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Israeli firefighters work following rocket attacks from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, near the border on its Israeli side, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Avi Ohayon

Hochstein: US Wants to Avoid 'Greater War' along Tense Lebanon-Israel Border

US envoy Amos Hochstein said on Tuesday that Washington was seeking to avoid "a greater war" following an escalation in cross-border fire between Hezbollah and…

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Gulf Pilgrims stone the three pillars representing the devil on the first day of Tashreeq. (SPA)
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Pilgrims Prepare to Depart Holy Sites after Completing Main Hajj Rituals

The majority of Hajj pilgrims are packing their belongings in preparation to leave the holy sites on Tuesday, known as the “Day of Hastening.” This comes…

World The Iranian flag. (AFP)
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Fire at Hospital in Iran’s North Kills 9 Patients

A fire broke out at a hospital in Iran's north, killing nine patients, state media reported Tuesday. The blaze started at 1:30 local time (2200GMT) at Qaem…

World A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023. (AP)
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US Renews Warning It’s Obligated to Defend the Philippines after Its New Clash with China at Sea

The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino navy personnel were injured and their…

UN Human Rights Chief: Unconscionable Death and Suffering Happening in Gaza

Arab World A child looks on as Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike, at al-Nuseirat refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, 18 June 2024. (EPA)
A child looks on as Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike, at al-Nuseirat refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, 18 June 2024. (EPA)

UN Human Rights Chief: Unconscionable Death and Suffering Happening in Gaza

Palestinians in the Israeli occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem are suffering a drastically worsening human rights environment, alongside "unconscionable…

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. (Reuters-Archives)

Malaysia Preparing to Join BRICS Economic Group

Malaysia is preparing to join the BRICS group of emerging economies, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in an interview with Chinese media outlet Guancha. The…

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World NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP)
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NATO Allies are Hitting Their Defense Spending Target During War in Ukraine

A record 23 of NATO's 32 member nations are hitting the Western military alliance’s defense spending target this year, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg…

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Israel Resumes Attacks on Southern Lebanon after ‘Temporary Truce’

Relatives visit the graves of killed Hezbollah fighters during Eid al-Adha in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. (AFP)

Clashes Escalate in Sudan’s North Darfur

Rapid Support Forces members. (AP)

Grossi Says Return to Diplomacy is Key to Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis

IAEA Director General Grossi in Isfahan on May 7, 2024 (EPA)

Lull in Gaza Fighting Despite Blasts in South

17 June 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Palestinians walk among the rubble of houses destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the second day of Eid al-Adha. (APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa)

Israeli Anti-government Protesters Rally in Jerusalem

Anti-government protesters gather outside the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, 17 June 2024. (EPA)

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People are seen at the arrival lounge at Beirut International Airport, Lebanon. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanon Tourism Season Revives Economic Outlook

Russian President Vladimir Putin received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Moscow last week. (Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Moscow May Resume Normalization Talks between Ankara, Damascus

Tunisians react as they attend the inauguration of “1001 Bricks Fresco”, a participatory artwork by more than 500 inhabitants of Tunis led by Swiss artist Anne Francey, illustrating the diversity of the city, with the bas relief installed on the edge of the medina, the old town listed by UNESCO, in the capital's El-Hafsia district on June 7, 2024. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)

Unveiling Tunis: Mural Celebrates ‘Invisible’ Talents

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Center, in Ramat Gan on June 8, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Netanyahu Dissolved His War Cabinet. How Will That Affect Ceasefire Efforts?

Members of Iraq's first national football team for the visually impaired, train at a sports club in Baghdad on May 22, 2024. (AFP)

Blind Footballer Brings Game to Visually Impaired Iraqis

This image taken with a slow shutter speed on Oct. 2, 2019, and provided by the US Air Force shows an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile test launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong/US Air Force via AP, File)

Nuclear-Armed Nations Are Deepening Their Reliance on Their Nuclear Weapons, Watchdog Finds

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Concerning the Situation in Lebanon… ‘It’s Demography, Stupid’

Eyad Abu Shakra
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How Big Tech Is Killing Innovation

Mark Lemley and Matt Wansley
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Talk of Stability on the Banks of the Nile

Ghassan Charbel
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Sudan’s Tragedy and Our Culture in Denying Civil Strife

Hazem Saghieh
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Southern Lebanon and Difficult Scenarios 

Mustafa Fahs
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Europe Between Hope and Fear

Amir Taheri
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What Victory Will There Be On ‘The Day After’

Hanna Saleh
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Refugees and Migrants After the EU Elections

Hazem Saghieh
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It is Sinwar and Netanyahu’s Battle Now

Tariq Al-Homayed
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Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Nazism’s ‘Departure’ but it’s Coming Back! 

