Lebanon’s first experiment with statehood began in 1943 with its independence from France. That arrangement lasted about 25 years before the state…
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Military exercises, crescent moons and mud fun
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Soldiers take part in the military exercise 'Cathare 25', involving over 800 active and reserve military personnel, near Pamiers, France, on June 26, 2025.
Hussein FALEH / AFP
The waxing crescent moon is seen above the southern Iraqi city of Basra on June 28, 2025.
Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
Children splash mud as they celebrate 'National Paddy Day', which marks the start of the annual rice planting season, at a paddy field in Jeetpur Phedi village on the outskirts of Kathmandu on June 29, 2025.
Sai Aung MAIN / AFP
A burning pile of seized illegal drugs is seen during a destruction ceremony to mark the "International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" in Yangon on June 26, 2025.
Aris MESSINIS / AFP
A Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane drops water on a forest fire near Thymari, southeast of Athens, on June 26, 2025.
Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP
A woman rows a boat carrying lotus roots through the Dal Lake in Srinagar on June 25, 2025.
TIMUR MATAHARI / AFP
Indonesian Muslim children wearing traditional sarongs play fireball football, known locally as Sepak Bola Api, as part of celebrations marking the beginning of the Islamic New Year in Bandung, West Java, on June 26, 2025.
Tiziana FABI / AFP
Fireworks burst in the sky over the Castel Sant'Angelo during the traditional 'Girandola', the feast of Rome's patron St Peter and St. Paul, on June 29, 2025, in Rome.
Giuseppe CACACE / AFP
A dolphin leaps through the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off Khasab in Oman's northern Musandam peninsula on June 25, 2025.
Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
A Palestinian child sits on what remains of a water pipe in a huge crater after the Israeli army targeted the tents of displaced people in the northern Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Gaza City on June 28, 2025.
The work of one of Egypt’s most celebrated novelists could soon find a new audience if a major initiative, Naguib Mahfouz Illustrated, succeeds in…
In a year marked by economic realignment and strategic restraint, global investors in 2024 made it clear: the future lies in clean technology,…
A septuagenarian grand-grandfather from New York, Rabbi Abraham Cooper is known for breaking ground internationally. A director of the Jewish human…
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