Archives for October, 2025

Deputy United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus speaks to members of the U.N. Security Council before voting on a draft resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

US envoy Ortagus expected in Lebanon as tensions with Israel spike

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Arlington, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2025. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo

US detains British commentator Hamdi in middle of national speaking tour

Reuters

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) shakes hands with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prior to their meeting on the sideline of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Kin Cheung / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KIN CHEUNG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK's Starmer to discuss Eurofighter jets sale with Erdogan in Turkey

Reuters

A file picture from August of people gathering to receive food in Sudan's El-Fasher, which has been under siege since 2023

Sudan army admits loss of key city as reports of atrocities emerge

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the press following his meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, October 23, 2025. Fadel Senna/Pool via REUTERS

Rubio says Israeli strike on Gaza didn't violate ceasefire

Reuters

Afghan Defence Minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid and Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Muhammad Asif shake hands, following the signing of a ceasefire agreement, during a negotations meeting mediated by Qatar and Turkey, in Doha, Qatar, October 19, 2025. Qatar Ministry Of Foreign Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Afghan, Pakistan peace talks enter third day as Trump again offers help

Reuters

Turkey court orders arrest of Istanbul's jailed mayor for 'political espionage'

Reuters

Radiohead performed in Tel Aviv in 2017 despite boycott calls

Radiohead's Thom Yorke says would not now play in Israel

Agence France-Presse

A cutout portrait of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan at the site in northern Iraq where the group announced a withdrawal of its fighters from Turkey

Jailed PKK chief's freedom 'crucial' for peace to work: senior militant to AFP

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians gather around a Red Cross vehicle transporting hostages as part of a ceasefire and hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 13. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israel allows Red Cross, Egyptian teams into Gaza as search for hostage bodies widens

Reuters

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are still living hand-to-mouth in makeshift tents alongside their ruined homes in Gaza, more than two weeks since the start of a US-brokered ceasefire

Israel insists it calls shots in Gaza despite truce

Agence France-Presse

Austria's Chancellor Christian Stocker attends the Euro Summit in Brussels, Belgium, October 23, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Austrian chancellor rejects talk of Israel Eurovision ban

Reuters

Children search through rubble in Gaza City

In Gaza's ruins, a grandmother keeps family and hope alive

Agence France-Presse

Smoke rises from a fire at an oil pipeline in Iraq's Zubair oilfield, as seen through a car window, near Basra, Iraq October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Mohammed Aty

Two workers killed in pipeline fire at Iraq’s Zubair oilfield, officials say

Reuters

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance (not pictured) at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025. Nathan Howard/Pool via REUTERS

Netanyahu says Israel will determine which international forces are unacceptable

Reuters

A first group of 25 PKK fighters who had left Turkey for northern Iraq were at the ceremony, among them eight women

Kurdish PKK says withdrawing all forces from Turkey to north Iraq

Agence France-Presse