Amid the wreckage of war, Palestinian clowns and circus performers persevere. The hope and goal is to put smiles on the faces of the children of Gaza…
Lina Jaradat
On paper, Israel started 2025 in the best position when it comes to dealing with Iran’s nuclear programme. Israeli strikes against Iran in 2024 had…
Damascus today resembles the melee of a busy stock exchange during trading hours, which leads the pulse rate on a merry dance, sending it soaring…
Last week, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun announced that Beirut would not forcibly disarm the Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah as part of its…
Donald Trump can rarely resist the urge to engage in name-calling. Typically, his barbs are more juvenile than consequential. But his designation of…
Pope Francis passes, Easter celebrations and more
Ozan KOSE / AFP
A portrait of late Pope Francis is displayed at the Saint Mary Draperis Church in Istanbul on April 21, 2025.
Patrick Pleul / AP
Women in black church costumes sing Easter hymns as they walk through the small Lusatian village of Maust near Cottbus, Sunday, April 20, 2025.
Mohd Arhaan ARCHER / AFP
A nomadic shepherd leads a herd of pashmina goats for grazing during snowfall at the snow-capped Changthang plateau in eastern Ladakh on April 19, 2025.
Kenny / AFP
Artists wearing turbans and traditional attire take shade before the start of a cultural performance organised for US Vice President JD Vance and his family at the Amber Fort in Jaipur on April 22, 2025.
AP/Emilio Morenatti
A penitent holds his six-month-old son as he processes through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2025.
AFP
An aerial view shows machinery transferring coal at a port in southwestern China's Chongqing municipality on April 20, 2025.
Bertie Gregory / REUTERS
An Emperor penguin chick begs its parent to be fed during a blizzard, in the midst of a colony, on the Ekstrom Ice Shelf, Antarctica, in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on April 17, 2025.
HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP
A pedestrian takes a picture of the new art piece called "Whale on the Wharf" created with plastic waste by US-based artists and architects duo, Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang, in Canary Wharf, in London, on April 18, 2025.
REUTERS / Riska Munawarah
University students take part in mangrove planting to mark Earth Day in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on April 22, 2025.
REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani
A drone view shows buffaloes wading in the waters of Chebayesh Marsh in Dhi Qar Province, Iraq, on April 18, 2025.
Youssef Habchi El-Achkar is widely regarded as the founder of the ‘self-awareness movement’ in contemporary Lebanese literature, characterised by…
Eight American conditions for temporarily easing US sanctions on Syria have been revealed in diplomatic documents seen by Al Majalla in recent days…
In response to US President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs in early April, which have since imposed levies on China of up to 245%,…
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Trump's peace-through-strength doctrine
