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American mid-term elections

Donald Trump and Melania Trump on their last day in the White House. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

Donald Trump and Melania Trump on their last day in the White House. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

North America

Trump calls himself a ‘stable genius’ and denies claim he blamed Melania for midterms

‘We had tremendous success’ – Donald Trump denies election rage as advisers urge him to delay 2024 bid

US elections fallout: Rupert Murdoch press sets ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ up for a big fall as it turns against former president

Donald Trump ‘livid’ as mid-term results tear up his plans for comeback

Premium

Jennifer Rubin Opinion Trump is running out of steam and that’s why Biden should bow out of election race

Russia has relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian forces to move cautiously towards reclaiming it

Russia has relinquished its final foothold in a major city in southern Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian forces to move cautiously towards reclaiming it

World News

Ukraine: Crowds raise Ukrainian flags in Kherson following Russian forces withdrawal

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Headlines

Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall near Vero Beach, Fla. as a hurricane early Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. It's such a sprawling storm that it has covered nearly the entire peninsula while reaching into Georgia and South Carolina. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall near Vero Beach, Fla. as a hurricane early Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. It's such a sprawling storm that it has covered nearly the entire peninsula while reaching into Georgia and South Carolina. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

North America

Tropical Storm Nicole lashes Florida, downing power lines, killing two and evacuating homes

Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near a frontline in Kherson region. Photo: Reuters/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near a frontline in Kherson region. Photo: Reuters/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Europe

‘The Russians don’t even take the bodies of their soldiers and leave the wounded behind’ – Ukrainian troops begin cautious advance on Kherson

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine November 11, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine November 11, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

Europe

Russia needs time to pull back from Kherson, fighting to slow in winter – Ukraine’s defence minister

Russian conscripts called up for military service say goodbye to their relatives in Omsk, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Alexey Malgavko

Russian conscripts called up for military service say goodbye to their relatives in Omsk, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Alexey Malgavko

Europe

How Putin’s retreat will leave thousands of Russian troops exposed in Ukraine

A bus stop ad displays an image of Russian service member Sergey Reshtnikov with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia" in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina

A bus stop ad displays an image of Russian service member Sergey Reshtnikov with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia" in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina

Europe

Russian wives in battlefield ‘rescue mission’ for husbands as Putin’s military casualties estimated to top 100,000

Alex Jones says he doesn't have the money to pay the figure awarded against him. Photo: Mike Segar

Alex Jones says he doesn't have the money to pay the figure awarded against him. Photo: Mike Segar

North America

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told to pay an extra $473m over Sandy Hook shooting hoax claims

A participant at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. Experts say that there are solutions to the climate crisis, but they are not being implemented at the required scale. Photo: Mohammed Abed, AFP.

A participant at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. Experts say that there are solutions to the climate crisis, but they are not being implemented at the required scale. Photo: Mohammed Abed, AFP.

Comment

Frank McGovern Opinion The pathway to limiting global warming is all about managing the earth’s energy balance

Paul Haggis wrote the screenplays for Million Dollar Baby and Crash

Paul Haggis wrote the screenplays for Million Dollar Baby and Crash

North America

Oscar-winning Crash screenwriter Paul Haggis ordered to pay $7.5m to rape accuser in civil case

KFC

KFC

Europe

KFC apologises for telling German customers to commemorate Kristallnacht with chicken and cheese

Video

Suspect arrested in US after high-speed chase

Video

Moment Mako shark jumps onboard fishing boat in New Zealand

Visitors rushed to safety as five lions escape from enclosure at Sydney zoo

Bolsonaro fails to concede defeat in first speech since Brazil election result

Benjamin Netanyahu poised to regain power in Israel

Shocking footage shows moment bridge collapsed in India killing 137

Opinion

Just Stop Oil protesters who threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 work, Sunflowers, at the National Gallery in London. Photo: Just Stop Oil/PA Wire

Just Stop Oil protesters who threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 work, Sunflowers, at the National Gallery in London. Photo: Just Stop Oil/PA Wire

Comment Premium

Sarah Carey Opinion ‘What is worth more, art or life?’ If protesters force thinking people in galleries to think harder, they did the right thing

‘What is worth more, art or life?” asked Phoebe Plummer after she threw tomato soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers in the National Gallery in London, outraging middle-class sensibilities. “Is it worth more than food? More than justice? Are you more concerned about the protection of a painting or the protection of our planet and people?”

