Archives for October, 2025

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Analysis

Israel adapts, Turkey rises, Iran ruined: How 2 years of Gaza war reshaped Middle East

Turkey’s involvement worries Israel in Syria but also raises hopes for pressuring Hamas to agree to President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo speaks during a three-day international conference "Raising Hope for Climate Justice" in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Italy, October 1, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Pope Leo to visit Turkey, Lebanon in November in first trip abroad

Reuters

'Let her be a kid': a girl's life two years on from Hamas captivity

Reuters

On October 7, 2023, Hamas-led militants launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country's history

Two years after Hamas attack, Israelis mourn at Nova massacre site

Agence France-Presse

An Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israeli forces shell Gaza on war anniversary, Hamas and Israel discuss Trump plan

Reuters

Pictures of victims are placed on chairs as people attend a vigil to mark the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Reactions to two-year anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel

Reuters

Student protesters joined a march for Gaza in London on the second anniversary of the deadly Hamas-led attack on Israel

Pro-Gaza protests flare in UK on anniversary of Hamas attack

Agence France-Presse

Two years after she was pictured in grief, Gaza woman faces more misery

Reuters

Smoke rises from an explosion in Gaza, as people attend a memorial to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as seen from southern Israel, October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Factbox-In Gaza war, tens of thousands killed and widespread destruction

Reuters

Memorial events were scheduled in Israel to mark two years since Hamas's attack

Trump says 'real chance' to end Gaza war as Israel marks attacks anniversary

Agence France-Presse

Personnel from EU maritime mission Eunavfor Aspides' carry out rescue operation following an attack by Yemen's Houthi on the Dutch-flagged general cargo ship Minervagracht, which caught fire in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, in this screengrab taken from handout video released on September 30, 2025. Eunavfor Aspides via X/Handout via REUTERS

Crew member of attacked Dutch cargo ship dies of injuries, says vessel's operator

Reuters

Edan Alexander, who has been released from captivity by Hamas, after he had been kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, embraces his brother as he reunites with his family in Reim, southern Israel, before flying to Tel Aviv May 12, 2025. GPO/Handout via REUTERS

Trump to meet Edan Alexander, Israeli-American hostage released by Hamas in May

Reuters

Memorial events were scheduled in Israel to mark two years since Hamas's attack

Israel marks October 7 anniversary as talks held to end Gaza war

Agence France-Presse

Khaled El-Enany oversaw antiquities and later tourism for Egypt

UNESCO board backs Egyptian for chief after US row

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

New Zealand foreign minister's home attacked by protester

Reuters

Khaled El-Enany, Egyptologist and former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt, speaks during an interview with AFP at a hotel in Paris on April 10, 2025.

Culture

UNESCO backs Egypt's Khaled el-Enany as next director-general, first Arab in post

Enany would be the first Egyptian and the first Arab to serve as the agency’s director-general.