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Arab World The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP)
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Syria President Appoints Kurdish Leader Mazloum Abdi as His Adviser

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi as a presidential adviser, state media said on Friday, days after Abdi announced the…

Arab World Yemeni naval forces on patrol in the Red Sea. (AFP)
Arab World

Yemen Navy Thwarts Houthi Attack in Red Sea

The Yemeni navy thwarted an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi group in the southern Red Sea, hours after busting an attempt to smuggle equipment believed to be…

Asharq Al Awsat (Aden)
World An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality, along the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. (AFP)
World

Nepal Army Trying to Save 100 People Trapped in Tunnel at Hydropower Project

Nepali army helicopter rescue teams were working on Friday to rescue around 100 people trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by a devastating…

Arab World Sinwar attends a public event in Gaza in 2021. (AP)
Arab World

Israeli Military Says It Killed Sinwar's Bodyguard in Gaza

The Israeli military said on Thursday it had killed one of late Hamas political chief Yahya al-Sinwar’s bodyguards in a strike in Khan Younis on Monday. It…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)

Iran War Diplomacy Turns toward Reopening Strait of Hormuz

World Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 25, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran War Diplomacy Turns toward Reopening Strait of Hormuz

Iran war mediators have placed renewed emphasis on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran agreeing to draw up a list of conditions to restore normal…

Asharq Al Awsat
Gulf Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the extraordinary Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Jeddah on Thursday (Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
Gulf

Saudi FM: Islamic Cooperation, Solidarity Now ‘Urgent Need’

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the region’s volatile conditions and multiple crises, coupled with the political, security, economic,…

Asma al Ghabri (Jeddah)
Features Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrives in Jeddah with firsthand experience of some of the region’s most complex crises. (Organization of Islamic Cooperation)
Features

Ould Cheikh Ahmed Moves From Mediation to OIC Leadership

After more than three decades in UN posts and crisis zones, Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is set to take the helm of the 57-member Organization…

Asma al Ghabri (Jeddah)

Israeli Minister Sets Out Plan to ‘Judaize’ Arab Population Centers

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, Israel, January 8, 2023. (Reuters)

Vigil Held in Pakistan for 14 Newborns as Investigators Probe Cause of Fatal Hospital Fire

A medical staff member walks past a damaged corridor at the site, a day after a fire at the Mother and Child Health ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 27, 2026. (AFP)

Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dead

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic leaves a meeting at the airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina April 13, 1993. Picture taken April 13, 1993. (Reuters)

UN Chief Appeals for $1.1 Bn in Ebola Aid for DR Congo

A Uganda Red Cross Society worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant at the home of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26, 2026. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia Closes Loophole in White Land Fees: Develop or Pay

Construction work at the Shams Al-Diyar project, part of the Housing Program in Riyadh (SPA).

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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Baghdad on Aug. 19, 2026. (Iraqi government media)

Iraqi Govt to Asharq Al-Awsat: Al-Zaidi Will Not Resign, Arms Control Follows Legal Process

The logo of Meta at the Meta Lab in Los Angeles, California, US, May 20, 2026. (Reuters)

Meta Settlement Opens New Front in Global Fight Over Social Media Harm

Visa and Mastercard credit cards are seen in this illustration taken February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Visa, Mastercard Launch International Card Payments in Syria after US Lifts Terrorism Designation

A customer looks at gold bracelets at a local store in Saudi Arabia (SPA)

World Gold Council to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia Strengthens Its Position as a Key Market in the Region

Guests stand at the booth of Saudi artificial intelligence company HUMAIN during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh on October 29, 2025. (HUMAIN)

HUMAIN Project Gets a Boost as Al-Moammar Adds 200 MW to AI Data Center

Smoke rises from fires ignited by Israeli shelling that targeted the plain of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2026. (AFP)

Lebanon Accuses Israel of Burning Forest, Farmland in South

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The Specter that Haunts America

Amir Taheri
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On the Fact That Lebanon's ‘Now’ Is Bound Up with Its ‘Tomorrow’

Hazem Saghieh
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Good Men

Samir Atallah
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A Double Standard in Handling Sudan's War

Osman Mirghani
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Hormuz Is an International Waterway… Neither Iranian nor American

Dr. Jebril El-Abidi
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Maps Looking for an Emergency Exit

Jamal Al-Kashki
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A Review of Political and Economic Geography

Dr. Abdel Monem Said
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The November Elections: Different Inputs, Different Outputs

Nabil Amr
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Between a Model Lebanon and ‘Pilot Areas’

