Other variations of infographics for the first three years of the Taliban’s diplomacy

Bericht uit Gaza. Na maandenlange radiostilte getuigt Zakaria Shehab, die het noorden van Gaza nooit heeft verlaten, hoe het Israëlische offensief, na een jaar, opnieuw losbarst in Jabalia. “Er is een slachting aan de gang. We kunnen nergens heen” standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024101…

American author Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this day in 1929. “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.”

This Israeli response (so far) seems somewhere in the mid-range of what it could have conducted - considerably more robust than its response back in April, but not going as far as targeting key infrastructure or nuclear sites. The key questions now are: - whether this is the full

Iran's state television may be the only news channel in the world that on the morning after the country has been attacked broadcasts "an ordinary day" with reporters covering traffic, vegetable markets and the weather.

🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷SCOOP: Israel sent a message to Iran on Friday ahead of its retaliatory airstrikes warning the Iranians not to respond, three sources with knowledge of the issue told me. Read my story on Axios axios.com/2024/10/26/isr…

Teheran heeft de raketten en de drones om een nieuwe aanval uit te voeren. En redenen ook, vooral als het van de hardliners binnen de Revolutionaire Garde afhangt. standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024102…

Georgië, net voor de verkiezingen. Gesprekken in Tbilisi en Gori, de thuisstad van Stalin. Een reis langs de bezette gebieden, bij gedreven twintigers en wanhopige ouders. Gestart bij Beethovens negende symfonie, geëindigd bij een ja-knikkende massa. standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024102…

“Ultimately, Israel remains in control of the escalation and could decide to press home its advantage. Today Netanyahu is the only Middle Eastern leader doing as he wishes, even as he watches others, including the US, concede and adjust.” ft.com/content/e3f57a…

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My dear homesick homeland, never lose your courage.

"The New York Times zegt dat melk wit is, Paul Celan zegt dat melk zwart is, mijn moeder zegt dat er geen melk is!" Dit en nog veel meer van de Palestijns-Syrische dichter Ghayath Almadhoun hier: standaard.be/cnt/dmf2024102…

Iran & Israel have exchanged direct strikes twice this year - in April, and in October. For both sides, the second round was a step up: Less telegraphed and more substantial from the IRI, and from Israel far more sweeping in its targeting. Now, a third round seems to beckon.🧵

Things I have seen in the rubble of Israeli air strikes in Lebanon over the past week (a new thread). 1/

Just to clarify: this isn’t just the first time since WW2 that all incumbent parties in developed countries lost vote share. It’s the first time since this data was first recorded in 1905. Essentially the first time in the history of democracy (universal suffrage began in 1894).

When President Donald J. Trump takes office in January 2025, the #Iran his administration will face will be, relative to four years earlier, weaker on several fronts, and changed on several others. 🧵

Politik. Macht. Bilder Credit: Tobias Schwarz, AFP

A "flair bartending" course in Tehran for aspiring bartenders

A long queue outside #Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) as #art lovers wait to see the latest exhibition, featuring 120 works by iconic artists like Francis Bacon, Lautrec, Picasso, Van Gogh, Warhol, and many renowned Iranian and international talents. #ArtExhibition

Louise Glück, a few years before winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, in an email to one of her students