As a woman, it’s hard to put the brakes on the constant fear of being attacked

Louise McSharry

Elite French literati are called to book as the winds of change blow through Le Prix Goncourt

John Downing

Rival warplane drills or impending nuclear test – why is North Korea testing so many missiles?

Josh Smith

Lula victory is encouraging news not only for Brazil, but for endangered environment

John Connell

Europe

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine November 11, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

Rescuers work at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile attack, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine November 11, 2022. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS

Europe

Russia needs time to pull back from Kherson, fighting to slow in winter – Ukraine’s defence minister

A bus stop ad displays an image of Russian service member Sergey Reshtnikov with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia" in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina

A bus stop ad displays an image of Russian service member Sergey Reshtnikov with a slogan reading "Glory to the Heroes of Russia" in Moscow, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina

Europe

Russian wives in battlefield ‘rescue mission’ for husbands as Putin’s military casualties estimated to top 100,000

Russian conscripts called up for military service say goodbye to their relatives in Omsk, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Alexey Malgavko

Russian conscripts called up for military service say goodbye to their relatives in Omsk, Russia. Photo: Reuters/Alexey Malgavko

Europe

How Putin’s retreat will leave thousands of Russian troops exposed in Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near a frontline in Kherson region. Photo: Reuters/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Ukrainian servicemen ride a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun near a frontline in Kherson region. Photo: Reuters/Viacheslav Ratynskyi

Europe

‘The Russians don’t even take the bodies of their soldiers and leave the wounded behind’ – Ukrainian troops begin cautious advance on Kherson

KFC

KFC

Europe

KFC apologises for telling German customers to commemorate Kristallnacht with chicken and cheese

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech at a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Europe

Vladimir Putin to skip G20 summit and potential Joe Biden confrontation

Ukrainian troops fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine. Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

Ukrainian troops fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine. Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

Europe

Top US general estimates Russia has suffered more than 100,000 killed or wounded in Ukraine war as Putin surrenders part of Kherson

Ukrainian troops fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine yesterday. Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

Ukrainian troops fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun on a frontline in Kherson region, Ukraine yesterday. Photo: Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters

Europe

Russia suffers fresh humiliation as troops ordered to abandon Kherson city in Ukraine

North America

Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall near Vero Beach, Fla. as a hurricane early Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. It's such a sprawling storm that it has covered nearly the entire peninsula while reaching into Georgia and South Carolina. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

Tropical Storm Nicole makes landfall near Vero Beach, Fla. as a hurricane early Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. It's such a sprawling storm that it has covered nearly the entire peninsula while reaching into Georgia and South Carolina. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

North America

Tropical Storm Nicole lashes Florida, downing power lines, killing two and evacuating homes

Donald Trump and Melania Trump on their last day in the White House. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

Donald Trump and Melania Trump on their last day in the White House. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP

North America

Trump calls himself a ‘stable genius’ and denies claim he blamed Melania for midterms

Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Andrew Harnik

Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Photo: Andrew Harnik

North America

US elections fallout: Rupert Murdoch press sets ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ up for a big fall as it turns against former president

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day earlier this week. Photo: Andrew Harnik

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at Mar-a-lago on Election Day earlier this week. Photo: Andrew Harnik

North America

‘We had tremendous success’ – Donald Trump denies election rage as advisers urge him to delay 2024 bid

Alex Jones says he doesn't have the money to pay the figure awarded against him. Photo: Mike Segar

Alex Jones says he doesn't have the money to pay the figure awarded against him. Photo: Mike Segar

