The Arab world has a vibrant and rich literary scene. Al Majalla picks out some choice titles in our fortnightly round-up of the latest Arabic books,…
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The so-called ‘Trump Initiative’ for resolving the war in Gaza—including a cessation of hostilities and their devastating consequences—begs deeper…
Regattas, sacred springs and more from the world
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A cat walks in a church damaged by a Russian military strike, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 13, 2025.
KIM Won Jin / AFP
Participants take part in the "Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea" performance to celebrate the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on October 9, 2025.
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Boats sail during the start of the 57th Barcolana Sailing Regatta in the Gulf of Trieste on October 12, 2025.
AFP/Jaafar Ashtiyeh
Israeli army soldiers stand behind a masked settler hurling stones at Palestinians who had gathered for the annual olive harvest season south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 10, 2025.
AP /Jehad Alshrafi
Palestinian kids celebrate following the announcement of a ceasefire in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 9, 2025.
REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
A Yazidi girl drinks water from a sacred spring during the annual Jamaya Festival at the Lalish Temple in Shekhan district near Dohuk province, Iraq, on October 6, 2025.
REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A drone view shows a vehicle with a Light Vehicle Surveillance System (LVSS) patrolling the US-Mexico border wall as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on October 10, 2025.
AFP
Members of the media explore Sami artist Maret Anne Sara's new sculptural installation, "Goavve-Geabbil", at Tate Modern in London on October 13, 2025.
Wakil KOHSAR / AFP
An Afghan boy carries the Taliban flag as he skates across the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop in Kabul on October 13, 2025.
AP/Qazi Rauf
Drivers sleep under a truck loaded with goods along a highway after the Afghanistan-Pakistan border was closed due to clashes on October 13, 2025.
Madagascar is experiencing its most serious political crisis in recent years. What began as a series of peaceful youth-led protests in late September…
The US federal government has been shut down since 1 October 2025, after Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the end of the fiscal year,…
The breakthrough ceasefire reached in Egypt this week follows two years of unprecedented bloodshed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—marked by…
A huge two-runway airbase in the Afghan mountains that was first built with Soviet help and later extended by the Americans, Bagram has once again…
Have you heard that the International Monetary Fund has cancelled all loans to Egypt and that the Egyptian government now plans to sell the Suez…
In the Middle East, every action carries great weight and symbolism. And this was very much on display when Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani…
Apart from a single line on Wikipedia, there is no information available in Arabic about the Norwegian poet Gunvor Höfmo (1921-1995), despite her…
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