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World Firefighters work on the site of a damaged building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Night-time Russian Attack Kills 4 People in Ukraine's Capital

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles in the early morning on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead. Russia…

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Arab World Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, attends a meeting of the Global Alliance for the implementation of the two-state solution, at Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, January 15, 2025. Heiko Junge/NTB/via REUTERS

UNRWA Says Determined to Keep Working in Gaza Despite Israeli Ban

The head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Friday it is determined to keep working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank after an Israeli ban…

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Arab World This handout picture provided by the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), shows UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (R), shaking hands with UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz (L), upon his arrival at the forces' headquarters in Naqoura in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Pascual Gorriz / UNIFIL / AFP)

UN Chief: UNIFIL Uncovered Over 100 Hezbollah Arms Caches in South Lebanon

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the UN peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, has uncovered over 100 weapons caches belonging to…

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Arab World This handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency SANA, shows Syria's new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) meeting with EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib in Damascus, on January 17, 2025. (Photo by SANA / AFP)

EU Announces 235 Mn Euro Aid Package for Syria, Neighboring Countries

EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib announced a 235-million-euro aid package for Syria and neighboring countries on Friday during the first visit by a…

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Israeli Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Accord, Due to Take Effect Sunday

Arab World A woman speaks on a phone outside a tent pitched by the rubble of a destroyed building at a camp for people displaced by conflict in Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on January 17, 2025 following the announcement of a truce amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Israeli Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Accord, Due to Take Effect Sunday

Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin…

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Arab World This handout picture provided by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam speaking to the media at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut on January 17, 2025. (Lebanese Presidency / Handout/ AFP

Lebanon’s New PM Sees Positive Atmosphere in Cabinet Formation Talks

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam said on Friday the formation of a new government would not be delayed, indicating a very positive atmosphere in…

World A US Capitol Police officer walks with a K-9 dog in the seating area of the platform stage on the West Front of the US Capitol building, where the presidential inauguration traditionally takes place, on January 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

Trump Inauguration to Be Moved Indoors Due to Cold

Donald Trump said Friday that his inauguration as US president on Monday will be moved indoors due to expected freezing weather. "There is an Arctic blast…

AlUla Arts Festival Offers Unique Blend of Art and Culture

Culture The festival features a comprehensive art program. SPA

AlUla Arts Festival Offers Unique Blend of Art and Culture

The fourth AlUla Arts Festival, which kicked off this week, offers a unique blend of art and culture amid the breathtaking landscapes of the AlUla Oasis in…

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Culture A recently discovered complex in the ancient city of Pompeii is seen, in Pompeii, Italy, in this undated handout picture released on January 17, 2025. (Pompeii Archeological Park/ Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism/ Handout via Reuters)

Ancient Pompeii Excavation Uncovers Lavish Private Bath Complex

Archaeologists have unearthed a lavish private bath complex in Pompeii, highlighting the wealth and grandeur of the ancient Roman city before it was destroyed…

Culture Culinary Arts Commission Organizes Food Culture Festival across Saudi Arabia

Culinary Arts Commission Organizes Food Culture Festival across Saudi Arabia

The Culinary Arts Commission is organizing the Food Culture Festival in collaboration with the Quality of Life Program across three locations in Saudi Arabia:…

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Culture People watch the sunset at the Erg Chebbi sand dunes in the Sahara desert outside Merzouga, Morocco December 7, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Arab Culture Ministers Conference Focuses on Cultural Industries, Digital Transformation

The 24th session of the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Cultural Affairs in the Arab World convened in Rabat on Wednesday under the theme Cultural and…

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Culture Saudi Heritage Commission Registers 3,202 New Sites to National Urban Heritage Register

Saudi Heritage Commission Registers 3,202 New Sites to National Urban Heritage Register

The Saudi Heritage Commission has announced the registration of 3,202 new sites in the National Urban Heritage Register, bringing the total number of…

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Swiatek is in Total Control during a 6-1, 6-0 Rout of Raducanu

Sports 18 January 2025, Australia, Melbourne: Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek celebrates her victory over Britain's Emma Raducanu during their women's singles third round match of the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP/dpa

Swiatek is in Total Control during a 6-1, 6-0 Rout of Raducanu

Everything came so easily for Iga Swiatek during a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu on Saturday in the only Australian Open women's third-round match…

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Sports Mousa Tamari of Montpellier HSC celebrates after scoring a goal during the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Montpellier HSC and AS Monaco, in Montpellier, Southern France, 17 January 2025. EPA/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Monaco Loses at Rock-bottom Montpellier and Concedes 3rd Place to Lille in Ligue 1

Monaco's floundering season took another turn for the worse as it lost at rock-bottom Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 and conceded third place to Lille on Friday…

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Sports Frankfurt's Egyptian forward #07 Omar Marmoush reacts after the German first division Bundesliga football match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Frankfurt Says Omar Marmoush Will Probably Leave for Man City and Rests him

Omar Marmoush seemed on the verge of joining Manchester City on Friday as his current club Eintracht Frankfurt confirmed it was in talks with City and said the…

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Sports  Saudi driver Yazeed al-Rajhi (R) and co-driver Edouard Boulanger (L) celebrate after winning the Dakar Rally 2025 in the car category at the end of the 12th and last stage in Shubaytah, on January 17, 2025. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi Makes History with Dakar Rally Triumph

Yazeed al-Rajhi made history on Friday by becoming the first driver from host nation Saudi Arabia to win the Dakar Rally. The Overdrive pilot held onto his…

Sports Football - Serie A - AC Milan v Napoli - San Siro, Milan, Italy - October 29, 2024 Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)

Kvaratskhelia in Paris for Medical Ahead of Expected Deal with PSG

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was set to undergo a medical with Paris Saint-Germain on Friday ahead of his expected transfer to the 12-time French champions. French…


A Rare Gold Medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics Is up for Auction

Varieties This Nov. 2024 image provided by RR Auction shows a rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics at the intake office of RR Auction, in Amherst, N.H. (RR Auction via AP)

A Rare Gold Medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics Is up for Auction

A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games hosted on US soil, is being auctioned off as part…


Varieties A delivery worker sits on a delivery vehicle along a street in Beijing on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)

China's Population Falls for 3rd Straight Year

China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: The NASA logo is seen at Kennedy Space Center ahead of the NASA/SpaceX launch of a commercial crew mission to the International Space Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo

NASA's Stuck Astronaut Steps Out on a Spacewalk after 7 Months in Orbit

One of NASA’s two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International…

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Varieties The surgery was performed on a 35-year-old man who had been hospitalized for 120 days  - SPA

KFSHRC Performs World's First Robotic-Assisted Artificial Heart Pump Implantation

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) in Riyadh has successfully performed the world’s first robotic-assisted implantation of an…

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Varieties French horse breeder Elodie Cappe walks with "Rillette", a wild boar she rescued as a piglet in 2023 that is now at the center of a legal dispute over the keeping of wild animals in France, at her farm in Chaource, France, January 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Adopted Wild Boar Threatened with Euthanasia in France

Animal rights campaigners in France are fighting to save a wild boar adopted as a piglet by a horse breeder but now threatened with being put down if her owner…

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