This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday. Khaled Elfiqi/AP hide caption toggle caption Khaled Elfiqi/AP CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region and even caught the
This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday. Khaled Elfiqi/AP hide caption toggle caption Khaled Elfiqi/AP CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region and even caught the
Smoke rises from behind residential areas after explosions in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Israel said it launched a strike targeting senior Hamas leaders. Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas leaders in
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, receives President Emmanuel Macron at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, June 20, 2025. Macron named Lecornu the new prime minister on Tuesday. Benoit Tessier/AP File hide caption toggle caption Benoit Tessier/AP File PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his defense minister, Sébastien
This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday. Khaled Elfiqi/AP hide caption toggle caption Khaled Elfiqi/AP CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region and even caught the
Smoke rises from behind residential areas after explosions in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Israel said it launched a strike targeting senior Hamas leaders. Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas leaders in
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, receives President Emmanuel Macron at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, June 20, 2025. Macron named Lecornu the new prime minister on Tuesday. Benoit Tessier/AP File hide caption toggle caption Benoit Tessier/AP File PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his defense minister, Sébastien
Riot police use a water cannon on protesters outside Parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. Niranjan Shrestha/AP hide caption toggle caption Niranjan Shrestha/AP KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal's prime minister resigned Tuesday following violent protests against a ban on social media platforms and government corruption. Khadga Prasad Oli said he was stepping down immediately.
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her sick 18-month-old son, Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to the army leaders at the Hotel le Brienne on July 13. Ludovic Marin/Pool AFP hide caption toggle caption Ludovic Marin/Pool AFP PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that France will recognize Palestine as a state, in a bold diplomatic move amid snowballing global anger over people starving
Alfredo Chavez, a cattle rancher and livestock technician, shows New World screwworm larvae removed from a cow at his ranch in Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, on July 23, 2025, amid an infestation that led the U.S. to suspend cattle imports over fears the pest could reach the border. Isabel Mateos/AP hide caption toggle caption Isabel Mateos/AP
Displaced Palestinians receive donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP WASHINGTON — The United States is cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks and bringing its negotiating team home from Qatar to discuss next steps after Hamas' latest response "shows a lack
Iran's deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, then the country's envoy in Vienna, awaiting the start of the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 21, 2019. Ronald Zak/AP hide caption toggle caption Ronald Zak/AP Germany, France and the United Kingdom will hold talks with Iran in Istanbul Friday, just days
Enlarge this image Palestinians, deprived of basic needs such as shelter, food and clean water, continue their daily lives in harsh conditions in tent camps on the coast in Gaza City, Gaza. bdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption bdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images Palestinians, deprived of basic needs such as
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during an Oval Office meeting at the White House on July 16. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP The State Department fired its top experts on the South China Sea and shuttered the office with a key focus on Indo-Pacific security amid a sweeping
In this July, 2025, photo released by the Royal Thai Army, Thai soldiers inspect a border area in Ubon Ratchathani† province where the Royal Thai Army said two anti-personnel landmines were found. Royal Thai Army/AP hide caption toggle caption Royal Thai Army/AP BANGKOK — Thailand and Cambodia exchanged fire on their border Thursday in a
This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows a man looking at smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025. Jacqueline Penney/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jacqueline Penney/AFP For the first time, Israel launched an airstrike in Qatar, bombing a building in Doha that houses Hamas political leadership. Israel says
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty at Tahrir Palace in Cairo on Tuesday. Khaled Elfiqi/AP hide caption toggle caption Khaled Elfiqi/AP CAIRO — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday
A view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia, Tuesday. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption toggle caption Brian Inganga/AP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — With great fanfare Ethiopia inaugurated its controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Tuesday – the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa but one that's divided the region and even caught the
Smoke rises from behind residential areas after explosions in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Israel said it launched a strike targeting senior Hamas leaders. Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas leaders in
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, receives President Emmanuel Macron at the 55th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, June 20, 2025. Macron named Lecornu the new prime minister on Tuesday. Benoit Tessier/AP File hide caption toggle caption Benoit Tessier/AP File PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his defense minister, Sébastien
