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Arab World Smoke billows after a drone strike on the port of Port Sudan on May 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Sudan’s Paramilitary Unleashes Drones on Key Targets in Port Sudan

Sudan’s paramilitary unleashed drones on the Red Sea city of Port Sudan early Tuesday, hitting key targets there, including the airport, the port and a hotel,…

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World People inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra province, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/M.Sulthan Azzam)

At Least 12 Dead in Indonesia Bus Crash

A bus carrying 34 passengers sped out of control on a downhill road and overturned in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people…

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World Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel banner showing numerous locations in Israel as a Yemeni dagger (jambiya) with writing in Farsi reading: "All targets are within range, Yemeni missiles for now!", and in Hebrew "All targets are within reach, we will choose", at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Huge Dust Storm Sweeps Into Iran, Affecting Millions

Iranian authorities ordered schools and offices closed in seven western provinces Tuesday as a dust storm swept in from neighboring Iraq, with around 13…

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Arab World Palestinian children head to a water distribution point to fill their containers in Gaza City. Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Gazans Struggling to Survive as Israel Plans for 'Conquest'

Israel's plan for the "conquest" of Gaza has sparked renewed fears, but for many of the territory's residents, the most immediate threat to their lives remains…

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Hamas Says No Point in Further Gaza Truce Talks

Arab World FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian man inspects the house where Palestinian newlywed Hala Zaarab was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Hamas Says No Point in Further Gaza Truce Talks

A senior Hamas official said Tuesday the group was no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel's …

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Arab World People gather at a site damaged by Israeli airstrike that killed Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a commemoration ceremony in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon November 30, 2024. Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo 

New Reports Reveal Details of Hassan Nasrallah’s Assassination

Several Israeli reports revealed last week new information about the assassination of former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, saying the Joe Biden…

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World Bangladesh slashed tuberculosis deaths from more than 81,000 a year in 2010 to 44,000 in 2023, according to the World Health Organization. Salahuddin Ahmed / AFP

US Aid Cuts Push Bangladesh's Health Sector to the Edge

Bangladesh hoped to celebrate progress towards eradicating tuberculosis this year, having already slashed the numbers dying from the preventable and curable…

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Saudi Royal Institute of Traditional Arts, Namaa Almunawara to Promote Traditional Arts

Culture The agreement aims to enhance cooperation in the fields of supporting traditional arts. SPA

Saudi Royal Institute of Traditional Arts, Namaa Almunawara to Promote Traditional Arts

The Royal Institute of Traditional Arts (Wrth) and Namaa Almunawara have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the institute's headquarters…

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Culture The program aims to raise awareness of AlUla’s linguistic heritage. SPA

AlUla Languages Institute Launches Reviving Ancient Languages Program

The AlUla Languages Institute, affiliated with the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), launched the Reviving Ancient Languages Program. The program aims to…

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Culture The initiative seeks to enhance the urban landscape in a sustainable and balanced manner

RCMC Launches ‘Makkah and Holy Sites Architecture’ to Preserve Heritage

The Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites (RCMC) officially launched the “Makkah and Holy Sites Architecture” initiative on Sunday, aimed at…

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Culture The Harf competition is designed to highlight the beauty of the Arabic language

King Salman Arabic Academy Launches Harf Arabic Language Competition

The King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language launched the third edition of the Harf competition for non-Arabic-speaking students, an initiative aimed at…

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Culture  An archaeologist uses a hose to water the keel of the medieval ship, preserving the wood after its discovery during excavation work at a former fish market, at the construction of car park, in Barcelona, Spain April 28, 2025. (Reuters)

Dig in Spanish Former Fish Market Reveals Medieval Maritime Treasure

Archaeologists digging up a former fish market in Barcelona in northeast Spain have discovered the wreck of a ship that may have sunk about 500 years ago. …

Bayern Keeper Urbig Eyes Another Title after Winning Bundesliga

Sports Munich's Jonas Urbig reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between RB Leipzig and Bayern Munich in Leipzig, Germany, 03 May 2025. EPA/Filip Singer

Bayern Keeper Urbig Eyes Another Title after Winning Bundesliga

Bayern Munich keeper Jonas Urbig celebrated his first Bundesliga title on Sunday with his team sitting eight points clear at the top with two games left to…

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Sports (FILES) Liverpool fans stand outside unable to get in in time leading to the match being delayed prior to the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on May 28, 2022. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP)

French Minister Apologizes to Liverpool Fans for 2022 Champions League Final Blame

France's former interior minister Gerald Darmanin has apologized to Liverpool fans for wrongly blaming them for the chaos at the Stade de France during the…

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Sports Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard. Glyn KIRK / AFP

Odegaard: Arsenal Must 'Stick Together' in PSG Showdown

Martin Odegaard has urged Arsenal to "stick together" after their recent failures as they aim to defy the odds in Wednesday's decisive Champions League semi…

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Sports Milan's head coach Sergio Conceicao (R) celebrates with goalkeeper Mike Maignan (C) after winning the Italian Serie A soccer match between Genoa CFC and AC Milan, in Genoa, Italy, 05 May 2025.  EPA/LUCA ZENNARO

Milan Clinch 2-1 Win with Two Quick-fire Goals in Rainy Genoa Clash

AC Milan secured a 2-1 victory over Genoa in a rainy Monday Serie A clash, with a rapid second-half turnaround driven by Rafael Leao's equalizer and an own…

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Sports  Tennis - Italian Open - Jannik Sinner Press Conference - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 5, 2025 Italy's Jannik Sinner gestures during a TV interview after the press conference. (Reuters)

Sinner Details the Loss and Confusion He Felt after Accepting Doping Ban

Jannik Sinner has said he was lost and confused after receiving a three-month doping ban in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency in February. The…


Spain Foreign Tourist Numbers Break Record in Early 2025

Varieties FILE PHOTO: Tourists tour along the Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) on a hot summer day in Ronda, Spain July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

Spain Foreign Tourist Numbers Break Record in Early 2025

Spain welcomed a record 17 million foreign tourists in the first three months of 2025 as the buoyant sector drives an economy outshining European peers,…

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Varieties Boats sail on a canal as flags of EU, Italy and Venice fly at half-mast at the building of Veneto Regional Council to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis in Venice on April 22, 2025. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

Venice Is Sinking… But Italian Engineer Suggests Plan to Lift the City

It’s the “floating city” but also the sinking city. In the past century, Venice has subsided by around 25 centimeters, or nearly 10 inches, CNN reported. …

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Varieties 01 May 2025, Nepal, Kathmandu: A domestic aircraft descends over the Kathmandu Valley as snow-capped mountain ranges appear faintly in the distance under a rain-laden sky. Photo: Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

American Climber Dies on World's Fifth-highest Peak in Nepal

An American mountaineer died on Mount Makalu in eastern Nepal during a climb to raise funds for a children's cancer program, officials said on Tuesday, the…

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Varieties A welcome sign stands at the entrance of the city of Reedsburg, Wis., in July 2020. (Erica Dynes/Reedsburg Times-Press via AP)

Woman who Disappeared from Wisconsin More Than 6 Decades Ago Found Safe

Sixty-two years ago, Audrey Backeberg disappeared from a small city in south-central Wisconsin after reportedly hitchhiking with her family’s babysitter and…

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Varieties (FILES) A student uses his phone in Melbourne on November 27, 2024. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

New Zealand PM Proposes Banning Under-16s from Social Media

New Zealand's prime minister on Tuesday proposed banning children under 16 from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech…

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