Archives for December, 2025

Taliban acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during a news conference in Kabul Afghanistan September 14, 2021. Picture taken September 14, 2021.REUTERS/Stringer

Afghan Taliban vow border cooperation after Tajikistan says attacks killed five Chinese

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV was grreeted by a huge and rapturous crowd on Beirut's waterfront on the last day of his visit to crisis-hit Lebanon

Pope urges halt to attacks in Lebanon as first voyage abroad ends

Agence France-Presse

The UN has repatriated more than 500 Somalis so far this year and plans three more flights by the end of the year carrying around 450 more people

'No work, no money': Somali migrants in Yemen long to return home

Agence France-Presse

Pope Leo XIV meets young people at a square outside the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch, during his first apostolic journey, in Bkerke, Lebanon December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

Pope to end first overseas trip by praying with 100,000 Lebanese

Reuters

Raghad (L) is one of 10 Gazan minors in Athens who suffer from severe injuries

Palestinians evacuated from Gaza face tough adjustment in Greece

Agence France-Presse

Palestinian children using goggles and a joystick experience virtual reality as part of a therapy programme

VR headsets take war-scarred children to world away from Gaza

Agence France-Presse

PKK fighters like senior commander Amed Malazgirt are still based in bunkers in northern Iraq despite beginning a peace process in their struggle with Turkey

'We chose it': PKK fighters cherish life in Iraq's mountains

Agence France-Presse

The final day of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Lebanon will see him hold an open air mass in downtown Beirut and pay his respects at the site of the city's deadly 2020 port explosion

Pope Leo holds Beirut mass and visits site of port blast

Agence France-Presse

The Cook Islands was one of the 'top countries whose flags are used by shadow tankers transporting Russian crude oil', according to a European Parliament briefing from 2024

Pacific island office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'

Agence France-Presse

A portrait of US President Donald Trump made out of Legos is seen as part of Christmas decorations at the White House

From Honduras to Poland, Trump meddles in elections as never before

Agence France-Presse

Royal Bahraini Air Force F-16s perform air maneuvers during the 2018 Bahrain International Airshow at the Sakhir Airbase on Nov. 14 2018.

US approves $1.4B in military sales to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain: What to know

An estimated $1 billion in foreign military sales will go to Saudi Arabia, and $445 million will go to Bahrain.

A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

US approves potential $455 million sale of F-16 sustainment to Bahrain

Reuters

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington

Trump warns Israel not to 'interfere' in Syria

Agence France-Presse

A makeshift memorial at the site of a shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz

Guardsman who survived Washington shooting gives thumbs up, still in serious condition

Reuters

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting on Martyrs' Square, which served as a demarcation dividing Beirut along sectarian lines during Lebanon's civil war

Pope preaches unity at gathering of Christian, Muslim leaders in Beirut

Agence France-Presse

Bakr ALkasem / AFP via Getty Images

Trump warns Israel not to 'interfere' in Syria after deadly raid

Trump’s post came days after the Israeli military raided the village of Beit Jinn in southern Syria overnight Thursday to capture two members of Lebanese Islamist group Jama’a Islamiya.