Eyad Abu Shakra
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The Travelers Headed towards the Abyss 

Ghassan Charbel
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The UK Corporate Crisis Has Gone From Bad to Worse

Chris Hughes
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Pilgrims stone the three pillars representing the devil on the first day of Tashreeq. (SPA)

Pilgrims Prepare to Depart Holy Sites after Completing Main Hajj Rituals

Iranian Pilgrims Praise Hajj Services

Iranian pilgrim Tahereh. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

King Salman Pays Expenses for Sacrificial Meat for 3,322 Pilgrims Hosted by Custodian Guests Program

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince Renews Call to Recognize State of Palestine

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, is seen at the Mina palace on Monday. (SPA)

Hajj Pilgrims Embark on Day of Tashreeq

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, on June 16, 2024. (AFP)

Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Hajj Bolsters Relations between our Countries

Muslim Hajj pilgrims pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah on June 16, 2024, as they perform the farewell circumambulation or "tawaf". (AFP)

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A child looks on as Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli air strike, at al-Nuseirat refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, 18 June 2024. (EPA)

UN Human Rights Chief: Unconscionable Death and Suffering Happening in Gaza

Israeli Forces Deepen Rafah Invasion, Kill 17 in Central Camps

A man pulls a cart loaded with salvaged wood alongside another pushing a bicycle loaded with bags along a street in the eastern part of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on June 14, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Clashes Escalate in Sudan’s North Darfur

Rapid Support Forces members. (AP)

Israel Resumes Attacks on Southern Lebanon after ‘Temporary Truce’

Relatives visit the graves of killed Hezbollah fighters during Eid al-Adha in the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. (AFP)

Moscow May Resume Normalization Talks between Ankara, Damascus

Russian President Vladimir Putin received Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Moscow last week. (Turkish Foreign Ministry)

Lull in Gaza Fighting Despite Blasts in South

17 June 2024, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Palestinians walk among the rubble of houses destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the second day of Eid al-Adha. (APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa)

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The Iranian flag. (AFP)

Fire at Hospital in Iran’s North Kills 9 Patients

US Renews Warning It’s Obligated to Defend the Philippines after Its New Clash with China at Sea

A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023. (AP)

Oil Depots on Fire in Russia's Rostov Region after Drone Attack

Members of the Russian emergencies ministry work to extinguish fire at an oil storage tank after an alleged drone attack in the town of Azov in the southern region of Rostov, Russia, June 18, 2024, in this still image taken from video. Russian Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS

NATO Allies are Hitting Their Defense Spending Target During War in Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a media conference after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP)

Grossi Says Return to Diplomacy is Key to Solve Iranian Nuclear Crisis

IAEA Director General Grossi in Isfahan on May 7, 2024 (EPA)

Putin Hails N. Korea's Support for Ukraine War Ahead of Pyongyang Visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP)

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People are seen at the arrival lounge at Beirut International Airport, Lebanon. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Lebanon Tourism Season Revives Economic Outlook

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)

Gold Prices Flat as Market Focus Turns to Fed Speakers

Gold bars from the vault of a bank are seen in this illustration picture taken in Zurich November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

Saudi Arabia Ranks 16th in IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024

Saudi Arabia ranked 16th out of 67 of the world's most competitive countries. (SPA)

Hong Kong Bourse to Keep Trading Through Severe Weather

Hong Kong's stock exchange will implement new rules in September to continue trading through inclement weather. Peter PARKS / AFP

Saudi Arabia Crude Exports Fall to 6 Million Barrels Per Day in April

FILE PHOTO: An Aramco oil tank is seen at the Production facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah/File Photo

Report: US Ready to Reopen Oil Stockpile if Petrol Prices Surge Again

FILE PHOTO: A view of the Phillips 66 Company's Los Angeles Refinery (foreground), which processes domestic & imported crude oil into gasoline, aviation and diesel fuels, and storage tanks for refined petroleum products at the Kinder Morgan Carson Terminal (background), at sunset in Carson, California, US, March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

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Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Celebrates Eid Al-Adha with Cultural Performances, Festivities

Culture DGDA announced the celebration of Eid Al-Adha with various artistic and cultural events. SPA

Saudi Arabia's Diriyah Celebrates Eid Al-Adha with Cultural Performances, Festivities

The Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) has announced the celebration of Eid Al-Adha with various artistic and cultural events designed to entertain and…

Asharq Al Awsat (Diriyah)
Culture The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts distributed special gifts to pilgrims. SPA
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Saudi Royal Institute of Traditional Arts Welcomes Pilgrims with Gifts

