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Saudi Defenses Destroy 7 Ballistic Missiles, 22 Drones

Official spokesman of the Saudi Defense Ministry Turki al-Malki announced on Wednesday that the Kingdom intercepted and destroyed six ballistic missiles that…

World People walk past closed shops at the nearly empty Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP)
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Iran Police Chief Says Anti-Government Protesters Treated as ‘Enemies’

Iranian protesters will be treated as enemies if they support Tehran's foes, the country's top police officer warned, as the Middle East war sparked fears mass…

Arab World Emergency services inspect the damage after an Israeli strike targeted an apartment at a building in the Aisha Bakkar neighborhood, Beirut, Lebanon, 11 March 2026. (EPA)
Arab World

Israel Strikes Apartment Building in Central Beirut

An Israeli strike hit an apartment in central Beirut on Wednesday, state media reported, the second targeting of the heart of the Lebanese capital since the…

Gulf Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his German counterpart Johann Wadephul meet in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)
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Saudi FM Discusses Iranian Attacks with Rubio, Wadephul

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held a phone call with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday to discuss the…

Iran Launches New Attacks Targeting Israel as It Seeks to Ramp up Pressure on US

World 10 March 2026, Iran, Tehran: Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) rescue teams work at the site of a building damaged in a US-Israeli airstrike in Resalat Square. (dpa)

Iran Launches New Attacks Targeting Israel as It Seeks to Ramp up Pressure on US

Iran launched new attacks on Tuesday at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it kept up pressure on the Middle East in a war started by Israel and the United…

Features Palestinian patients sit in wheelchairs in the courtyard of the Red Crescent Hospital in Khan Younis while waiting to leave for treatment (AFP)
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Gaza Patients Face Death Again as Rafah Crossing Stays Closed

Patients and wounded in Gaza are facing increasingly harsh conditions after Israeli authorities again closed the Rafah land crossing, which had been partially…

Asharq Al Awsat (Gaza)
Arab World Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 10 March 2026. (EPA)
Arab World

Israeli Strikes Hit Near Beirut as Envoy Says Disarming Hezbollah Could End War

Israel's military pounded the Lebanese capital's southern suburbs with air strikes on Tuesday and its troops pushed deeper into the country's south, as an…

UN Warns Hormuz Standstill Will Hit World’s Most Vulnerable

The Parnassos crude oil tanker sits anchored as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 10, 2026. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Grants Stranded Syrians, Egyptians Transit Visas

The King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. (SPA)

Lebanese, Syrian Presidents Agree on Tightening Border Control

This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency Press Office shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun giving a joint-press conference with Germany's president at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on February 16, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP)

Sudan Urges US to Designate RSF a Terrorist Group

RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo speaks during a press conference at RSF headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan February 19, 2023. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Affirms Its Full Right to Take all Necessary Measures to Protect its Security, Territorial Integrity

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - SPA

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Members of Kataeb Hezbollah attend the funeral in Baghdad of comrades killed in a strike on the Syrian border (file photo – Reuters)

Iraqi Judiciary Signals Action Against Factions Over Embassy Attacks

Two women look at the sea as boxes of food prepared for Iftar during Ramadan lie on a bench along the Corniche, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 10, 2026. (Reuters)

Lebanon’s Latest Conflict Brings Rare Public Backlash Against Hezbollah as War Flares Again

Rockets are launched from Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, amid escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 10, 2026. (Reuters)

Report: Hezbollah Returns to Guerrilla Roots, Awaits Israeli Invasion

Smoke rises after an air strike in central Tehran, Iran, 10 March 2026. (EPA)

Iran Bets on Long War to Wear Down Trump’s US, Say Experts

Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. (Qatari Foreign Ministry)

Qatar Says Iran Must Halt Attacks before Any Talks

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Between the Delusions of Ideology and Desperation

Sam Menassa
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The War to Change Features

Ghassan Charbel
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The End of Iran as a Military Power

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed
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The Arabs Prioritize Development

Fahid Suleiman al-Shoqiran
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Washington and Europe… A Rupture Confirmed by War

Jumah Boukleb
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Tehran Chooses the Samson Option

Amir Taheri
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Where Did Iran Go Wrong?

Osman Mirghani
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War, Oil, and Turbulence?

Huda al-Husseini
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Iran’s Actions Are Antithetical to a Solution

Amr el-Shobaki
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What Does Iran Have Left After This Major Confrontation?