North America

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones told to pay an extra $473m over Sandy Hook shooting hoax claims

Paul Haggis wrote the screenplays for Million Dollar Baby and Crash

Paul Haggis wrote the screenplays for Million Dollar Baby and Crash

North America

Oscar-winning Crash screenwriter Paul Haggis ordered to pay $7.5m to rape accuser in civil case

Warren Beatty is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 1973. Photo: Mark J. Terrill

Warren Beatty is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in 1973. Photo: Mark J. Terrill

North America

Hollywood icon Warren Beatty accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl in the 1970s

John Fetterman won a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, beating Donald Trump-backed celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz. Photo: Quinn Glabicki / Reuters

John Fetterman won a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania, beating Donald Trump-backed celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz. Photo: Quinn Glabicki / Reuters

North America

Control of US Senate hangs in balance as Republicans close in on House

Latin America

An aerial view of a river in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto. Photo: Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil/File

An aerial view of a river in Peru's Amazon region of Loreto. Photo: Reuters/Enrique Castro-Mendivil/File

Latin America

Tourists freed after kidnap by Amazon tribe over oil spills

Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International and fell in love

Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International and fell in love

Latin America

Former Miss Argentina and Miss Puerto Rico get married in secret

Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP

Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: Eraldo Peres/AP

Latin America

Bolsonaro’s supporters call on Brazilian military to keep him in power

Supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro block highway BR-251 during a protest against President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who won a third term following the presidential election run-off, in Planaltina, Brazil, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Diego Vara

Supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro block highway BR-251 during a protest against President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who won a third term following the presidential election run-off, in Planaltina, Brazil, October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Diego Vara

Latin America

Brazil holds its breath as Bolsonaro stays silent after defeat

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro is running for re-election today

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro is running for re-election today

Latin America

Trigger fingers twitch as Brazil set to vote on ‘Trump of the Tropics’

People stand in the street after a quake, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero.

People stand in the street after a quake, in Mexico City, Mexico, September 19, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Romero.

World News

Tsunami warning issued after Mexico hit by powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake

Jair Bolsonaro’s call to arms threatens Brazilian security, civic concord and perhaps democracy itself. Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Jair Bolsonaro’s call to arms threatens Brazilian security, civic concord and perhaps democracy itself. Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Comment Premium

Mac Margolis Opinion Trigger happy Jair Bolsonaro wants Brazilian voters armed to the teeth as he fires up loyalists ahead of election

A man points a gun at Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: TV Publica Argentina via Reuters

A man points a gun at Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: TV Publica Argentina via Reuters

Latin America

Argentina’s vice-president survives assassination attempt as gun jams inches from her face

Asia-Pacific

Retrieved debris of a missile in South Korea's East Sea

Retrieved debris of a missile in South Korea's East Sea

Asia-Pacific

North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea as tension remains high

Borussia Dortmund fans hold banners calling for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup at the club's match against VfL Bochum 1848 on Saturday. Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Borussia Dortmund fans hold banners calling for a boycott of the Qatar World Cup at the club's match against VfL Bochum 1848 on Saturday. Photo: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images

Asia-Pacific

Homosexuals are ‘damaged in the mind,’ says Qatari World Cup ambassador

Photos provided by North Korea of missile launches between November 2 and 5. Photo: Korean Central News Agency via AP

Photos provided by North Korea of missile launches between November 2 and 5. Photo: Korean Central News Agency via AP

Asia-Pacific

North Korea vows ‘merciless’ response to military drills by enemies South Korea and US

Former South Korean president Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook with puppies born from a hunting dog gifted from North Korea. Photo: Reuters

Former South Korean president Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook with puppies born from a hunting dog gifted from North Korea. Photo: Reuters

Asia-Pacific

Former president of South Korea must give up dogs he got as gift from Kim Jong-un

FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills on Sept. 18, 2017. The United States will fly a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week that has escalated tensions in the region. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills on Sept. 18, 2017. The United States will fly a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week that has escalated tensions in the region. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Asia-Pacific

