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Arab World The Lebanese government meets under President Joseph Aoun (Lebanese Presidency)
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US Sanctions Target Lebanon’s 'Deep State' Before Washington Security Meeting

The latest US Treasury sanctions on Lebanese and Iranian figures linked to Hezbollah looked less like another routine political measure and more like a direct…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Gulf Security commanders are seen at the press conference in Makkah on Friday (Bashir Saleh)
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Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Allow Practices That Deviate Hajj from its Objectives

Saudi Arabia said it would not allow the Hajj to be used for any activity that strays from its religious purpose, as more than 1.5 million pilgrims arrived…

Omar al-Badwi (Makkah) Ibrahim al-Qurashi (Makkah)
Arab World A woman holds pictures of Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) and Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem (L) while residents of the devastated southern Lebanese border villages protest against the destruction of their villages and being prevented from returning by order of the Israeli army, at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut on April 30, 2026. (AFP)
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Lebanon Not Bound by US Sanctions, No Action Against Officers Yet

Attention in Lebanon is turning to how the state will respond to unprecedented US sanctions that targeted two officers from the army and General Security,…

Asharq Al Awsat (Beirut)
Arab World Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Nabatieh village in southern Lebanon on May 22, 2026. (AFP)
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Israeli Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon Kill 10, Including Paramedics and a Child

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Friday killed 10 people, including six paramedics and a Syrian girl, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, the latest in near…

Rubio Reports ‘Slight Progress’ in Iran Talks as Pakistan Army Chief Renews Mediation Efforts

World United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday, May 22, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS

Rubio Reports ‘Slight Progress’ in Iran Talks as Pakistan Army Chief Renews Mediation Efforts

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that “slight progress” was made during talks with Iran as Pakistan's army chief traveled to Tehran in a renewed…

Asharq Al Awsat
World Italian members of the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive at the Fiumicino Airport in Rome on Thursday, May 21, 2026, after they were released and deported by the Israeli government after attempting to reach Gaza. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
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Freed Gaza Flotilla Activists Allege Israeli Abuse Including Rape

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organizers said on Friday, with…

World French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he waits Quebec Premier Christine Frechette before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP)
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French Investigators Searched Presidential Palace in Graft Probe

French investigators have searched the Elysee presidential palace as part of a probe into alleged favoritism and corruption, prosecutors said Friday, after a…

Ukraine Hits College in Russian-Occupied Town, Killing 6

22 May 2026, Ukraine, Starobelsk: Emergency workers search through the rubble of the dormitory of the Starobelsk Professional College, part of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University, which was hit and destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Starobelsk. (Alexander Reka/TASS via ZUMA Press/dpa)

EU Moves to Sanction Iran over Hormuz Blockade

Traffic through Hormuz, a vital global shipping conduit, has come under Iranian control since the outbreak of war with Israel and the United States on February 28. (Photo by AFP) /

Netherlands to Ban Imports from Israel's Jewish Settlements

The Neve Yaakov settlement north of East Jerusalem, with the Israeli wall visible separating the Palestinian neighborhood of al-Ram in the West Bank (AFP). 

Italy, France, UK, Germany Urge Israel to End Settlement Expansion

A view of the new Jewish settlers’ outpost erected on the outskirts of the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on March 12, 2026.(Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

Israel Orders UN Food Agency to Cut Ties with Turkish NGO in Gaza

A Palestinian girl walks past a toddler playing among makeshift shelters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 21, 2026. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

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Idris Al-Ridah, center, weeps as he prays during the funeral of his son Mohammed, who was killed in an explosion caused by war remnants while playing with other children in the village of Abu Habbah in eastern Idlib countryside, in Abu Habbah, Syria, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP)

A Grieving Father Buries His 6-Year-Old After a Land Mine Kills 3 Children in Syria’s Idlib

Kegham Djeghalian, whose work is on display in the French city of Marseille, opened Gaza's first ever photo studio in 1944 © MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP

Archives Interrupted: Vintage Pics Show Gaza 'We No Longer Know'

Naval vessels at Yanbu port on the Red Sea (SPA) 

Saudi Oil Pipeline Boosts Exports 37.4%, Trade Surplus Hits Highest Since 2022

King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) (Middle East) 

Ashmore: Institutional Liquidity is Reshaping Saudi Market

(FILES) This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

'Dread': Coral Scientists Fear Bleaching El Nino Could Bring

A camp housing displaced people from southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs on the Lebanese capital’s waterfront (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Beirut Plan to Organize the Displaced Ends in Waterfront Camp

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World's Outer Appearance and Inner Reality in the Eyes of Iran's Leaders

Mishary Dhayidi
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Do All Roads Lead to Beijing?

Amir Taheri
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The UK-GCC Free Trade Agreement Has Concluded. And This is Just the Beginning.

