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Women hold Iranian flags for a pro-government campaign in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2026

Iran War / 11 May 2026

Trump slams Iran’s response to US ceasefire proposal as ‘unacceptable’

11 May 2026

A cargo ship sails in the Persian Gulf toward the Strait of Hormuz, April 22, 2026

Iran / 23 April 2026

Trump orders US military to ‘shoot and kill’ Iranian small boats in the Strait of Hormuz

23 April 2026

Tankers and bulk carriers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, April 18, 2026

Middle East / 22 April 2026

Iran seizes two ships in Strait of Hormuz as US extends ceasefire and maintains blockade

22 April 2026

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, November 28, 2025

Mexico / 22 April 2026

US officials killed in Mexico crash worked for the CIA

22 April 2026

Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint ahead of the second round of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 21, 2026

Middle East / 21 April 2026

US and Iran signal new peace talks in Islamabad as truce nears end

21 April 2026

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, April 18, 2026

Middle East / 19 April 2026

US negotiators to head to Pakistan for Iran peace talks

19 April 2026

A child holding a Cuban national flag is silhouetted against a dawn sky during a celebration marking the 65th anniversary of the proclamation declaring the Cuban Socialist Revolution, in Havana, Cuba, April 16, 2026

Latin America / 19 April 2026

Brazil, Mexico and Spain demand respect for Cuba’s sovereignty

19 April 2026

Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran, April 13, 2026

Middle East / 17 April 2026

US and Iran say Strait of Hormuz is fully open

17 April 2026

Eliana Abi Nassif, 2, holds a doll next to her family's tent used as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, in Beirut, April 15, 2026

Middle East / 16 April 2026

Hopes grow for breakthrough in US-Iran talks

16 April 2026

China's President Xi Jinping holds a talk with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 15, 2026

Diplomacy / 15 April 2026

China hails relationship with Russia in face of international chaos

15 April 2026

Smoke rises following Israeli attack in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, April 12, 2026

Middle East / 14 April 2026

Hezbollah won't abide by any deal between Lebanon and Israel, says official

14 April 2026

Lebanese Civil Defense workers search through rubble for the body of missing student Ali Srour, 17, at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, in central Beirut, Lebanon, April 11, 2026

Lebanon / 12 April 2026

Israeli air attacks kill at least 18 people across southern Lebanon

12 April 2026

A bridge struck by U.S. airstrikes on Thursday is seen in the town of Karaj, west of Tehran, Iran, April 3, 2026

Middle East / 3 April 2026

Iranian TV claims US pilot ejected from aircraft over south-west Iran

3 April 2026

People ride in electric vehicles past the U.S. embassy during an anti-imperialist youth march organized by the government in Havana, Cuba, April 2, 2026

Cuba / 3 April 2026

Cuba pardons over 2,000 prisoners in Holy Week ‘humanitarian gesture’

3 April 2026

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House, April 1, 2026, in Washington

Iran / 2 April 2026

Iran continues to retaliate as Trump claims the Tehran threat is nearly eliminated

2 April 2026

A woman weeps during a second mass funeral for victims killed in an airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation center earlier this month, in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2026

World / 1 April 2026

Pakistan and Afghanistan resume peace talks in China

1 April 2026

Members of the Basij paramilitary force stand at a checkpoint in Tehran, Iran, March 29, 2026

Iran / 31 March 2026

US attacks Iranian nuclear site

31 March 2026

A portrait of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) is seen, as smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 30, 2026

Middle East / 31 March 2026

Fierce fighting as Israel invades southern Lebanon

31 March 2026

People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025

Middle East / 30 March 2026

Israel's parliament set to vote on death penalty for Palestinians

30 March 2026

A Sudanese soldier from the Rapid Support Forces or RSF, stands on his vehicle during a military-backed tribe's rally, in the East Nile province, Sudan, June 22, 2019

Northeast Africa / 30 March 2026

Paramilitary attack kills at least 14 in central Sudan

30 March 2026

Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society and other people carry a black sack containing the body of a victim who was killed after a residential building hit by a US-Israeli strike in Tehran, March 27, 2026

Middle East / 27 March 2026

Israel warns attacks on Iran will ‘escalate and expand’

27 March 2026

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, March 23, 2026

Lebanon / 25 March 2026

Canada warns Israel that Lebanon’s sovereignty ‘must not be violated’

25 March 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front right), his daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae, and other soldiers on a tank at a military training base in North Korea, March 19, 2026

The Koreas / 24 March 2026

Kim vows to cement North's nuclear status

24 March 2026

French socialist candidate for Paris mayoral election, Emmanuel Gregoire (centre) celebrates after he won the second round of France's municipal elections in Paris, France, March 22, 2026

France / 23 March 2026

Socialist Gregoire becomes mayor of Paris, as far right fail in targeted cities

23 March 2026

Sudan / 22 March 2026

Attack on Sudan hospital kills at least 64

22 March 2026

From left, candidate of La France Insoumise, Sophia Chikirou, French socialist candidate Emmanuel Gregoire, and Conservative candidate, Rachida Dati, pose prior to a TV debate between the two rounds of the Paris municipal elections, March 18, 2026

Western Europe / 20 March 2026

Left alliances being forged as France heads into municipal run-offs

20 March 2026

Cargo ships sail in the Arabian Gulf towards Strait of Hormuz in United Arab Emirates, March 19, 2026

Middle East / 19 March 2026

Iran war intensifies with barrage of strikes on energy facilities

19 March 2026

A hospital worker carries medical supplies donated by members of the European Convoy to Cuba in Havana, March 16, 2026

Cuba / 19 March 2026

Activists deliver medical aid to Cuba

19 March 2026

A partially constructed gas refinery at the South Pars gas field is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf in Asalouyeh, Iran, on January 22, 2014

Middle East / 18 March 2026

Qatar blames Israel for attack on gas field it shares with Iran

18 March 2026

A rescue worker carries a child at the scene of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, March 18, 2026

Middle East / 18 March 2026

China to send humanitarian aid to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq

18 March 2026

Residents and Taliban police gather the remains of a projectile at the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 13, 2026

Central Asia / 17 March 2026

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing at least 400 in air attack on Kabul hospital

17 March 2026

Palestinians mourn at the funeral of four members of the Odeh family who were killed in their car by Israeli security forces during an army operation in Tammun, West Bank, March 15, 2026

Israel-Palestine / 17 March 2026

UN concerned by possible ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the occupied West Bank

17 March 2026

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent (left) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng (right) during a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 10, 2025

World / 16 March 2026

China-US trade talks pave the way for Xi-Trump summit

16 March 2026

A view of the peace Palace housing the International Court of Justice, the UN's top court, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 2, 2024

International Court of Justice / 13 March 2026

US defends Israel against South African allegation of genocide

13 March 2026

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit patrol during a rally for Dagalo, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, June 15, 2019

Northeast Africa / 12 March 2026

Drone attack on Sudanese school kills at least 17

12 March 2026

A police officer stands guard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2026

Haiti / 10 March 2026

Rights group details drone attacks by Haitian security forces

10 March 2026