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Arab World Israeli forces gather as an excavator demolishes a building built without a permit in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Qaddum on December 22, 2025. (AFP)
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Israel Demolishes Residential Building in East Jerusalem 

Israeli bulldozers tore through a four-storey residential building in east Jerusalem on Monday, displacing scores of Palestinians in what activists said was…

World Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Sept. 3, 2025. (AP)
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Denmark Insists on Respect for Territorial Integrity After Trump Appoints Envoy to Greenland 

The Danish foreign minister said Monday his country insists that everyone, including the United States, must respect “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom…

World 10 July 2025, Austria, Vienna: Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar takes part in a press conference at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria. (dpa)
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Israeli FM Urges Jews to Move to Israel a Week After Sydney Attack 

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called on Sunday for Jews in Western countries to move to Israel to escape rising antisemitism, one week after 15 were…

World An investigator works at the scene where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2025. (Russia's Investigative Committee/Handout via Reuters)
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Moscow Car Blast Kills Russian General 

A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on Monday after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement. …

Building Collapses Pose Another Threat to People in Gaza

Arab World Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP)

Building Collapses Pose Another Threat to People in Gaza

Residents of Gaza are taking the risk of living in damaged buildings despite their possibility of collapse, opting to live with a roof over their heads than…

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Business FILE PHOTO: UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo
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Gold Breaks $4,400 for 1st Time on Fed Rate-cut Bets, Silver Hits New High

Gold jumped past the $4,400-per-ounce level for the first time on Monday, riding on growing expectations of further US rate cuts and strong safe-haven demand,…

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World Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shake hands after a joint news conference at Zinaida Morozova's Mansion in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)
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Iran Does Not Rule Out New Israeli Attacks against it

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said Tehran “does not rule out” the possibility of a new Israeli or US attack on its nuclear facilities, but…

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Alleged Bondi Shooters Conducted ‘Tactical’ Training in Countryside, Police Say 

21 December 2025, Australia, Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and his wife Jodie Haydon attend a National Day of Reflection vigil and commemoration for the victims and survivors of the Bondi Massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney. (Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa)

Morocco Opens 35th Africa Cup of Nations with 2-0 Win over Comoros

Morocco's forward #20 Ayoub El Kaabi scores a goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) group A football match between Morocco and Comoros at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on December 21, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)

One Dead in Israeli Strikes on South Lebanon

Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (AFP)

UAE, French Presidents Discuss Bilateral Ties

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. (WAM)

Iraq Top Judge Says Armed Factions to Cooperate on Weapons

Cars drive through central Baghdad as a thick fog blankets the Iraqi capital on December 11, 2025. (AFP)

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Israeli defenses intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv on June 22. (AFP)

Israel Says it Is Facing an ‘Existential Threat’ as Iran Builds up its Military Capacities  

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan. Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Finance Minister Says New Financial Control System Protects Public Funds

Containers are seen at the port in Shanghai, China, Oct. 13, 2025. (AFP)

Trump Shook up Global Trade This Year; Some Uncertainty May Persist in 2026 

People walk along a street in Damascus, Syria, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi


UNHCR Official Expects One Million Syrian Refugees to Return in 2026

A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, ahead of his funeral on December 20, 2025. (AFP)

Foreign Press Group Welcomes Israel Court Deadline on Gaza Access

Construction is seen at a real estate project in Riyadh. (SPA)

How 2025 Decisions Redrew the Future of Riyadh’s Real Estate Market

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The Changing of Borders and Netanyahu’s US Dates 

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How We Got to This Marco Rubio Moment

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Two Zionisms And Two Israels!?

Hazem Saghieh
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The Israeli Narrative Was Repudiated by Ahmad Al-Ahmad

Amr el-Shobaki
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Iran, Israel, And Lebanese Equivocation

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The Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization… An Enduring Human Message

Dr. Abdelhak Azzouzi
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The Lebanese Baath Party: Importance of the Unimportant

Hazem Saghieh
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Ukraine: Russia’s Hollow Victory

Amir Taheri
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Sudan… What Remains of the 'December Revolution'?

Osman Mirghani
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On Lampooning Lebanon’s ‘Sectarian System’

Hazem Saghieh
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The Starving Artist vs. A.I.: Guess Who Is Winning?

Caitlin Petre and Julia Ticona
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Europe Is in Decline. Good.

