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US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages

The US military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering US military forces in the…

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People watch as smoke rises following an Israeli attack on the IRIB building, the country's state broadcaster, in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

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Suspected Israeli Hackers Claim to Destroy Data at Iran’s Bank Sepah

An anti-Iranian government hacking group with potential ties to Israel and a track record of destructive cyberattacks on Iran claimed in social media posts on…

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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment site in Iran after an Israeli strike Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

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Israeli Strike Directly Hit Iran’s Natanz Underground Enrichment Plant, IAEA says

An Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear complex at Natanz directly hit the underground uranium enrichment plant there, the UN nuclear watchdog said on…

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Egyptian Foreign Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP)

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Egypt FM Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Iran-Israel War

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty urged an immediate ceasefire on Tuesday in the war between Iran and Israel during two separate phone calls with US…

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Israel’s Strikes on Tehran Broaden as Trump Issues Ominous Warning

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Smoke rises from a fire following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel’s Strikes on Tehran Broaden as Trump Issues Ominous Warning

Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign on Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran's military and nuclear program, as US President Donald…

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Trump Says US Won’t Kill Iran’s Supreme Leader, ‘At Least Not for Now' since 52 minutes
Iran Leader Khamenei Sees His Inner Circle Hollowed Out by Israel Tuesday 17/06 - 11:20

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Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on the IRIB building, the country's state broadcaster, in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters

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Hundreds Flee into Azerbaijan and Armenia from Iran

More than 600 people of 17 nationalities have fled into Azerbaijan from Iran in the five days since the start of the air war between Israel and Iran, an…

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Smoke billows amid reported building detonations by Israeli forces to the east and north of Jabalia city in the northern Gaza Strip at dawn on June 17, 2025. (AFP)

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Israeli Tanks Kill 59 People in Gaza Crowd Trying to Get Food Aid, Medics Say

Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest…

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Satellite Photos Reveal Damage to Iranian Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities After Israeli Strikes

This handout satellite image taken on June 16, 2025 and released by Planet Labs on June 17 shows the Tabriz north missile base underground facility entrance in Tabriz after it was hit by Israeli airstrikes. (Handout / 2025 Planet Labs PBC / AFP)

UK’s Starmer: No Indication from Trump That US About to Enter Iran-Israel Conflict

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer look on as he attends media interviews during the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025. (Reuters)

What to Know About Bunker-Buster Bombs and Iran’s Fordo Nuclear Facility

In this photo released by the US Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.(US Air Force via AP, File)

US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces

WHO Says Gaza Health Care at Breaking Point as Fuel Runs Out

In this file photo, Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital who has since been detained, supervises the treatment of a Palestinian man injured in an Israeli strike - AFP

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Jasem Mohammed Albudaiwi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, during the extraordinary meeting of the GCC Ministerial Council held via video conference (GCC).

Gulf Cooperation Council Condemns Israeli Strike on Iran, Calls for Diplomacy

A thick column of smoke rises above an oil refinery south of Tehran after it was targeted in an overnight Israeli airstrike (AFP).

Saudi Arabia Launches Regional and Global Diplomatic Drive to Contain Israel-Iran Conflict

Smoke billows from an explosion in Tehran on June 16, 2025. (AFP)

Iranians in Europe Share ‘Mixed Feelings’ on Israel Offensive

Iraqi security forces close a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US Embassy is located, during a protest against Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP)

Iraq Treads a Tightrope to Avoid Spillover from Israel-Iran Conflict

A house in rural Daraa is damaged by debris from Israeli-Iranian crossfire. (SANA)

Debris from Iranian Drones, Missiles Hits Homes in Southern Syria

Flight information display screen shows updates about cancelled flights, due to schedule disruptions stemming from the Iran-Israel conflict, at the Beirut-Rafik Hariri International Airport, Lebanon June 16, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel-Iran Conflict Disrupts Air Travel in the Region

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Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers and Acting CEO of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) Eng. Ibrahim Al-Sultan led the Saudi delegation at the BIE General Assembly. (SPA)

Expo 2030 Riyadh Registration Dossier Receives BIE Final Approval at Paris General Assembly

