Archives for August, 2026

Kurdish families are honouring relatives killed fighting for the PKK against the Turkish state

Kurdish families honour their dead on road to peace with Turkey

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: People wave Libyan flags during a demonstration in Benghazi February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori/File Photo

Libya rivals agree roadmap for elections within 24 months at UN-led talks

Reuters

Mother of three-year-old Palestinian child Tayyem Hamdan, who was killed in an Israeli strike according to medics at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, reacts during his funeral in central Gaza Strip, August 30, 2026. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

Israeli strike kills two people including a 3-year-old boy, Gaza medics say

Reuters

Rescue boats bring passengers to shore from capsized boat in northern Cyprus, August 30, 2026 in this screengrab taken from a video. REUTERS/Reuters TV

At least eight die, 18 missing after ferry capsizes off North Cyprus

Reuters

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to hold first defence pact meeting, source says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 24, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

US Treasury's Bessent faces G20 diplomacy test amid tariffs, Iran war, bond turmoil

Reuters

A still image from undated archive footage released by Iranian media on August 24, 2026, shows Mojtaba Khamenei attending a meeting before he assumed the role of Iran's Supreme Leader, at an unknown location. Pool via WANA/REUTERS TV/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Khamenei urges Gulf rulers in written message to confront 'real enemy'

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Lee Hyoung-il, 1st Vice Minister of Economy and Finance speaks during an interview with Reuters at a government complex in Seoul, South Korea, September 3, 2025. The Ministry of Economy and Finance, South Korea/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

South Korea names veteran technocrat Lee Hyoung-il as new finance chief in cabinet reshuffle

Reuters

Dania Abu Haikal's seven-month-old, Sam, was killed by Israeli forces while sitting on his mother's lap in their car

Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank

Agence France-Presse

Israeli soldiers arrive in the village of Qusra after a group of settlers occupied a building while Palestinians were inside

Netanyahu condemns settler attack in flashpoint West Bank village

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians look at the houses that came under settler attack, and the Israeli military came there, in the Palestinian village of Qusra in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, August 29, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israeli settlers stage new attack on home in West Bank's Qusra, witnesses say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 3, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo

US military families ride 'roller coaster of emotions' over six months of Iran war

Reuters

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil attends a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University, on the two-year anniversary of the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza, in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., October 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ryan Murphy

Judge deals blow to Trump moves to deport pro-Palestinian activists

Reuters

A picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed at a store in a local market in Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 25, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

War weighs on Iran's economy as US intensifies sanctions

Reuters

Putin and Xi have previously used SCO summits to promote their vision of a multipolar world

Leaders of Russia, China, Iran to attend summit in Kyrgyzstan

Agence France-Presse

Iraqi army troops patrol the Iraq-Saudi Arabia border

Iraq reinforces Saudi border security amid militia tensions: What to know

Iraq is sending the reinforcements in response to Iran-backed militia attacks and as it looks to build security ties with Riyadh.