Sam Menassa
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Riyadh and Paris… A Century of Partnership

Fahid Suleiman al-Shoqiran
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Israel and its War in the West Bank

Dr. Nassif Hitti
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Saudi Arabia and France… A Sustainable Strategic Partnership

Emile Ameen
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Prince Faisal bin Farhan attends the extraordinary Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Jeddah on Thursday (Organization of Islamic Cooperation)

Saudi FM: Islamic Cooperation, Solidarity Now ‘Urgent Need’

Asma al Ghabri (Jeddah)

GCC Secretary-General Highlights Gulf’s Leading Global Position in Cybersecurity

GCC Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi. SPA

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed Elected Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation

The new Secretary-General, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed (Organization of Islamic Cooperation)

Qatar PM Pursues Mediation in Tehran as US Ramps up ‘Economic War’

This handout picture released by the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, (L) meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) in Tehran on August 27, 2026. (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP)

Kuwait Foils Biggest Drug Operation in Its History

Sheikh Fahad Yousef Saud Al-Sabah, Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. (KUNA)

Saudi Arabia Offers Condolences over Tragic PIMS Hospital Fire in Pakistan

People gather outside a nursery in the gynecology ward following a fire at a hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP)

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The shallow quake hit at 12:07 am local time. (Reuters)

Strong 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes in Gulf of Aden

Yemen Navy Thwarts Houthi Attack in Red Sea

Yemeni naval forces on patrol in the Red Sea. (AFP)

Syria President Appoints Kurdish Leader Mazloum Abdi as His Adviser

The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces Mazloum Abdi speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in Damascus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP)

Israeli Military Says It Killed Sinwar's Bodyguard in Gaza

Sinwar attends a public event in Gaza in 2021. (AP)

Iraqi Govt to Asharq Al-Awsat: Al-Zaidi Will Not Resign, Arms Control Follows Legal Process

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Baghdad on Aug. 19, 2026. (Iraqi government media)

Israeli Minister Sets Out Plan to ‘Judaize’ Arab Population Centers

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem, Israel, January 8, 2023. (Reuters)

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An aerial view shows houses lying deluged in sludge after flash floods at Devighat, Bidur Municipality, along the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. (AFP)

Nepal Army Trying to Save 100 People Trapped in Tunnel at Hydropower Project

Iran War Diplomacy Turns toward Reopening Strait of Hormuz

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, August 25, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Bosnian Serb War Criminal Ratko Mladic Dead

Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic leaves a meeting at the airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina April 13, 1993. Picture taken April 13, 1993. (Reuters)

UN Chief Appeals for $1.1 Bn in Ebola Aid for DR Congo

A Uganda Red Cross Society worker in protective gear sprays disinfectant at the home of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26, 2026. (AFP)

Vigil Held in Pakistan for 14 Newborns as Investigators Probe Cause of Fatal Hospital Fire

A medical staff member walks past a damaged corridor at the site, a day after a fire at the Mother and Child Health ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital in Islamabad on August 27, 2026. (AFP)

White House Says No Negotiations with Iran, All Options on Table

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration taken June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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Kevin Warsh's speech at Jackson Hole will be closely followed by investors hoping for some clues on the bank's rate plans. Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP/File

Most Asian Stocks Advance as Attention Turns to Warsh Speech

Asharq Al Awsat

Visa, Mastercard Launch International Card Payments in Syria after US Lifts Terrorism Designation

Visa and Mastercard credit cards are seen in this illustration taken February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Saudi Arabia Closes Loophole in White Land Fees: Develop or Pay

Construction work at the Shams Al-Diyar project, part of the Housing Program in Riyadh (SPA).

World Gold Council to Asharq Al-Awsat: Saudi Arabia Strengthens Its Position as a Key Market in the Region

A customer looks at gold bracelets at a local store in Saudi Arabia (SPA)

Gulf Stocks Rise on Hopes for Renewed US-Iran Diplomacy

An investor looks up at screens displaying stock information at the Dubai Financial Market, June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh/File Photo

Oil Extends Losses on Hopes Middle East Talks Could Ease Supply Woes

A worker rests next to an oil pump on a sunny day in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 16 , 2015. (Reuters)

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Yayoi Kusama, Who Splashed Polka Dots Across the Art World, Dies at 97 in Tokyo

Culture Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, wearing a bright red wig and a Louis Vuitton polka dot scarf, speaks during an interview at her studio in Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2012. (AP)

Yayoi Kusama, Who Splashed Polka Dots Across the Art World, Dies at 97 in Tokyo

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio…

Culture The program includes a series of in-person workshops in Riyadh - SPA
Culture