Anton Jäger
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The ceremony took place in Riyadh on Sunday upon the directive of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

Saudi Defense Minister Decorates Pakistan's Army Chief with King Abdulaziz Medal of Excellent Class

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Faisal bin Farhan, Safadi Discuss Latest Developments

The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs met in Riyadh on Sunday with the Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. SPA

OIC Condemns Israel’s Targeting of School for Displaced Persons in Gaza City

Members of the Palestinian Civil Defense remove the rubble of a destroyed home as they search for the bodies of Palestinians killed during the conflict in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 20 December 2025. (EPA)

UAE, French Presidents Discuss Bilateral Ties

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and French President Emmanuel Macron meet in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. (WAM)

Saudi Arabia Opens New Emergency Camp in Gaza for Families Displaced by Storms

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) established a new emergency camp in central Gaza Strip providing shelter for hundreds of recently displaced families. (SPA)

GCC Secretary-General Welcomes US Decision to Lift Sanctions on Syria

GCC Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi. SPA

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Israeli forces gather as an excavator demolishes a building built without a permit in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Qaddum on December 22, 2025. (AFP)

Israel Demolishes Residential Building in East Jerusalem 

UNHCR Official Expects One Million Syrian Refugees to Return in 2026

People walk along a street in Damascus, Syria, December 18, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi


32% of Yemenis in Houthi-controlled Areas Live in Moderate to Severe Hunger

The sun sets over a residential neighborhood of Sanaa, Yemen, 20 December 2025. EPA/YAHYA ARHAB

Building Collapses Pose Another Threat to People in Gaza

Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP)

Sudan Drone Attack on Darfur Market Kills 10

Sudanese refugee girls carry water supplies near a polling station in the refugee camp of Zamzam, on the outskirts of el-Fasher, Darfur, Sudan, on April 13, 2010. (AP)

Foreign Press Group Welcomes Israel Court Deadline on Gaza Access

A Palestinian man carries the body of his 5-month-old brother, Ahmed Al-Nader, who was reportedly killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a school-turned-shelter in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, ahead of his funeral on December 20, 2025. (AFP)

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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks to reporters at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., Sept. 3, 2025. (AP)

Denmark Insists on Respect for Territorial Integrity After Trump Appoints Envoy to Greenland 

Israeli FM Urges Jews to Move to Israel a Week After Sydney Attack 

10 July 2025, Austria, Vienna: Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar takes part in a press conference at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria. (dpa)

Israel Says it Is Facing an ‘Existential Threat’ as Iran Builds up its Military Capacities  

Israeli defenses intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv on June 22. (AFP)

Moscow Car Blast Kills Russian General 

An investigator works at the scene where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff's army operational training directorate, was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Moscow, Russia, December 22, 2025. (Russia's Investigative Committee/Handout via Reuters)

Iran Does Not Rule Out New Israeli Attacks against it

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi shake hands after a joint news conference at Zinaida Morozova's Mansion in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Alleged Bondi Shooters Conducted ‘Tactical’ Training in Countryside, Police Say 

21 December 2025, Australia, Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and his wife Jodie Haydon attend a National Day of Reflection vigil and commemoration for the victims and survivors of the Bondi Massacre at Bondi Beach in Sydney. (Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa)

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FILE PHOTO: UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo

Gold Breaks $4,400 for 1st Time on Fed Rate-cut Bets, Silver Hits New High

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UK Growth Revised Down in Second Quarter 

Shoppers fill the pavement on Regent Street in central London on December 21, 2025. (AFP)

Saudi Finance Minister Says New Financial Control System Protects Public Funds

Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan. Asharq Al-Awsat

Trump Shook up Global Trade This Year; Some Uncertainty May Persist in 2026 

Containers are seen at the port in Shanghai, China, Oct. 13, 2025. (AFP)

German Auto Exports Hit Hard by Trump Tariffs, Study Shows 

US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (AFP)

Greece Headed for ‘Record Year’ for Tourism, Says Minister

Tourists descent Propylaia, the ancient gate of the Acropolis archaeological site in Athens on June 21, 2023. (AFP)

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Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs Visits Hira Cultural District in Makkah

Culture The Hira Cultural District is regarded as a prominent heritage landmark. SPA

Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs Visits Hira Cultural District in Makkah

Malaysian Minister of Religious Affairs Dr. Muhammad Naeem bin Mukhtar visited on Sunday the Hira Cultural District in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah. During the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Makkah)
Culture AlUla will celebrate the revival of the Tantora Ceremony on Monday in AlUla Old Town. (SPA)
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AlUla Revives Tantora Ceremony as Annual Cultural Tradition

AlUla will celebrate the revival of the Tantora Ceremony on Monday in AlUla Old Town, one of the region’s most distinctive heritage markers and a defining…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture A visitor takes a photo of Rome's Trevi Fountain, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, as the city municipality announced that, starting on Feb. 1, it will impose a 2 euro fee for tourists to visit the recessed fountain edge. (AP)
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Rome to Charge Tourists to Get Close to the Famed Trevi Fountain

