Archives for May, 2026

Riot police stand guard outside the headquarters of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), after authorities ordered enforcement of a court ruling ousting the party's leadership from the building, in Ankara, Turkey, May 24, 2026. REUTERS/Efekan Akyuz

Turkey orders police to evict ousted opposition leadership from headquarters

Reuters

People and police officers gather after a blast near a railway track in Quetta, Pakistan, May 24, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

At least 24 killed in Pakistan train blast claimed by separatist militants

Reuters

People gather as they search for survivors after a blast near a railway track in Quetta, Pakistan, May 24, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Stringer

At least 24 killed in Pakistan train blast claimed by separatist militants

Reuters

A man casts his vote during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Nicosia, Cyprus May 24, 2026. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

Cyprus votes for new parliament with corruption and living costs in focus

Reuters

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, May 22, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Proposed US-Iran deal involves opening strait during 60-day ceasefire extension

Reuters

Worshippers touch the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca ahead of this year's hajj

Pilgrims from the West flock to hajj despite Mideast war

Agence France-Presse

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 22, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Trump says Iran deal 'largely negotiated', dispute over strait reopening

Reuters

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk (right) throws a flurry of punches at Netherlands' Rico Verhoeven (left) on his way to retaining his WBA, WBC and IBF heavyweight belts in Egypt

Usyk rocked before stopping Verhoeven to retain heavyweight belts

Agence France-Presse

The Iran World Cup team is currently at a pre-tournament training camp in Antalya, Turkey

Iran move World Cup base from US to Mexico

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, U.S., May 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Trump says Iran peace deal is 'largely negotiated'

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, U.S., May 22, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

Trump says negotiators are getting closer to Iran deal, media interviews show

Reuters

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran, May 23, 2026. Iran's Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

U.S. and Iran report progress on talks ending war, looking to next few days

Reuters

Ben Gvir (C) caused international outcry by publishing a video of aid activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla being mistreated

France bans Israeli security minister Ben Gvir from country

Agence France-Presse

Mourners at the funeral of victims killed in an Israeli strike near Tyre

Israel hits Lebanon as Hezbollah says Iran won't abandon group

Agence France-Presse

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters in New Delhi that he hoped to hear 'good news' on negotiations to end Washington's war on Iran in the coming hours

Iran and US closing in on deal to end war

Agence France-Presse

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf looks on after a press conference with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Iran's top negotiator says Tehran will not compromise in talks with US

Reuters