During their Oval Office meeting in September, President Donald Trump greeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warmly, pulling out a chair for his…
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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,…
The fall of the Sudanese city of el-Fasher to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on 26 October was a strategic turning point in the country…
The positive outcome of US President Donald Trump’s latest summit with Xi Jinping, his Chinese opposite number, has raised the prospect of a…
On 7 December last year, Bahrain hosted its customary round of the Manama Dialogue. On stage, speeches centred on Gulf security, the Red Sea, and…
On 20 October, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff announced that Donald Trump’s administration was working to broker talks between…
The Riyadh-based Future Investment Initiative (FII) has evolved beyond its role as a political and economic forum to become a geo-economic platform…
Amid a haze of declarations, the clamour of press conferences, the thunder of artillery, and the whir of drones, two opposing revolutions are…
Hurricane Melissa, Sikh warriors and more from the world
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Nihang Sikh warriors ride on horses as they display their skills on the occasion of Fateh Divas in Amritsar on 22 October 2025.
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A woman and a child stand along the Kingston waterfront as Hurricane Melissa approaches, in Kingston, Jamaica, on 27 October 2025.
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A fireworks show orchestrated by artist Cai Guo-Qiang with AI assistance, at the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) to mark its closing for a five-year renovation project, in Paris on 22 October 2025.
FETHI BELAID / AFP
Cows eat pomegranates at a farm in the town of Tebourba, about 30 kilometres west of Tunis, on 23 October 2025.
REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis
Voters cast their ballots at a polling station on the first day of early voting for the mayoral election in Brooklyn, New York City, US, on 25 October 2025.
HUSSEIN FALEH / AFP
An Iraqi firefighter looks on as smoke and fire billow at the Zubair oil field in southern Iraq on 26 October 2025.
REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha
A child with a painted face looks on as revellers gather to witness the annual Catrinas Day parade, ahead of the Day of the Dead, in Mexico City on October 26, 2025.
REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra
A Hindu woman with "sindhur", or vermilion powder, on her forehead stands in water as she worships the Sun god at the bank of the river Yamuna during the Hindu religious festival of Chhath Puja in Noida, India, on 28 October 2025.
Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP
This photograph shows trees with autumnal foliage reflected in the Bethmale lake in the Pyrenees Mountains, Bethmale, southwestern France, on 24 October 2025.
Genya SAVILOV / AFP
Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of a food warehouse following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv early on 25 October 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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