North Korea: Missile tests were practice to attack South and US says military leadership

Former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. Photo: AP Photo/KM Chaudhry

Former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan. Photo: AP Photo/KM Chaudhry

Asia-Pacific

Imran Khan leaves hospital after being shot in leg and vows to join march against Pakistani government

A miner rescued from a collapsed mine is carried into a hospital in South Korea. Photo: Kim Jin-hwan/Yonhap via AP

A miner rescued from a collapsed mine is carried into a hospital in South Korea. Photo: Kim Jin-hwan/Yonhap via AP

Asia-Pacific

Two South Korean miners trapped underground in zinc mine for more than a week survived by eating coffee sachets

Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. Image: Urdu Media

Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan, on Thursday. Image: Urdu Media

Asia-Pacific

‘They decided to kill me’ – fears of severe unrest as former Pakistan PM Imran Khan repeats claims prime minister was behind plot to murder him

Australasia

Lions at Sydney's Taronga Zoo

Lions at Sydney's Taronga Zoo

Australasia

Visitors rushed to safety as five lions escape from enclosure at Sydney zoo

A woman, believed to be the mother of two children whose remains were found in suitcases, is transported to prosecutors' office in Ulsan, South Korea. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

A woman, believed to be the mother of two children whose remains were found in suitcases, is transported to prosecutors' office in Ulsan, South Korea. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters

Australasia

South Korean mother arrested over alleged murder of children found in suitcases at storage facility

Professor Kate Trinajstic of Curtin University with what scientists believe could be the oldest heart ever, dating back millions of years. photo: Adelinah Razali/Curtin University/PA Wire

Professor Kate Trinajstic of Curtin University with what scientists believe could be the oldest heart ever, dating back millions of years. photo: Adelinah Razali/Curtin University/PA Wire

Australasia

Scientists get to the heart of the matter as they find ‘oldest ever’ ticker dating back 380 million years

A woman with her head covered leaves the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea. AP

A woman with her head covered leaves the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office at Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea. AP

Australasia

Woman arrested in South Korea over children’s bodies found in suitcases in New Zealand

A grey kangaroo. Stock image

A grey kangaroo. Stock image

Australasia

Elderly Australian man killed in attack by kangaroo he ‘kept as pet’

‘We do this to make everyone feel safe and to ensure our patrons are comfortable.’ (Stock image)

‘We do this to make everyone feel safe and to ensure our patrons are comfortable.’ (Stock image)

Australasia

Australia nightclub bans staring at strangers without verbal consent

A Qantas A380 over Sydney

A Qantas A380 over Sydney

Australasia

Qantas asks its airline execs to work as baggage handlers for three-months to deal with labour crisis

A green turtle swims in the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Australia. Photo: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP

A green turtle swims in the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Australia. Photo: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP

Australasia

Great Barrier Reef corals burst back to life, but scientists warn more conservation is needed

Africa

A participant walks past a mock-up of the planet Earth globe at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, on the first day of the COP27 climate summit, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh, yesterday. Photo: Mohammed Abd/AFP/via Getty

A participant walks past a mock-up of the planet Earth globe at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, on the first day of the COP27 climate summit, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh, yesterday. Photo: Mohammed Abd/AFP/via Getty

Africa

Ireland’s climate report card since last COP at best gives us a middle row seat at this one

Rescuers attempt to recover the Precision Air passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania. Reuters

Rescuers attempt to recover the Precision Air passenger plane that crashed into Lake Victoria in Bukoba, Tanzania. Reuters

Africa

26 rescued after passenger plane crash lands into Tanzania’s Lake Victoria

A woman in a camp of internally displaced persons in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: Mark Condren

A woman in a camp of internally displaced persons in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photo: Mark Condren

Africa

President Michael D Higgins Opinion COP27: Famines and the role of the rich in creating them must not slip the agenda of those with most to give

Habiba Mohamud Omar (35) points to the unmarked graves of her two children at the Unicef camp in Dollow, Somalia. Photo by Mark Condren