Jumah Boukleb
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No Priority Is Above Saving Lebanese Lives

Hanna Saleh
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The Sin of Misinterpreting the Constitution

Faiq Zaidan
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Official spokesman of the Saudi Defense Ministry Turki al-Malki. (SPA)

Saudi Defenses Destroy 7 Ballistic Missiles, 22 Drones

Saudi FM Discusses Iranian Attacks with Rubio, Wadephul

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his German counterpart Johann Wadephul meet in Riyadh on Tuesday. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Grants Stranded Syrians, Egyptians Transit Visas

The King Fahd Causeway linking Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Affirms Its Full Right to Take all Necessary Measures to Protect its Security, Territorial Integrity

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - SPA

Qatar Says Iran Must Halt Attacks before Any Talks

Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari. (Qatari Foreign Ministry)

King of Bahrain: We Are Keen on Bolstering Ties with Our Surroundings

King Hamad hailed the dedicated and valuable efforts of the RBAF servicemen. (BNA)

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Members of Kataeb Hezbollah attend the funeral in Baghdad of comrades killed in a strike on the Syrian border (file photo – Reuters)

Iraqi Judiciary Signals Action Against Factions Over Embassy Attacks

Fadhel al-Nashmi (Baghdad)

Israel Strikes Apartment Building in Central Beirut

Emergency services inspect the damage after an Israeli strike targeted an apartment at a building in the Aisha Bakkar neighborhood, Beirut, Lebanon, 11 March 2026. (EPA)

Sudan Urges US to Designate RSF a Terrorist Group

RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo speaks during a press conference at RSF headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan February 19, 2023. (Reuters)

Israeli Strikes Hit Near Beirut as Envoy Says Disarming Hezbollah Could End War

Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 10 March 2026. (EPA)

Lebanese, Syrian Presidents Agree on Tightening Border Control

This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency Press Office shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun giving a joint-press conference with Germany's president at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on February 16, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP)

Report: Hezbollah Returns to Guerrilla Roots, Awaits Israeli Invasion

Rockets are launched from Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, amid escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 10, 2026. (Reuters)

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People walk past closed shops at the nearly empty Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP)

Iran Police Chief Says Anti-Government Protesters Treated as ‘Enemies’

UN Warns Hormuz Standstill Will Hit World’s Most Vulnerable

The Parnassos crude oil tanker sits anchored as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 10, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel Says Iran Hacked Security Cameras

People exercise on the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, 10 March 2026. (EPA)

Israeli Army Says Half of Iranian Missiles Have Cluster Munitions

An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies toward Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, March 9, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel Not Seeking Endless War with Iran, Foreign Minister Says

10 March 2026, Israel, Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, attends a joint press conference with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, at the Foreign Ministry in Tel Aviv. (dpa)

Putin Urges ‘De-Escalation’ in Call with Iranian President

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, arrive at a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 17, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

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An Exxon gas station sign in Dallas, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

CEO: Exxon Evacuated Non-essential Middle East Staff

Asharq Al Awsat (Houston)

EU Opposes Removing Oil Sanctions on Russia to Cool Energy Prices

Pumpjacks operated by Aera Energy work the wells at the Midway-Sunset field near Taft in Kern County, California, on March 8, 2026. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Airlines Hike Ticket Prices as Iran War Propels Fuel Costs

A Qantas logo is visible on the tail of an airplane at an airport in Sydney, Australia, September 18, 2025. (Reuters)

Aramco Sees ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ for Oil Markets if Hormuz Strait Remains Blocked

President and CEO of Saudi's Aramco, Amin Nasser, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia October 29, 2024. (Reuters)

Saudi Economy Records Strongest Growth in Two Years in 2025

The Saudi capital, Riyadh (Reuters) 

Aramco Bolsters Global Oil Market Stability Amid Rising Regional Tensions

Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2024. (Reuters)

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Saudi Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission Launches Pavilion at London Book Fair

Culture The commission's participation aims to promote Saudi literary and intellectual output while showcasing the rapid development of the literature, publishing, and translation sectors in the Kingdom. (SPA)

Saudi Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission Launches Pavilion at London Book Fair

Saudi Arabia’s Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission officially launched the Kingdom’s pavilion at the London Book Fair 2026, held at Olympia…

Culture A visitor looks at the private collection and never previously shown to the public painting "Portrait de Maffeo Barberini" by Italian master Caravaggio at the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica in the Barberini palace in Rome on November 22, 2024. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP)
Culture

Italy Buys Caravaggio Painting for About $35 Million, One of Its Largest Payouts for a Single Work

Italy has bought a rare portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio for 30 million euros (about $35 million), one of the largest state investments ever for a single…

Culture The mosque is historically linked to the companion Jarir ibn Abdullah Al-Bajali, who embraced Islam in 10 AH - SPA
Culture

Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project Restores 1,400-Year-Old Jarir Al-Bajali Mosque in Taif

The Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for the Development of Historical Mosques has completed the restoration of Jarir Al-Bajali Mosque in Taif, preserving a…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture The portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini was painted by Italian master Caravaggio when the nobleman born in 1568 was in his 30s © Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP/File
Culture

Italy Buys Rare Caravaggio Portrait for 30 Million Euros

Italy has paid 30 million euros for a Caravaggio painting of the future pope Urban VIII, the culture ministry said Tuesday, a work that will enter the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture A reindeer breaks away from the pack during the Salla Porocup reindeer sprint racing event on the frozen Lake Keselmajarvi in Salla, Finland, March 7, 2026. (AP)
Culture

Reindeer Racing Thrills Spectators in Finland’s Frigid North Near the Russian Border

Traditional reindeer racing that's been delighting spectators for decades in Finland brought hundreds of fans to the Salla Reindeer Cup in the frigid town of…

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Infantino Says Trump Welcomes Iran’s World Cup Participation

Sports 13 July 2025, US, East Rutherford: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the DAZN pre-match interview ahead of the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at Metlife Stadium. (dpa)

Infantino Says Trump Welcomes Iran’s World Cup Participation

FIFA President Gianni Infantino said ‌on Wednesday that he met with United States President Donald Trump, who told him he welcomed Iran’s participation in…

Sports Real Madrid's Spanish coach Alvaro Arbeloa looks on during the Spanish league football match between Celta Vigo and Real Madrid CF at the Balaidos Stadium in Vigo on March 6, 2026. (AFP)
Sports

No Mbappe, No Chance? Real Madrid on Ropes Against Man City

Rarely do record 15-time winners Real Madrid enter a Champions League clash as underdogs, but this is the situation when Manchester City visit the Santiago…

Sports Football - FA Cup - Fifth Round - Wrexham v Chelsea - SToK Racecourse, Wrexham, Britain - March 7, 2026 Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior before the match. (Reuters)
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Rosenior Back in France as Chelsea Face PSG Champions League Challenge

The renewal of Chelsea's rivalry with Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League this week sees Liam Rosenior make a quick return to France, just two months…

Sports Iran team captain Zahra Ghanbari (2-L), Mona Hamoudi (C) and Atefeh Ramazanzadeh (R) react from the bench during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between Iran and Philippines at Gold Coast Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, 08 March 2026. (EPA)
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Five Iran Women Footballers Take Asylum in Australia

Five players from Iran's visiting women's football team claimed asylum in Australia on Tuesday, seeking protection after they were branded "traitors" at home…

Sports Carlos Alcaraz of Spain between serves against Arthur Rinderknech of France in their third round match of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 09, 2026 in Indian Wells, California. (Getty Images/AFP)
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Alcaraz Battles Back to Reach Indian Wells Fourth Round

Carlos Alcaraz had to dig deep to extend his 2026 unbeaten run, rallying from a set and a break down to beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-7 (6/8), 6-3, 6-2 in the…

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North Korea and China to Resume Passenger Train Service After Six-Year Gap

Varieties A North Korean flag flutters from a train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as it arrives in Beijing, China, September 2, 2025. (Reuters)

North Korea and China to Resume Passenger Train Service After Six-Year Gap

South ‌Korea's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that passenger train services between Pyongyang and Beijing are set to resume this week, marking the…

Varieties This picture taken on March 5, 2026 shows former nuclear plant worker Toru Akama playing with a cat during an interview with AFP at his animal shelter in Namie, Fukushima prefecture. (AFP)
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Former Fukushima Worker Devotes Life to Abandoned Pets

Not far from the Fukushima nuclear disaster site, former plant worker Toru Akama tends to dozens of pets abandoned after the catastrophe 15 years ago, work he…

Varieties The sun rises over Panama Bay in Panama City on March 7, 2026. (AFP)
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February Fifth Warmest on Record, Extreme Rain in Europe, Says EU Monitor

The world logged its fifth hottest February on record, with western Europe drenched by extreme rainfall and widespread flooding, the European Union's climate…

Varieties Floors collapse inside the building as fire fighters work at the site of a large fire in Glasgow City center on March 8, 2026. (AFP)
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Glasgow Building Fire Closes Scotland’s Busiest Train Station and Disrupts Rail Services

A major fire in the heart of Glasgow crippled Scottish train services Monday as firefighters worked to douse the blaze that destroyed a four-story building…

Varieties  A drone captured the spectacular caves and arches of A23a in 2023 (British Antarctic Survey) 
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World’s Oldest Icebergs is Nearly at an End

The story of one of the world’s oldest icebergs is nearly at an end, after a breathtaking 40-year journey that has captivated scientists. The iceberg, known…

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