Sarah Mooney
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What Tehran May Be Overlooking

Suleiman Jawda
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Sudan… After Three Years of War

Dr. Jebril El-Abidi
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A Truce Worse than War

Samir Atallah
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Iran's Iraqi Front

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
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Lebanon in the Lens of Structural Theory

Antoine Douaihy
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Putin in China... Pragmatism, Not Ideology

Emile Ameen
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Peace, War, and the Lost Certainty

Amr el-Shobaki
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Saudi Arabia: The Fruits of the Vision in Times of Chaos

Yousef Al-Dayni
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On the ‘State’ and the ‘Resistance’

Hazem Saghieh
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Security commanders are seen at the press conference in Makkah on Friday (Bashir Saleh)

Saudi Arabia Says Will Not Allow Practices That Deviate Hajj from its Objectives

Omar al-Badwi (Makkah) Ibrahim al-Qurashi (Makkah)

Saudi, Pakistani Interior Ministers Discuss Security Cooperation

Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)

Saudi Leadership Congratulates Yemen on Unity Day

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)

42,000 Iraqi Pilgrims Arrive in Makkah

Muslim pilgrims at the Grand Mosque complex, ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, May 22, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Saudi Interior Minister Reviews Readiness of Hajj Security Forces for Hajj Season

Saudi Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz reviewed the readiness of the Hajj Security Forces. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Condemns Explosion near Syrian Defense Ministry in Damascus

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The Lebanese government meets under President Joseph Aoun (Lebanese Presidency)

US Sanctions Target Lebanon’s 'Deep State' Before Washington Security Meeting

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)

Lebanon Not Bound by US Sanctions, No Action Against Officers Yet

A woman holds pictures of Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) and Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem (L) while residents of the devastated southern Lebanese border villages protest against the destruction of their villages and being prevented from returning by order of the Israeli army, at Martyrs’ Square in central Beirut on April 30, 2026. (AFP)

Israeli Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon Kill 10, Including Paramedics and a Child

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the Nabatieh village in southern Lebanon on May 22, 2026. (AFP)

Syria Signs Deal with CMA CGM to Operate Two Dry Ports, State Media Says

A shipping container belonging to CMA CGM passes through the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Israel Orders UN Food Agency to Cut Ties with Turkish NGO in Gaza

A Palestinian girl walks past a toddler playing among makeshift shelters in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 21, 2026. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, but both sides have alleged frequent violations. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

Lebanon Army Says Soldiers Loyal after US Sanctions One over Alleged Hezbollah Links

Lebanese army members stand on a military vehicle during a Lebanese army media tour, to review the army's operations in the southern Litani sector, in Alma Al-Shaab, near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, November 28, 2025. (Reuters)

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Italian members of the Global Sumud Flotilla arrive at the Fiumicino Airport in Rome on Thursday, May 21, 2026, after they were released and deported by the Israeli government after attempting to reach Gaza. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

Freed Gaza Flotilla Activists Allege Israeli Abuse Including Rape

Ebola Risk Now at Highest Level in DR Congo, Says WHO

Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen at the hospital in Rwampara on May 21, 2026. (AFP)

Ukraine Hits College in Russian-Occupied Town, Killing 6

22 May 2026, Ukraine, Starobelsk: Emergency workers search through the rubble of the dormitory of the Starobelsk Professional College, part of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University, which was hit and destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Starobelsk. (Alexander Reka/TASS via ZUMA Press/dpa)

French Investigators Searched Presidential Palace in Graft Probe

French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he waits Quebec Premier Christine Frechette before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP)

EU Moves to Sanction Iran over Hormuz Blockade

Traffic through Hormuz, a vital global shipping conduit, has come under Iranian control since the outbreak of war with Israel and the United States on February 28. (Photo by AFP) /

Rubio Reports ‘Slight Progress’ in Iran Talks as Pakistan Army Chief Renews Mediation Efforts

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a signing ceremony on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, Friday, May 22, 2026. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/Pool via REUTERS

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A farmer works in his wheat field in the Sebt Meghchouch region of Morocco, on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)

Morocco Farmers Saw Hope in Rain, but Mideast War Inflates Production Costs

Asharq Al Awsat

Dollar Nears Six-week High; Mixed Signals on US-Iran Deal Feed Uncertainty

US dollar banknotes (Reuters)

Gold Set for Weekly Loss as Oil-driven Inflation Fears Boost Rate-hike Bets

A gold bar inside a jewelry shop in the Gold Market on Al-Moez Street in Old Cairo (Reuters)

Supply Minister: Egypt Plans Global Grain Hub

A man shows grain in his wheat product on this family's land in Tulia, Texas, US, May 13, 2026. REUTERS/Annie Rice

Morocco's Inflation Rate Rises to 1.7% in April

A farmer works in his wheat field in the Sebt Meghchouch region of Morocco, on April 28, 2026. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)

UK Retail Sales Drop by Most in Nearly a Year as Drivers Buy Less Fuel

FILE PHOTO: An out of use sign hangs from a nozzle of an unleaded petrol pump on the forecourt of an Asda petrol station in Bethnal Green, London, Britain, March 27, 2026 REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo

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French Artist Begins Giant ‘Cave’ Art Inflation Over Paris’ Oldest Bridge

