Archives for November, 2025

Tunisians march in the capital to protest against Tunisia's President Kais Saied accusing him of entrenching one-man rule through the use of the judiciary and police, in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaou

Tunisians escalate protests against Saied, demanding return of democracy

Reuters

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a plenary session on the opening day of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/Pool

Australia PM says formal deal reached for Turkey to host COP31 climate summit

Reuters

Palestinians carry an injured man at Al-Awda Hospital

Gaza civil defence says 21 killed in Israeli strikes

Agence France-Presse

Palestinian children look at a destroyed vehicle in Gaza City

Gaza civil defence says 21 killed in Israeli strikes

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israeli airstrikes kill 14 people in Gaza, medics say

Reuters

Smoke from the site of an Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on November 22

Lebanon says fresh Israeli strike on south kills one

Agence France-Presse

France's President Emmanuel Macron walks past European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney during a plenary session on the first day of the G20 Leaders' Summit at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 22, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

Canada's Carney and France's Macron discuss Ukraine, Gaza on G20 sidelines

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese before a MIKTA photo session amidst the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Pool/File Photo

Turkey and Australia confirm agreement on COP31 split-hosting deal

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman meet in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Democrat demands release of 'shocking' Trump-Saudi call from 2019 after Khashoggi's death

Reuters

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) makes a speech as he attends the National Army Day ceremony on April 18, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. The country held its annual 'Army Day' parade in Tehran, which included an address by current President Masoud Pezeshkian. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Analysis

Iran's rebuke of Russia, China exposes cracks in its 'look to East' strategy

Pezeshkian comments revived a long-running debate over the fragility of Iran's geopolitical alignments and the asymmetry built into its relations with Moscow and Beijing.

A correspondent in Tehran

By A correspondent in Tehran

In Tehran, reporting on politics

Mourners carry the body of 16-year-old Palestinian Sami Mashayekh during his funeral

Two Palestinian youths killed in clashes on the fringes of Jerusalem

Agence France-Presse

Traditional Emirati dancers and musicians for the opening night of Abu Dhabi Art.

Culture

A confident farewell: Abu Dhabi Art’s last edition hits new peak before Frieze

In its final 17th edition before it becomes Frieze Abu Dhabi in 2026, the fair staged its largest showing and attracted local and international collectors alike.

FILE PHOTO: Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, performs "New Day Will Rise", during the Grand Final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 17, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Eurovision Song Contest changes rules after Israel controversy

Reuters

A villager stands at a high point to survey the damage to the hill sides by quarrying in Ikizdere in the Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey on June 7, 2021. A government-friendly company plans to extract 20 million tons of stone from a quarry in the northeastern town of Ikizdere for one of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest development projects. The locals are rising up in protest, challenging the government and its priorities in a region dear to the domineering Turkish leader's heart. (Ph

Culture

Can AI save Turkey’s endangered Laz language?

With few young speakers and little official support, activists are turning to artificial intelligence to help preserve one of Turkey’s endangered languages: Laz.

Members of the police raid a property where they found various cultural items and artefacts at an unknown location, Bulgaria, in this screen grab from a handout video released on November 20, 2025. EUROPOL/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. DIGITAL: EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Bulgaria arrests 35 in large-scale trafficking of cultural goods

Reuters

A portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan and a sign with the words "Serok Apo," are displayed on a hillside in the Qandil mountains, Iraq, October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Turkish MPs to visit jailed PKK leader Ocalan in prison, state media say

Reuters