The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts has played a key role in this year's Hajj season, continuing its mission to promote Saudi Arabia's rich artistic…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture A bronze statue is tested with the center particle accelerator. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP
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The High-Tech Art Lab Hidden Underneath Paris

It looks like the lair of a Bond villain: behind armored doors, buried underground below the Louvre in Paris, lies one of the most high-tech art labs in the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture People gather to fish during the Sanké mon collective fishing rite in San, Sego Region on June 6, 2024. (AFP)
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A Pond in Warming Mali Is Disappearing, and a UNESCO-Listed Fishing Tradition Is in Danger 

Thousands of fishermen holding cone-shaped nets stood side by side, cheering and chanting as they waited for the signal. Suddenly, they rushed to a large muddy…

Culture Tourists visit the Acropolis hill archaeological site, before it closes due to a heatwave hitting Athens, Greece, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
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Greek Culture Ministry: Acropolis Closed During Afternoon Hours Due to Heat

Authorities in Greece have closed down the Acropolis in Athens during the afternoon on Thursday for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably…

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Germany Looking to Book Spot in Euro 2024 Knockout Stage with Another Win against Hungary

Sports Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer smiles during press conference of the German national soccer team in Herzogenaurach, Germany, Monday, June 17, 2024. (dpa via AP)

Germany Looking to Book Spot in Euro 2024 Knockout Stage with Another Win against Hungary

Germany faces Hungary on Wednesday in Stuttgart in their second Group A match. Germany tops the group after beating Scotland 5-1 in the opener while Hungary…

Sports 16 June 2024, United Kingdom, London: Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz attends a press conference on day two of the cinch Championships at The Queen's Club, London. (dpa)
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Alcaraz Hoping to Learn from Nadal at Paris Games

World number two Carlos Alcaraz said he is looking forward to learning from 22-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal when they pair up in the doubles at the…

Sports Ryan Murphy of the United States reacts during the Men's 100m backstroke medal ceremony on Day Three of the 2024 US Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium on June 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Murphy Eyes Return to Top of the Podium in Paris

Ryan Murphy said his desire to regain his Olympic 100m backstroke title burns hotter than ever after he punched his ticket to the Paris Games on Monday. The…

Sports France's forward #10 Kylian Mbappé sits on the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D football match between Austria and France at the Duesseldorf Arena in Duesseldorf on June 17, 2024. (AFP)
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Kylian Mbappé Sustains Broken Nose Will Need to Wear Mask If He Plays on at Euro 2024

Kylian Mbappé suffered a broken nose during France's opening game at the European Championship and will have to wear a face mask if he plays on at the…

Sports A rescue boat cruises on the Seine river near the Eiffel Tower during a rehearsal for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Monday, June. 17, 2024 in Paris. (AP)
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Boats Cruise Seine River in Rehearsal for Paris Olympics’ Opening Ceremony

Curious onlookers gathered on bridges as dozens of boats snaked along the Seine river on Monday in a rehearsal for the Paris Olympics' unique opening ceremony…

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What is China's Panda Diplomacy and How Does it Work?

Varieties Wang Wang the panda is seen during China's Premier Li Qiang's visit to the Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide on June 16, 2024. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake / POOL / AFP)

What is China's Panda Diplomacy and How Does it Work?

During a visit to Australia this week, Chinese Premier Li Qiang made a classic goodwill gesture that boded well for relations between the two countries: he…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties 18th century artifacts found underneath George Washington's residence in Mount Vernon, Va., Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)
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Perfectly Preserved Centuries-Old Cherries Unearthed at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

George Washington never did cut down the cherry tree, despite the famous story to the contrary, but he did pack away quite a few bottles of the fruit at his…

Varieties Workers set up a gate at the 5th station for a trail to Mt. Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan Monday, June 17, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
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Gate Installed on Mount Fuji Trail to Control Crowds, Governor Says More Measures Needed

A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan's Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year's climbing season, but the governor of…

Varieties Tunisians react as they attend the inauguration of “1001 Bricks Fresco”, a participatory artwork by more than 500 inhabitants of Tunis led by Swiss artist Anne Francey, illustrating the diversity of the city, with the bas relief installed on the edge of the medina, the old town listed by UNESCO, in the capital's El-Hafsia district on June 7, 2024. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)
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Unveiling Tunis: Mural Celebrates ‘Invisible’ Talents

In the old medina of Tunis, a wall installation titled "1001 Bricks" showcases the talents of "invisible" creators, including art students, people with…

Varieties Indian commuters use umbrellas during a hot afternoon in Kolkata, India, 14 June 2024. (EPA)
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India’s Monsoon Rains a Fifth Below Normal So Far

India's monsoon has delivered a fifth less rain than normal so far this season, the weather department said on Monday, in a worrying sign for the vital…

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