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Albudaiwi, Holds Separate Discussions with Guterres, Kallas on Latest Regional Issues

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Jasem Albudaiwi

Gulf Cooperation Council Condemns Israeli Strike on Iran, Calls for Diplomacy

Saudi Arabia Launches Regional and Global Diplomatic Drive to Contain Israel-Iran Conflict

UAE Coast Guard Evacuates 24 People from Oil Tanker Crash in the Gulf of Oman

FILE PHOTO: Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

Saudi, French Foreign Ministers Discuss Regional Developments

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah

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Egypt FM Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Iran-Israel War

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US Pulls Out of Two More Bases in Syria, Worrying Kurdish Forces

WHO Says Gaza Health Care at Breaking Point as Fuel Runs Out

Co-Chairs of the UN 2-State Solution Conference Say It was Suspended Amid Regional Escalation

Palestinian holds a Palestinian flag during a protest over tensions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, at Huwara checkpoint, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

Egypt, Jordan and Others Call for a Halt to Israeli-Iranian Conflict

A projectile crosses the sky above Jerusalem, 17 June 2025. (EPA)

Israeli Tanks Kill 59 People in Gaza Crowd Trying to Get Food Aid, Medics Say

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This handout grab taken from footage released by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) on June 11, 2025 shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducting flight operations in the South China Sea, on May 28, 2025. (AFP Photo / DVIDS / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Edward Jacome - Handout)

US Moving Fighter Jets to Middle East as Israel-Iran War Rages

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Airlines to Bring Stranded Israelis Back Home, No Outward Flights

Israel's national airline El AL aircraft is seen next to the control tower at Cyprus' main airport in Larnaca, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP)

Israeli Strike Directly Hit Iran’s Natanz Underground Enrichment Plant, IAEA says

Suspected Israeli Hackers Claim to Destroy Data at Iran’s Bank Sepah

Hundreds Flee into Azerbaijan and Armenia from Iran

Satellite Photos Reveal Damage to Iranian Missile Bases and Nuclear Facilities After Israeli Strikes

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FILE PHOTO: An employee places ingots of 99.99 percent pure gold in a workroom at the Novosibirsk precious metals refining and manufacturing plant in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, Russia, September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Manzyuk/File Photo

Gold Steady as Market Eyes Middle East Conflict, Fed Decision

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Economists Warn of Global Trade Risks from Israel-Iran Conflict

Rescue workers at site hit by Israeli airstrikes in Tehran (Reuters)

Israel-Iran Conflict Disrupts Air Travel in the Region

Europe Gas Prices Rise Amid Fear of Wider Middle East Conflict

A pressure meter is pictured at the gas storage facility of Hungarian state-owned energy group MVM in Zsana, November 3, 2014. (Reuters)

OPEC Expects Solid Second-Half of 2025 for World Economy

Oil Prices Jump after Trump's Warning, Stocks Extend Gains

FILE PHOTO: A view shows disused oil pump jacks at the Airankol oil field operated by Caspiy Neft in the Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev//File Photo

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'Spectacular' Viking Burial Site Discovered in Denmark

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A Moesgaard Museum conservator holds a Viking Age ceramic bowl discovered at a Viking Age burial site in Lisbjerg, a village seven kilometers north of Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city, on June 13, 2025. (AFP)

'Spectacular' Viking Burial Site Discovered in Denmark

In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark, packed with a …

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Quellinus has been described as the Bernini of the North. Ramon van Flymen / ANP/AFP

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Amsterdam Honors its Own Golden Age Sculpture Master

Imposing but delicate marble sculptures of Graeco-Roman-style figures grace the vaulted corridors of a huge palace. But this isn't Florence or Rome. This is…

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File photo: Inauguration of the Al-Safiyyah Museum. The event was attended by Prince Saud bin Khalid Al-Faisal, deputy governor of Madinah, and Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, minister of Hajj and Umrah. (SPA)

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Al-Safiyyah Museum in Madinah Celebrates Saudi Arabia's Handicraft Heritage

Al-Safiyyah Museum and Park in Madinah hosted a vibrant cultural event organized by the Madinah Crafts Association in collaboration with the Heritage…

