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Arab World Smoke rises in Habboush following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, May 1, 2026. (Reuters)
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Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon, Killing 6; Hezbollah Drone Wounds 2 Israeli Soldiers

Lebanon's health ministry said six people including a woman and a child were killed Friday in two Israeli strikes on a southern town where Israel's army had…

World An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP)
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US Treasury Warns Shippers Not to Pay Hormuz Tolls, Even in Form of Charity

Any shippers paying tolls to Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, including charitable donations to organizations such as the Iranian Red Crescent…

Business Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP)
Business

Trump Says He’ll Place 25% Tariff on Autos from EU, Accusing Bloc of Not Complying with Trade Deal

President Donald Trump said Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union next week to 25%, a move that could…

Arab World FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not seen) in Beirut, Lebanon October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo
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Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Point Negotiating with Israel Under Fire

In his first comment on the statement issued by the US Embassy in Beirut, which called on President Joseph Aoun to hold a direct meeting with Israeli Prime…

Mohamed Choucair

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Satisfied’ with Iran’s Latest Proposal to End War with US

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

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Satisfied’ with Iran’s Latest Proposal to End War with US

President Donald Trump said on Friday that he’s “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations to end war between the countries. “They want to…

Asharq Al Awsat
Features Egyptian Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation summit in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital in December 2024. (Egyptian Presidency)
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Why Israel Fears Military Rapprochement Between Egypt and Türkiye

The growing rapprochement between Egypt and Türkiye is raising concern in Israel, particularly as military cooperation expands through joint training and…

Mohamed Mahmoud (Cairo)
Arab World A billboard depicting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and sentence reading in Arabic "The decision is up to Lebanon" is seen in the predominantly Christian Ashrafieh neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, 01 May 2026. (EPA)
Arab World

Aoun Insists on Ceasefire Before Lebanon-Israel Talks

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is pushing to lock in a ceasefire and halt Israeli strikes on civilians before Lebanese and Israeli representatives resume…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)

Israeli Police Arrest a Man Suspected of Attacking a Nun Near Jerusalem’s Old City

A nun passes by the last supper room area outside of Jerusalem old city, 01 May 2026. (EPA)

In South Syria, Families Fear for Relatives Seized by Israel

Fifty-three-year-old Syrian Aicha al-Safadi, holds the a picture of her son Hassane Mohammed al-Safadi, with details of when he was detained by Israel as she sits in her house in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn, near the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights and at the foot Mount Hermon, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Sheikh on April 29, 2026. (AFP)

NATO and China: A Slow Alliance Confronts a Fast-Rising Rival

People visit the BYD booth at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)

Israel’s Death Penalty Law Perpetuates Racial Discrimination, Says UN Watchdog

Protesters hold placards outside the Red Cross offices in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on March 31, 2026, during a rally against a bill approved by Israel's parliament that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror charges for deadly attacks. (AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli Authorities Taking 2 Activists Who Led a Gaza-Bound Flotilla to Israel for Questioning

Protesters hold Palestinian flags during a demonstration to condemn the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla by the Israeli army, in Turin on April 30, 2026. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)

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Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

US Navy Turns to AI Firm Domino for Options to Counter Iranian Mines

Displaced Sudanese students attend a class at an elementary school run by the Sudanese Coalition for Education in partnership with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), south of Port Sudan, on April 26, 2026. (AFP)

Sudanese Schoolchildren Race to Make Up for Years Lost to War

Mourners carry coffins during a funeral ceremony of four Hezbollah fighters and two civilians, amid a temporary ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in the village of Maaroub, southern Lebanon, April 26, 2026. (Reuters)

Timeline of Decades of Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. (BNA file)

King of Bahrain: Iran Must Cease Meddling in Our Internal Affairs

This handout photograph taken and released by the Iraqi Prime Minister's Press Office on April 28, 2026 shows new prime minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi talking on the phone at his office in Baghdad. (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Press Office /AFP)

Trump Congratulates Zaidi on His Nomination to Be Next Iraqi Prime Minister

The head of Syria's committee for combating illicit enrichment, Basel Al-Suwaidan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Syrian Authorities Hold Onto Campaign to Root Out Illegal Enrichment

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The Gulf After the Reordering of Deterrence

Dr. Abdullah Faisal Alrabeh
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‘Greater Israel’ and ‘Greater Iran’

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
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Lebanon, the State, and the ‘Duo’

Mustafa Fahs
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Iran: Four Illusions of a 60-Day-War

Amir Taheri
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On the Illuminating Light of Lebanon

Antoine Douaihy
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New Trajectories For Intelligence!

Huda al-Husseini
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Sudan… Are the Rifts of the Rapid Support Forces Growing?

