The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sent political shockwaves across South Asia, with reaction in Pakistan particularly…
Eduardo Ramon
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What looked like a deepening fallout between the Trump administration and key European allies over their positions on the US war on Iran seems to…
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Iran girls' school funeral and more
IRANIAN PRESS CENTER / AFP
In this aerial handout picture released by the Iranian Press Centre, mourners dig graves during the funeral for over 100 children killed in a reported strike on a primary school in Iran’s Hormozgan province in Minab on 3 March 2026.
Abbas Zakeri / AFP
Mourners attend the funeral after 153 people were killed on 28 February in an Israeli strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, on 3 March 2026.
Amirhossein Khorgooei / AP
On 3 March 2026, a woman throws rose petals on the coffins during the funeral of mostly children killed in an Israeli-US strike on a girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February.
REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
A drone view shows the Dome of the Rock on the Al-Aqsa compound during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Israeli-Occupied Jerusalem's Old City, on 27 February 2026.
AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
A Palestinian man prays inside al-Marawani mosque located at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem ahead of the "iftar" fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on 25 February 2026.
AP /Michael Probs
An aircraft flies past a waxing moon, over Frankfurt, Germany, on 26 February 2026.
I-Hwa Cheng / AFP
A person releases sky lanterns during the Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival in New Taipei City on 27 February 2026.
REUTERS/ Bruna Casas
An Honor prototype robot dances alongside performers at the Mobile World Congress trade show, in Barcelona, Spain, on 2 March 2026.
AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh
An Indian Hindu Devotee, worshipper of Hindu God Shiva, carries metal canisters filled with holy water from the Ganges River in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, on 27 February 2026.
AP / Michael Probst
Icelandic stallions play at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, on 2 March 2026.
Israel and the United States are three days into the most consequential military campaign in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion—a joint…
The US-Iran war that began on Saturday, 28 February, when Washington and Tel Aviv launched surprise attacks on Iran, officially expanded to Lebanon…
Amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, traders are pricing in the possibility of an oil shock, particularly if tensions threaten traffic through the…
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