Archives for October, 2025

Nelson Mandela's eldest grandson, Mandla Mandela, gestures during a protest by Palestinian supporters calling for Miss SA, Lalela Mswane to withdraw from the Miss Universe pageant in Israel, outside the Miss South Africa headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mandela's grandson returns to South Africa after deportation by Israel

Reuters

A screen displays the 2025 Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry, Susumu Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan), Richard Robson (University of Melbourne, Australia), and Omar M. Yaghi (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.), as they are announced during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 8, 2025. TT News Agency/Fredrik Sandberg via REUTERS

Trio win Nobel chemistry prize for developing 'Hermione's handbag' materials

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Erdogan hopes for resolution on sanctions, F-35s, Halkbank after Trump talks

Reuters

A firefighter vehicle is seen in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Factbox-Who are the most prominent Palestinians held in Israeli jails?

Reuters

A firefighter vehicle is seen in Bagram U.S. air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan July 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghanistan's neighbors signal opposition to US retaking Bagram base

Reuters

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Old City of Jerusalem, in this screengrab from a video obtained by Reuters on October 8, 2025. Jewish Power/Handout via REUTERS

Israel's Ben-Gvir prays at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, urges 'Gaza victory'

Reuters

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump

Hamas, Israel agree hostage release, ceasefire under Trump plan

Agence France-Presse

Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, September 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Hamas says it handed over list of Israelis and Palestinians for swap deal

Reuters

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon

Erdogan says Turkey is explaining to Hamas best approach for Palestinian future

Reuters

A screengrab from a live footage video shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of "Gaza Sunbird", a Gaza-bound vessel which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, with a gun as the boat is intercepted by Israeli security forces, in this screengrab obtained from a video released on October 8, 2025. Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey says Israel's Gaza aid flotilla intervention is act of piracy

Reuters

A screengrab from a live footage video shows an Israeli soldier smashing the CCTV camera of "Gaza Sunbird", a Gaza-bound vessel which is part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, with a gun as the boat is intercepted by Israeli security forces, in this screengrab obtained from a video released on October 8, 2025. Freedom Flotilla Coalition/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Gaza aid flotilla says Israeli forces intercepted its boats

Reuters

The war in Gaza has triggered a humanitarian catastophe

US, Qatar, Turkey to join third day of Gaza peace talks in Egypt

Agence France-Presse

Greta Thunberg and activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla hold a press conference arranged by the Global Movement to Gaza Sweden in connection with the arrival of the released Swedish participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in central Stockholm, Sweden October 7, 2025. TT News Agency/Caisa Rasmussen via REUTERS

Greta Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli detention after Gaza flotilla arrest

Reuters

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, a flag with the portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is waved during the funeral procession of 15 people killed in Israeli strikes during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, in the city of Mashhad on June 27, 2025.

Analysis

Iran’s regional clout wanes, isolation grows two years after celebrating Hamas attacks

Two years after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, Iran finds itself more isolated and vulnerable, facing the limits of its regional influence and deep fractures within its Axis of Resistance.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives on the day of the European Political Community summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2, 2025. Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

Italy PM Meloni says been denounced to ICC for complicity in genocide

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during an event to sign an executive order authorizing the construction an access road to the Ambler mining district in Alaska, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura

Trump says he is optimistic about a Gaza deal

Reuters