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A packed audience at the Kerala Literature Festival in Kozhikode, Kerala, south-west India. Photo: Kerala Literature Festival
Books by the beach in Unesco city of literature

Tens of thousands flock every year to hear noted writers and thinkers at the Kerala Literature Festival

January 31, 2025
The ceasefire in the Gaza war came into effect on Sunday at 11.15 local time. Reuters / EPA / AP
Gaza ceasefire comes into force after 15 months of war

Truce had been delayed over Hamas's list of hostages set to be freed on Sunday

January 19, 2025
Migrant women rest at a temporary shelter in Beirut run by the Jesuit Refugee Service. Photo: Jesuit Refugee Service
Ceasefire brings little hope for Lebanon’s migrant workers as shelters close

Thousands remain stranded without a home, job, money or legal documents

January 10, 2025
Prayers for 'enemy combatants' at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2009. Getty Images
US transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to Oman

Relocation cuts number of prisoners at detention site to all-time low of 15

January 07, 2025
A masked ISIS fighter holds the group's banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria in 2015. Photo: History / Universal
Kurdish forces in north-east Syria beef up jail security amid fears of ISIS resurgence

Thousands of ISIS militants have been detained indefinitely in prisons guarded by the Syrian Democratic Forces

January 04, 2025
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and a delegation of officials from the country meet Ahmad Al Shara in Damascus. AFP
Syria prepares for key national conference to shape post-Assad future

High-ranking Ukrainian delegation also visits Damascus as foreign governments seek engagement with new leadership

December 30, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the media and political opponents are unfairly targeting his wife, Sara Netanyahu. Getty Images
Sara Netanyahu to face probe over witness harassment claims

Attorney general orders investigation into Israeli leader's wife after claims made in TV programme

December 27, 2024
GAZA CITY, GAZA - DECEMBER 28: Palestinian patients are transferred to al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after being evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital since the Israeli forces set fire to some parts of the hospital during the raid in Gaza City, Gaza on December 28, 2024. Dawoud Abo Alkas / AnadoluNo Use USA No use UK No use Canada No use France No use Japan No use Italy No use Australia No use Spain No use Belgium No use Korea No use South Africa No use Hong Kong No use New Zealand No use Turkey
Contact lost with Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital after Israeli bombs kill dozens

Israel forces patients and staff out of last functioning hospital in the north of the strip, which has been under siege for weeks

December 27, 2024
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has confirmed Israel’s role in the assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran in July. AP
Katz confirms Israel’s involvement in Haniyeh’s death and threatens Houthi eradication

Israeli Defence Minister claimed Israel helped topple Syria's regime

December 24, 2024
The handout picture released by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry shows Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (L) being received by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (also known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) in Damascus on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Jordanian Foreign Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Syria's rebels court diplomacy as world flocks to assess their regime

The country's interim leader has been meeting in the Syrian capital with officials from the Middle East, US and EU

December 23, 2024
Workers put up the new Syrian flag as people attend Friday prayers at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus. Reuters
US diplomats make first visit to post-Assad Syria

State Department officials will hold talks with interim government installed by HTS and seek information on missing journalist Austin Tice

December 20, 2024
Reem Al Salem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Anjana Sankar / The National
UAE's push to protect women impressive but room to do more, says UN independent expert

Reem Al Salem praises the UAE for hosting the special rapporteur, noting that it demonstrated the country's 'openness to scrutiny'

December 19, 2024
Syrian families living in Turkey walk towards the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees. Getty Images
Nearly one million Syrian refugees expected to return by June 2025

Mountain of challenges awaits refugees and 7 million internally displaced Syrians if they head home

December 18, 2024
A man sits amid rubble after an air strike in Habbariyeh, southern Lebanon, killed six medics in March. EPA
Lebanese diaspora 'key to rebuilding the country's health sector'

Israeli attacks have caused $74 million of damage to sector, according to World Bank

December 17, 2024
A destroyed mosque in the town of Jobar, east of Damascus. Governments worldwide are stepping up efforts to engage with Syria's new interim rulers. AFP
Foreign countries step up outreach to post-Assad Syria rulers

Countries scramble to establish contacts with new leadership amid hopes of a more stable future

December 16, 2024

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