Habiba Mohamud Omar (35) points to the unmarked graves of her two children at the Unicef camp in Dollow, Somalia. Photo by Mark Condren

Africa

‘Nobody can say what God has planned’ — the disaster uprooting a million Somalians

Abdirashid Muktar Nishow (5) looks over his father Muktar (40), who is suffering from severe malnourishment, in the Unicef-supported Ladan internally displaced persons camp in Dolow, Somalia. Photo: Mark Condren

Abdirashid Muktar Nishow (5) looks over his father Muktar (40), who is suffering from severe malnourishment, in the Unicef-supported Ladan internally displaced persons camp in Dolow, Somalia. Photo: Mark Condren

Africa

Conor Feehan visits Somalia: Famine and drought threatens to wipe out a generation of children

Burkina Faso's self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore is welcomed by supporters holding Russian's flags as he arrives at the national television standing in an armoured vehicle in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso yesterday. Photo: Vincent Bado/Reuters

Burkina Faso's self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore is welcomed by supporters holding Russian's flags as he arrives at the national television standing in an armoured vehicle in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso yesterday. Photo: Vincent Bado/Reuters

Africa

Burkina Faso leader ‘in deal with junta to step down’ so long as he’s safe

Women in Kenya taking their children to a malnutrition clinic. Image: ActionAid

Women in Kenya taking their children to a malnutrition clinic. Image: ActionAid

Africa Premium

'Hunger does not affect all equally': Horn of Africa drought starves girls of food and their rights

Tommy Tiernan with Ruth Mwangi, Trócaire's resilience programme officer in Luuq, Gedo Region, Somalia. Picture by Miriam Donohoe

Tommy Tiernan with Ruth Mwangi, Trócaire's resilience programme officer in Luuq, Gedo Region, Somalia. Picture by Miriam Donohoe

Irish News

Tommy Tiernan in Somalia: We can do better – and we must

Middle East

Mahsa Amini's death has sparked protests across Iran

Mahsa Amini's death has sparked protests across Iran

Middle East

Iran to ‘deal with’ beach soccer team after hijab protest

A Ukrainian service member stands next to a damaged Russian tank T-72 BV last April. Picture by Serhii Nuzhnenko

A Ukrainian service member stands next to a damaged Russian tank T-72 BV last April. Picture by Serhii Nuzhnenko

Middle East

How a former pro-Kremlin politician and a fleet of trucks kept one Ukrainian city out of Putin’s grasp

People in Iran protesting in September at the death of Mahsa Amini

People in Iran protesting in September at the death of Mahsa Amini

Middle East

Iran is at ‘turning point’ amid ongoing protests and paranoia over police spies

A protester calls for climate action on the African continent prior to the Cop27 Climate Summit

A protester calls for climate action on the African continent prior to the Cop27 Climate Summit

Middle East

Cop27: ‘Loss and damage’ must dominate the poolside chats at climate summit

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu hugs wife Sara Netanyahu as he addresses his supporters at his party HQ. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu hugs wife Sara Netanyahu as he addresses his supporters at his party HQ. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Middle East

Benjamin Netanyahu ‘back’ due to strong showing by extreme-right party

A woman at a rally in Rome protests against the death of Mahsa Amini. Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP

A woman at a rally in Rome protests against the death of Mahsa Amini. Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Middle East

Iran to ‘investigate’ beating and shooting of protester on video

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their ballots during Israeli elections in Jerusalem. Photo: Maya Alerruzzo

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their ballots during Israeli elections in Jerusalem. Photo: Maya Alerruzzo

Middle East

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on brink of return to power, exit polls show

Protesters in support of women in Iran hold a banner reading 'Women Life Freedom' during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Ottawa, Canada. Photo: Spencer Colby/Reuters

Protesters in support of women in Iran hold a banner reading 'Women Life Freedom' during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Ottawa, Canada. Photo: Spencer Colby/Reuters

Middle East

‘Freedom’ cry as Iran plans to put 1,000 people on trial over protests