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World US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff looks on during a swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 06 May 2025. (EPA)

US Envoy Calls Enrichment ‘Red Line’ Ahead of New Iran Talks

The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman ahead of a visit to the region by Donald Trump, whose key negotiator staked…

Arab World  A picture taken near Israel's border with Gaza shows smoke billowing in the besieged Palestinian territory on May 8, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (AFP)

Hamas Releases Video of Two Israeli Hostages Alive in Gaza

Hamas's armed wing released a video on Saturday showing two Israeli hostages alive in the Gaza Strip, with one of the two men calling to end the 19-month-long…

Arab World  Newly appointed German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul gestures during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP)

Berlin Says Situation in Gaza ‘Unbearable’, Calls for Ceasefire

Germany's new top diplomat Johann Wadephul called on Saturday for "serious discussions for a ceasefire" in Gaza, where the humanitarian situation "is now…

World People in Kinshasa’s Pompage district after the Congo River overflowed. (AFP/Getty Images file)

Floods in Eastern DR Congo Kill More Than 100

Raging floods rushing through a village during the night killed more than 100 people, many of them children as they slept, in the east of the Democratic…

India and Pakistan Agree to Immediate Ceasefire after US Diplomacy

World A resident looks at his damaged house after cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India, in the Jura sector in Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 10, 2025. (AFP)

India and Pakistan Agree to Immediate Ceasefire after US Diplomacy

Nuclear-armed neighbors India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after US pressure and diplomacy, announcing a sudden stop to a conflict that had…


Arab World  A UN worker and displaced Palestinians stand amid the rubble of an UNRWA school-turned-shelter, heavily damaged in an overnight Israeli strike in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 10, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli Airstrikes Kill 23 in Gaza as Outcry over Aid Blockade Grows

Israeli airstrikes overnight and into Saturday killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, including three children and their parents whose tent was bombed in…

World From left, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska Olena Zelenska, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stand at the memorial of fallen Ukrainian soldiers at independence square during a ceremony for 80th anniversary of VE Day in a memorial park in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP)

Ukraine and Its Allies Push for a 30-Day Ceasefire Starting Monday

Leaders from four major European countries threatened to ratchet up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he does not accept an unconditional 30-day…

Diriyah Art Futures, Schiattarella Associati Inaugurate 'The Light Footprint' Exhibition in Venice

Culture The Light Footprint exhibition is hosted at Venice's Querini Stampalia Foundation. (SPA)

Diriyah Art Futures, Schiattarella Associati Inaugurate 'The Light Footprint' Exhibition in Venice

The Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), the MENA region's first New Media Arts hub, inaugurated on Thursday "The Light Footprint," an exhibition in…


Culture Saudi Arabia Takes Part in Doha International Book Fair 2025

Saudi Arabia Takes Part in Doha International Book Fair 2025

Saudi Arabia, represented by the Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission, participated n Thursday in the 34th edition of the Doha International Book…

Culture Art restorers work on Gustave Courbet's painting titled "A Burial at Ornans" (Un enterrement a Ornans), created between 1849 and 1850, at the Orsay Museum in Paris on May 7, 2025. (AFP)

Paris' Orsay Museum Opens up the Wonders of Art Restoration to the Public Gaze

As they painstakingly scrape grime off a monumental painting by French artist Gustave Courbet, the restorers do a remarkable job of ignoring their unusual…

Culture Through a curated cultural program, the ministry will highlight the diversity of Saudi culture and its contemporary creative renaissance

Saudi Culture Ministry to Feature at Venice Architecture Biennale 2025

The Saudi Ministry of Culture is set to host a comprehensive program of cultural events at the Abbazia building in Venice, Italy, from May 10 to November 23…

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Culture The agreement outlines key areas of cooperation, including joint exhibitions in art and archaeology, long-term loans, strategic cultural projects, and capacity building through training and residencies

Saudi Museums Commission, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation to Deepen Museum Collaboration

The Saudi Museums Commission, one of the eleven sector-specific commissions under the Ministry of Culture, and Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation …

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Swiatek’s Struggles Continue as Title Defense in Rome Ended by Collins

Sports  Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts during the women's singles match against US' Danielle Collins of the WTA Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome on May 10, 2025. (AFP)

Swiatek’s Struggles Continue as Title Defense in Rome Ended by Collins

Holder Iga Swiatek crashed out of the Italian Open to American Danielle Collins after a 6-1 7-5 third-round loss on Saturday in a major upset that will cost…


Sports  Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gives a press conference on the eve of the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF, at Real Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas, in the outskirts of Madrid, on May 10, 2025. (AFP)

Ancelotti Says Alonso Has ‘All Doors Open’ amid Speculation Ex-midfielder Will Succeed Him at Madrid

Carlo Ancelotti says that Xabi Alonso has “all the doors open" for a move to a big club with speculation building that the former Real Madrid midfielder is set…

Sports MotoGP - French Grand Prix - Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France - May 10, 2025 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP's Fabio Quartararo celebrates after qualifying in pole position. (Reuters)

Quartararo Breaks Lap Record on Home Soil to Take French GP Pole

Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo smashed the lap record in front of a sellout crowd at Le Mans on Saturday as the Frenchman snatched pole position from Ducati's Marc…

Sports Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta. Glyn KIRK / AFP

Arteta Wants Arsenal to Use Liverpool Guard of Honor as Title Fuel

Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the frustration of having to give champions Liverpool a guard of honor on Sunday as fuel to win the Premier League title…

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Sports Australia's coach Graham Arnold watches his players during the Asian Cup Group B soccer match between Australia and Uzbekistan at Al Janoub Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP)

Iraq Hires Former Australia Boss Graham Arnold as Head Coach

Iraq hired former Australia boss Graham Arnold as head coach of its national team on Friday. Arnold quit as coach of Australia in September after six years…


Soviet-era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth after 53 Years Stuck in Orbit

Varieties FILE - This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe in May 2016. (J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP)

Soviet-era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth after 53 Years Stuck in Orbit

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and…

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Varieties A picture taken on May 10, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a building storing pool cleaning products, in the coastal city of Vilanova i la Geltru, south of Barcelona. (AFP)

Toxic Cloud Forces 160,000 Spaniards to Stay Inside after Fire

Around 160,000 people in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region were warned to stay inside on Saturday after a fire at an industrial estate caused a toxic cloud…

Varieties Meridah Nandudu, Bayaaya specialty coffee ltd founder, holds fried roasted coffee beans in Mbale, Uganda, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

In Coffee-Producing Uganda, an Emerging Sisterhood Wants More Women Involved

Meridah Nandudu envisioned a coffee sisterhood in Uganda, and the strategy for expanding it was simple: Pay a higher price per kilogram when a female grower…

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Varieties This photo provided by researcher Jane Greaves shows the planet Venus, seen from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Akatsuki probe in May 2016. (J. Greaves/Cardiff University/JAXA via AP)

Soviet-Era Spacecraft Is Expected to Plummet to Earth This Weekend after 53 Years

A half-ton Soviet spacecraft that never made it to Venus 53 years ago is expected to fall back to Earth this weekend. Built to land on the solar system's…

Varieties People wait outside a closed metro station, during a blackout in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP)

After Spain’s Blackout, Questions About Renewable Energy Are Back 

The massive power outage that hit the Iberian peninsula on April 28 has reignited a debate in Spain over the country's plan to phase out its nuclear reactors…