Shadow fleets have evolved from niche sanction-evasion tools into a parallel global shipping system. Today, more than 3,000 vessels operate using…
Pep Boatella
Maimed Gaza artists and poisoned Lebanese land
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Areej al-Saafin, who lost her eye as a result of an Israeli military strike, uses charcoal to draw on the wall of her home in the Bureij Palestinian refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 2 May 2026.
REUTERS/Ayal Margolin
Israel fires what appears to be white phosphorus into Lebanon on 30 April 2026.
REUTERS/Eva Korinkova
The sun sets over the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, on 30 April 2026.
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Autonomous robotic dogs are fitted with the hyper-realistic silicone heads of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg as part of the interactive art installation by by US artist Beeple at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin on 2 May 2026.
REUTERS/Noel Celis
Protesters burn an effigy depicting US President Donald Trump and Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., during a Labor Day demonstration near the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines, on 1 May 2026.
REUTERS/Claudia Daut
People march while holding a giant Cuban national flag during a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba, on 1 May 2026.
REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
A rocket explodes before launch during the annual "Look Noo" rocket launching competition in Pathum Thani province on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, on 3 May 2026.
Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
People walk in front of the Vidhana Soudha building during sunset in Bengaluru on 3 May 2026.
REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy
A wrestler gets knocked down by a bull during a traditional Betsileo bull-wrestling event named Savika, in Ambatomirahavavy, Antananarivo, Madagascar, on 3 May 2026.
AP/Martin Meissner
Movie dog Hui Buh shows his acting talent during a preview for a dog show in Dortmund, Germany, on 4 May 2026.
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Amjad Yousef, the butcher of the Tadamon neighbourhood, is now in the grip of justice. Atef Najib, head of the Political Security Branch in Daraa…
The ongoing talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington are important to both countries for political and security reasons, but there is also a…
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The US-China competition has officially expanded beyond trade and technology into the very heart of multilateral institutions. The global development…
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