Culture People walk along the Seine river next to "The Pont Neuf Cave," an inflated art installation by French street artist JR, on Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, Thursday, May 21, 2026, which will be open to the public from June 6-28. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French Artist Begins Giant ‘Cave’ Art Inflation Over Paris’ Oldest Bridge

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun to vanish this week, as the artist JR — who is known as the “French Banksy” — began inflating a giant “cave” over the Pont…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture The 'Winston Churchill: The Painter' exhibition opens on Saturday at the Wallace Collection in London. Justin TALLIS / AFP
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Winston Churchill's 'Playful' Paintings Go on Show in London

As Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill was known for his stirring speeches, but a new London exhibition explores another side to his creativity -- as a…

Asharq Al Awsat
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Saudi Heritage Commission Discovers Abbasid-Era Gold Jewelry in Qassim

Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission announced the discovery of a collection of Abbasid-era gold jewelry at the archaeological site of Diriyyah in Qassim Region…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Culture The House of Islamic Arts in Jeddah marked International Museum Day 2026 with a special exhibition offering visitors a cultural journey into the past. (SPA)
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Jeddah’s House of Islamic Arts Marks International Museum Day 2026

The House of Islamic Arts in Jeddah marked International Museum Day 2026 with a special exhibition offering visitors a cultural journey into the past. The…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture A number of private museum owners in Jazan stressed that these museums are no longer limited to preserving and displaying heritage collections - SPA
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Private Museums in Jazan Offer a Window into the Region's Cultural Past

Private museums in Jazan Region are reintroducing local memory through a contemporary cultural vision by preserving collections and artifacts documenting…

Asharq Al Awsat

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Success Fuels Guardiola’s Campaign for a ‘Better Society’

Sports Pep Guardiola giving a speech on Palestine in Barcelona earlier this year. (Getty Images)

Success Fuels Guardiola’s Campaign for a ‘Better Society’

Pep Guardiola is more than a football manager, using his high-profile platform to highlight causes close to his heart. Legendary Liverpool manager Bill…

Sports 25 April 2026, United Kingdom, Liverpool: Liverpool's Mohamed Salah with manager Arne Slot after being substituted during the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire/dpa
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Slot Says He and Salah Want 'What’s Best for Liverpool' before Brentford Finale

Liverpool manager Arne Slot said on Friday that he and Mohamed Salah both care about the club's success after the Egyptian questioned their style of play in a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Brentford - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - May 9, 2026 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrates after the match REUTERS/Chris Radburn/File Photo
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Guardiola to Step Down after Glittering Decade at Man City

Pep Guardiola confirmed Friday what Manchester City fans had been fearing. The club’s most successful manager is leaving, bringing to a close a trophy-laden,…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Sports (FILES) Manchester United's English interim head coach Michael Carrick applauds fans on the pitch after their final home appearance in the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 17, 2026. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP)
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Carrick to Continue as Man United Head Coach Until 2028

Manchester United have appointed Michael Carrick as their permanent manager on a contract until 2028, the Premier League club said on Friday, rewarding the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Sports Real Madrid's head coach Alvaro Arbeloa attends a press conference in Madrid, Spain, 22 May 2026. EPA/Javier Lizon
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Real Madrid Coach Alvaro Arbeloa Says Will Leave Post

Alvaro Arbeloa confirmed Friday he would leave his role as Real Madrid coach at the end of a trophyless season. "Yes," Arbeloa said at a press conference…

Asharq Al Awsat

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Giant Wind Turbine Rises in Germany amid Far-right Headwinds

Varieties Conventional wind turbines are seen behind houses in Schipkau, eastern Germany on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)

Giant Wind Turbine Rises in Germany amid Far-right Headwinds

A wind turbine billed as the world's tallest is rising in eastern Germany, winning praise as a beacon for a clean, green energy future and headwinds from the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties Vietnamese real estate developer Truong My Lan in court (AP file photo)
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Vietnam Auctions Convicted Tycoon's Luxury Handbags for Over $500k

A pair of luxury Hermes handbags that once belonged to a jailed Vietnamese property tycoon sold at auction for more than $500,000, state media reported, as the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties Climbers walk in a long queue as they head to summit Mount Everest in the Solukhumbu district, also known as the Everest region, Nepal, May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Purnima Shrestha
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British Climber Summits Everest for Record 20th Time, 2 Die on Mountain

A Briton improved his own Everest record on Friday and notched his 20th ascent to the world’s highest peak, as two Indian climbers died on the mountain, taking…

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Varieties (FILES) The Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
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SpaceX Scrubs Launch of Upgraded Starship from Texas, to Retry Friday

SpaceX on Thursday scrubbed the launch of its 12th Starship rocket from Texas and said it will attempt the high-stakes test flight again on Friday, as Elon…

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Varieties (FILES) This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)
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'Dread': Coral Scientists Fear Bleaching El Nino Could Bring

The arrival of a potentially powerful El Nino weather system this year could devastate coral reefs around the world already weakened by back-to-back rounds of…

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