Tourists who want to get close to Rome's Trevi Fountain will soon have to pay a two-euro ($2.34) fee, the city mayor said on Friday, as authorities look to…

Culture The interactive edition enables users to easily browse AI- and data-related terminology in Arabic, English, and French
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ICAIRE Launches Data, AI Glossary to Mark World Arabic Language Day

The International Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Ethics (ICAIRE) announced the launch of an interactive edition of the Data and Artificial…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Culture The event was held under the cultural program overseen by the Saudi Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission
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Jeddah Book Fair Highlights World Arabic Language Day with Discussion on Literature’s Global Reach

As part of its World Arabic Language Day celebration, the Jeddah Book Fair 2025 has organized a panel discussion on expanding Arabic literature’s global reach…

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Three Talking Points from the Premier League Weekend 

Sports Tottenham Hotspur's Argentinian defender #17 Cristian Romero is ushered off the pitch by Tottenham Hotspur's Danish head coach Thomas Frank after becoming the second Tottenham player sent off during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on December 20, 2025. (AFP)

Three Talking Points from the Premier League Weekend 

Arsenal held off Manchester City to stay top of the Premier League at Christmas courtesy of a Viktor Gyokeres penalty in the 1-0 win at Everton. Liverpool…

Sports Football - Premier League - Aston Villa v Manchester United - Villa Park, Birmingham, Britain - December 21, 2025 Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes reacts after sustaining an injury. (Reuters)
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Amorim Fears United Captain Fernandes Will Be Out ‘a While’ 

Ruben Amorim fears Bruno Fernandes will be out for "a while" after the Manchester United captain was injured during Sunday's 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa. …

Sports Morocco's forward #20 Ayoub El Kaabi scores a goal during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) group A football match between Morocco and Comoros at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on December 21, 2025. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)
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Morocco Opens 35th Africa Cup of Nations with 2-0 Win over Comoros

A spectacular bicycle kick earned royal approval for Ayoub El Kaabi as host Morocco opened the 35th Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over Comoros on Sunday…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports Soccer Football - Scottish Premiership - Celtic v Aberdeen - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - December 21, 2025 Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy celebrates their third goal scored by Celtic's James Forrest REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
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First Win for Under-fire Celtic Coach Wilfried Nancy

Under-fire Celtic coach Wilfried Nancy has achieved his first win at the storied Scottish club to reduce some of the pressure on the Frenchman. Midfielder…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports Liverpool's Mohamed Salah sits on the bench before the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP)
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Salah Unaffected by Liverpool Turmoil Ahead of AFCON Opener, Says Egypt Coach

Mohamed Salah has shown no signs of being distracted by the uncertainty surrounding his future at Liverpool as he prepares to lead Egypt into the Africa Cup of…

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Japan's New Flagship H3 Rocket Fails to Put Geolocation Satellite Into Orbit

Varieties Japan's H3 rocket No.8 carrying carrying the Michibiki No. 5 satellite lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center on the southwestern island of Tanegashima, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, December 22, 2025, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS

Japan's New Flagship H3 Rocket Fails to Put Geolocation Satellite Into Orbit

Japan's space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country's new…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties A man stands on a rooftop overlooking submerged homes after rising waters from Lake Naivasha flooded Kihoto Village, displacing hundreds, in Naivasha, Kenya's Rift Valley region, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
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Scientists and Data Explain Why Kenya’s Lakes Are Rising as Thousands Face an Uncertain Future 

When Dickson Ngome first leased his farm at Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Rift Valley in 2008, it was over 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from shore. The farm was on 1.5…

Varieties Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura is set to join a new team at the age of 58. STR / AFP
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Japan Footballer 'King Kazu' to Play on at the Age of 58

Evergreen 58-year-old striker Kazuyoshi Miura is set to join a Japanese third-division team to begin his 41th season as a professional footballer, local media…

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Varieties General view of the Elysee Palace, the French President's official residence, in Paris, France, February 21, 2024. (Reuters)
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Elysee Palace Silver Steward Arrested for Stealing Thousands of Euros’ Worth of Silverware

Three men will stand trial next year after a silver steward employed at the official residence of the French president was arrested this week for the theft of…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales and Prince George join Second World War veterans at a tea party in Buckingham Palace, central London, following the military procession to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, May 5, 2025. Jordan Pettitt/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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UK's Prince William and Son George Volunteer at Homelessness Charity

Britain's Prince William took his oldest son, Prince George, to a homelessness charity in London where the pair helped make Christmas lunch for people in need,…

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