Osman Mirghani
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Aoun…and Redefining Lebanon as a State

Jamal Al-Kashki
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Vision 2030: A Decade in Review

Emile Ameen
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Lebanon in the Bottleneck

Hanna Saleh
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Lebanon: Faced with the Israeli Project and Its Regional Cost

Eyad Abu Shakra
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The Bullet, the President, and the Battle for the Image

Ghassan Charbel
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The directorate reaffirmed its readiness to manage pilgrim influxes at all ports -SPA

Jeddah Port Welcomes First Group of Sudanese Pilgrims

Asharq Al Awsat

King of Bahrain: Iran Must Cease Meddling in Our Internal Affairs

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. (BNA file)

UAE Announces Travel Ban on Nationals to Iran, Lebanon and Iraq

The flag of the UAE. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Foreign Minister Meets with French Counterpart in Riyadh

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How Did the Jeddah Summit Support Joint Gulf Action?

The flags of Gulf countries are raised in Jeddah ahead of the summit (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince Receives Written Messages from Rwanda’s President, Japanese PM

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

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A billboard depicting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and sentence reading in Arabic "The decision is up to Lebanon" is seen in the predominantly Christian Ashrafieh neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon, 01 May 2026. (EPA)

Aoun Insists on Ceasefire Before Lebanon-Israel Talks

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)

In South Syria, Families Fear for Relatives Seized by Israel

Fifty-three-year-old Syrian Aicha al-Safadi, holds the a picture of her son Hassane Mohammed al-Safadi, with details of when he was detained by Israel as she sits in her house in the southern Syrian village of Beit Jinn, near the Israeli-annexed Syrian Golan Heights and at the foot Mount Hermon, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Sheikh on April 29, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Police Arrest a Man Suspected of Attacking a Nun Near Jerusalem’s Old City

A nun passes by the last supper room area outside of Jerusalem old city, 01 May 2026. (EPA)

Hezbollah Says Reinforced Fighters in South Lebanon Despite Disarmament

Smoke rises in Habboush, Nabatiyeh Governorate, in southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, Lebanon, May 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon, Killing 6; Hezbollah Drone Wounds 2 Israeli Soldiers

Smoke rises in Habboush following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, May 1, 2026. (Reuters)

Berri to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Point Negotiating with Israel Under Fire

FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not seen) in Beirut, Lebanon October 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany/File Photo

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The USS Gerald R. Ford in the waters of the Eastern Mediterranean, Oct. 11, 2023. (Jacob Mattingly/US Department of Defense/AFP)

USS Gerald R. Ford Aircraft Carrier Leaves Middle East

US Treasury Warns Shippers Not to Pay Hormuz Tolls, Even in Form of Charity

An Emirati patrol boat, left, is near a tanker anchored in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from a coastal road near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026. (AP)

NATO and China: A Slow Alliance Confronts a Fast-Rising Rival

People visit the BYD booth at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on April 30, 2026. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP)

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Satisfied’ with Iran’s Latest Proposal to End War with US

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

US Navy Turns to AI Firm Domino for Options to Counter Iranian Mines

Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Magnitude 4.9 Quake Hits Nevada

People walk near Caesars Palace along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (AP)

Trump Says He’ll Place 25% Tariff on Autos from EU, Accusing Bloc of Not Complying with Trade Deal

Chevron's Upstream Strength Lifts First-quarter Earnings Past Estimate

3D-printed oil pump jacks and the Chevron logo appear in this illustration taken March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Gold Heads for Weekly Loss as High Oil Prices Feed inflation worries

A jeweller holds gold bars in Cairo, Egypt, March 9, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran’s Monthslong Internet Shutdown Is Crushing Businesses in an Already Battered Economy

A man uses his smartphone while riding the subway in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP)

EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Takes Provisional Effect, Boosting Hopes for Millions

Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin during a meeting with foreign media at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Oil Prices Rise with No Sign of End to Iran War

FILE - An oil vessel is visible in the Caribbean Sea at sunset during a nearby conference aimed at transitioning away from fossil fuels Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in Santa Marta, Colombia. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)

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Private Museums Bolster Cultural Tourism in Qassim Region

Culture A prominent example is the private museum of Abdullah Al-Suhaibani, an expert with over 40 years of experience in gemstones and minerals - SPA

Private Museums Bolster Cultural Tourism in Qassim Region

Qassim Region is witnessing a significant rise in private museums, as individual collectors transform personal passions into vital cultural projects. These…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture ‏The Saudi pavilion brings together a range of government entities and cultural institutions - SPA
Culture

Saudi Arabia Showcases Literary Diversity at 2026 Rabat International Book Fair

The Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission launched the Saudi pavilion at the 2026 International Publishing and Book Fair in Rabat, which continues…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture German artist Georg Baselitz attends the opening of his exhibition "The Heroes" (Die Helden) at the Staedel museum in Frankfurt, Germany June 29, 2016. (Reuters)
Culture

