo Berlin, in Berlin, Germany, on 21 August 2026.
REUTERS/Florence Lo
A Galbot humanoid robot takes part in a tennis exhibition match against a human player during the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, China, on 22 August 2026.
Alex DIAZ / AFP
This aerial view shows a highway covered with mud and debris after a landslide struck the city of Iquique, due to heavy rainfall in the north of Chile on 19 August 2026.
UROS ARSIC / AFP
A local resident stands in front of a scorched forest as a wildfire continues to burn in Deliblatska Pescara some 70 kilometres northeast of Belgrade on 20 August 2026.
AFP
An aerial view of farmers harvesting gorgon fruit at Shenyu village in Taizhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province, on 21 August 2026.
Federico PARRA / AFP
Members of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Police ride a motorcycle past a collapsed structure in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on 21 August 2026, two months after two devastating earthquakes struck.
Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP
Pope Leo XIV leads a Mass in the port of Rimini during a pastoral visit on 22 August 2026.
KARIM JAAFAR / AFP
The minaret of a mosque is silhouetted against the setting sun in Doha on 23 August 2026.
When foreign ministers from 14 Arab and Muslim states gathered in Amman on 5 August to reaffirm Jordan's custodianship of Jerusalem's holy sites, the…
Wang Huning has been described by some Western observers of Chinese politics as “the world’s most influential intellectual,” “the mind behind Xi…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in a move befitting the most economically interventionist US administration in half a century, announced his…
Sunday’s high-level Syrian-Israeli meeting in Amman, held under US mediation, was an urgent exercise in damage control. Convened days after Israel…
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