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Saudi Arabia to Participate in Beijing International Book Fair as Part of Saudi-Chinese Cultural Year 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission will lead the Kingdom’s participation in the 2025 Beijing International Book Fair as part of…

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Tourists wait outside the Louvre Museum, which failed to open on time on Monday, June 16, 2025 in Paris. (AP)

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Louvre Museum Shuts Down, Sounding the Alarm on Overtourism

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered most of Monday when staff went on strike in…

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Al-Hilal to Kick Off FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Campaign against Real Madrid

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This expanded edition of the tournament will be featuring 32 teams for the first time - SPA

Al-Hilal to Kick Off FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Campaign against Real Madrid

Al-Hilal Football Club will begin its FIFA Club World Cup 2025 journey on Wednesday , with a high-profile clash against Real Madrid at Hard Rock Stadium in…

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Second placed Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts with the trophy after the final match of the French Tennis Open against Coco Gauff of the US at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP)

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Sabalenka Apologizes to Gauff for Post-Match Comments After French Open

Aryna Sabalenka says she has written to Coco Gauff to apologize for the “unprofessional” comments she made following her loss to her American rival in the…

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Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, drives during Formula One auto racing action at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Thai Cabinet Approves $1.2 Bln Bid to Host Formula 1 Race in 2028

Thailand's cabinet has approved a $1.2 billion bid to host a Formula One street race in its capital Bangkok in 2028, government officials said on Tuesday. If…

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Enzo Fernandez (R) of Chelsea reacts with Liam Delap (L) of Chelsea after scoring the 2-0 goal against Los Angeles FC during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group stage match between Chelsea FC and Los Angeles FC in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 16 June 2025. (EPA)

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Neto, Fernandez Each Score to Lead Chelsea over LAFC 2-0 in Club World Cup

Pedro Neto scored in the first half and Enzo Fernandez in the 79th minute to give Chelsea a 2-0 win over Los Angeles FC in Group D’s Club World Cup opener on…

Tuesday 17/06 - 06:28

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Alvaro Fernandez of Benfica (R) in action against Kevin Zenon of Boca Juniors during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group stage match between CA Boca Juniors and SL Benfica at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, USA, 16 June 2025. (EPA)

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Boca Juniors Turn Up the Heat in Miami with Benfica Draw

After Lionel Messi lit up the Club World Cup opener, Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium was awash in Argentine passion again as Boca Juniors fans turned it into a…

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Scaffolding Goes up in Venice to Save Banksy’s Migrant Mural

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People work at the beginning of the restoration process of Banksy's 'Migrant Child', the mural depicting a migrant child wearing a lifejacket and holding a pink flare in Venice, Italy, June 17, 2025. (Reuters)

Scaffolding Goes up in Venice to Save Banksy’s Migrant Mural

Scaffolding went up in Venice on Tuesday to restore a mural by the elusive street artist Banksy that had appeared on the side of a 17th century building in the…

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Pope Leo XIV meets the members of the Rome's local church in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP)

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Pope Leo to Escape Rome’s Summer Heat with July Stay at Castel Gandolfo

As temperatures in Rome swelter this month, reaching more than 35 degrees Celsius (95°F) under the hot Mediterranean sun, Pope Leo has decided to leave town. …

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Madinah Municipality noted that the increase in tree planting supports its broader goals of enhancing the city’s urban landscape and visual identity - SPA

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Madinah Expands Green Cover with Over 230,000 Trees Planted in 2024

In 2024, a total of 237,942 trees were planted in Madinah as part of ongoing efforts to combat desertification, improve vegetation cover, and promote…

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The RMS Titanic sank at 2:20 am Monday morning on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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The Surprising Reason Why There Are No Human Remains in the Titanic

The Titanic, a symbol of hubris and human tragedy, has been a source of fascination for more than 112 years. But the fact is, the sunken ocean liner was…

Asharq Al Awsat (London) Tuesday 17/06 - 07:19

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Grizzly bears are a threat at the G7 summit in Canada. JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

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Electric Fences, Drones, Dogs Protect G7 Leaders from Bear Attack

Electric fences, drones, thermal cameras and police dogs have all been deployed at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies to protect world leaders from hungry…

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