Georg Baselitz, the German Painter Who Turned Postwar Art Upside Down, Dies at 88

Georg Baselitz liked to insist — sometimes as a taunt, ‌sometimes as a shield — that he did not know how to paint. That he had "no talent". Rejected at…

Culture The event marked 100 years of Saudi-Russian bilateral relations. SPA
Culture

Saudi Arabia Holds Cultural Event in Moscow to Mark Centenary of Ties with Russia

The Saudi Ministry of Education, in cooperation with the Kingdom’s embassy in Russia, organized an academic and cultural event titled “A Century of Friendship…

Asharq Al Awsat (Moscow)
Culture Marine Sadania, a maritime archaeologist in charge of scientific and heritage management for the PACA Coastal Observatory, observes the “ROV C 4000,” a remotely operated vehicle manufactured by the French company LD Travocean and designed for seabed exploration, during its launch aboard the Jason (BSAA), chartered for an archaeological mission on the wreck of the CAMARAT 4 off the coast of Ramatuel, in southeastern France on April 7, 2026. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP)
Culture

Diving Robot Explores Mystery of France's Deepest Shipwreck

Deep below the surface of the Mediterranean off the French coast, the pincer of a remotely guided underwater robot delicately closes around a centuries-old jug…

Asharq Al Awsat

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Arteta Urges Arsenal to Focus on Premier League Title Push Ahead of Fulham Clash

Sports Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta gestures during a Champions League semifinal, first leg, soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP)

Arteta Urges Arsenal to Focus on Premier League Title Push Ahead of Fulham Clash

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged his players to refocus on their Premier League title push as they prepare to host Fulham on Saturday, days after being…

Sports Football - Premier League - Liverpool v Crystal Palace - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - April 25, 2026 Liverpool's Mohamed Salah applauds fans as he walks off the pitch after being substituted. (Reuters)
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Salah ‘Deserves Big Send-Off’, Says Liverpool Boss Slot

Arne Slot said Mohamed Salah "deserves a big send-off" as he confirmed he expected the departing superstar to return from injury before the end of the season. …

Sports Kei Nishikori of Japan reacts after defeating Thiago Monteiro of Brazil during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP)
Sports

Japanese Trailblazer Nishikori to Retire at End of Season

Kei Nishikori will hang ‌up his racquet at the end of the 2026 season, the 36-year-old said on Friday, bringing down the curtain on a professional career…

Sports 30 April 2026, United Kingdom, Nottingham: Aston Villa manager Unai Emery reacts after the UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg soccer match between Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa at the City Ground. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire/dpa
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Villa Coach Emery Hits Out at VAR after Europa League Loss to Forest

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery was scathing in his criticism of the Video Assistant Referee's (VAR) decisions in the Europa League first-leg tie against…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports FILE PHOTO: Psychologist Carlos Angel Diaz walks on the day of a court case against people charged in connection with the death of Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo
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Psychologist in Maradona Death Trial Says Star Had Bipolar Disorder

A psychologist charged in the trial over Diego Maradona's death told an Argentine court on Thursday that the soccer great had bipolar disorder and was a…

Asharq Al Awsat

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France, Germany Send Firefighters to Help Battle Dutch Blazes

Varieties A French firefighter douses burning vegetation during a bushfire in Budel, Netherlands May 1, 2026. (Reuters)

France, Germany Send Firefighters to Help Battle Dutch Blazes

France and Germany sent firefighting units to the Netherlands on Friday to help battle woodland blazes flaring in several areas. Many of the fires, which…

Varieties FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Pavel Talankin arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party after the 98th Academy Awards, in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok/File Photo/File Photo
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Oscar Statuette for 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' Goes Missing on Flight

The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, the Russian director who won best documentary this year for "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," has gone missing after…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties The ⁠new rocket is ‌capable of ‌carrying payloads of up to ‌17 metric tons. (AP file)
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Russia Successfully Test Launches New Soyuz-5 Rocket from Kazakhstan, Space Agency Says

Russia has test launched its new Soyuz-5 rocket for the first time, the country's space agency said late on Thursday, saying it had lifted off from the…

Varieties This photograph taken on April 24, 2026 shows Afghan men taking a selfie as they stand among the common poppy flowers on a hillside in the Jalayer Valley of Northern Afghanistan’s Shirin Tagab district. (AFP)
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Afghans Celebrate Spring in Bright Red Poppy Fields

In the middle of a field filled with bright red poppies, Afghans frolic among the spring flowers in a tradition deeply rooted in the country's north. …

Varieties A staff member of a conservation organization carries a kiwi bird during an event at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)
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A Citizen Campaign Returns Iconic Kiwi Birds to New Zealand's Capital after a Century-long Absence

The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital's residents are waging an…

Asharq Al Awsat

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