Fashion Commission Launches Third Edition of Saudi Heritage Revival Program

The Fashion Commission has announced the launch of the third edition of the Saudi Heritage Revival program, titled “Jewelry and Handcrafted Heritage”, in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture This year's forum will explore the human imprint in contemporary cultural practices and the relationship between people and creativity as patterns of cultural and creative production and reception continue to change - SPA
Culture

Misk Art Institute to Launch Creative Forum 2026 in September

Misk Art Institute, a subsidiary of Mohammed bin Salman Foundation (Misk), announced the launch of the Creative Forum 2026, to be held on September 3 and 4 at…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour and his landmark 1973 painting, "Camel of Hardships". (Sliman Mansour on Instagram)
Culture

Palestinian Artist Sliman Mansour Dies at 79

Painter and sculptor Sliman Mansour, one of the most prominent names in Palestinian art, has died at the age of 79, his family announced. Mansour, whose…

Culture Saudi Arabia Establishes Cultural Center in Paris
Culture

Saudi Arabia Establishes Cultural Center in Paris

The Saudi Ministry of Culture announced on Monday the establishment of a Saudi cultural center in Paris on the sidelines of the visit of Prince Mohammed bin…

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Spurs Snap Up Man City’s Egypt Striker Marmoush on Season-Long Loan

Sports Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Round of 32 - Australia v Egypt - Dallas Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US - July 3, 2026 - Egypt's Omar Marmoush arrives at the stadium ahead of the match (Reuters)

Spurs Snap Up Man City’s Egypt Striker Marmoush on Season-Long Loan

Tottenham Hotspur have signed Omar Marmoush ‌from Manchester City on a season-long loan, the Premier League club said on Thursday, with the deal including an…

Sports Real Madrid's French forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring a hat-trick and his team's fourth goal during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Real Sociedad at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on August 26, 2026. (AFP)
Sports

More Than Goals: What Mourinho Wants from Real Madrid’s Mbappe

The 2026/27 season has barely begun and Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe is already on top of La Liga's goalscoring charts ahead of the visit of promoted…

Sports Enzo Maresca manager of Manchester City reacts during the English Premier League match Manchester City against AFC Bournemouth, in Manchester, Britain, 23 August 2026. (EPA)
Sports

Arsenal’s Rivals Seek to Lay Down Markers After Tough Starts

If anything can be drawn from the ‌results of the opening round of Premier League fixtures it was that champions Arsenal are categorically the team to…

Sports Czech duo Jakub Mensik and Karolina Muchova kiss the trophy. TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP
Sports

Duo Muchova and Mensik Win US Open Mixed Doubles Title

The Czech team of Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik won the US Open mixed doubles Wednesday, saving two match points in a nervy semi-final and then pulling…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports Al Ahli defeated Auckland FC 1-0 on Wednesday evening in the first round of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2026. (SPA)
Sports

Al Ahli Defeats Auckland FC 1-0, Advances to African-Asian-Pacific Cup Final

Al Ahli defeated Auckland FC 1-0 on Wednesday evening in the first round of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup 2026, held at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah…

Asharq Al Awsat

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Riyadh Hosts UNESCO Global Forum on AI Ethics with Participation from 194 Countries

Varieties Riyadh Hosts UNESCO Global Forum on AI Ethics with Participation from 194 Countries

Riyadh Hosts UNESCO Global Forum on AI Ethics with Participation from 194 Countries

Riyadh will host the fourth edition of the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (GFEAI 2026) from September 14 to 17, bringing together…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties (FILES) Kashmiri craftswomen weave silk carpets at a factory in Srinagar on May 6, 2026. Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP
Varieties

Once a Top Export, Prized Kashmir Carpet Fades

It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties A Japanese customer at a 'cat cafe' in Tokyo. TORU YAMANAKA / AFP/File
Varieties

Japan to Survey Animal Cafes over Hygiene, Welfare Concerns

Japan plans to probe popular animal cafes, where visitors can interact with anything from cats to capybaras, following concerns about hygiene and the creatures…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. (AP)
Varieties

Prince Harry, Wife Meghan Arrive in the UK as They Make a Fresh Start in Britain

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, as they make a fresh start in Britain after six years in the United States, UK…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California on September 30, 2025. (AFP)
Varieties

Social Media Use on the Rise Among Australian Under-16s After Ban

Australian under-16s are increasing their use of social media apps, such as Instagram and TikTok, despite a world-leading ban, data provided by a parental…

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