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Arab World A fireball ascends from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 6, 2026. (AFP)
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UN Demands Swift Probe into Israeli Strikes on Lebanon

The United Nations on Friday demanded swift investigations into fatal Israeli strikes across Lebanon to decide if they complied with international law. …

Arab World Smoke rises after an explosion near Erbil International Airport in Erbil on March 6, 2026. (AFP)
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Iraq, Kurds Say Country Not a Launchpad Against Neighbors

The Iraqi government and the autonomous Kurdistan region said Friday that Iraq must not be a launchpad for attacks against neighboring countries, following…

Arab World Displaced residents who fled Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs sit on the floor at the corniche waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon, 06 March 2026. (EPA)
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Norway Aid Group Says Israeli Strikes Have Displaced 300,000 in Lebanon

Aid agency the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Friday that 300,000 people in Lebanon had been forced to flee after Israel launched a wave of evacuation…

Arab World Residents of the southern Lebanese border town of Marjeyoun gather to listen to their priest in the town's churchyard to assert their intention not to leave their homes as directed by the Israeli military earlier this week on March 6, 2026. (AFP)
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In South Lebanon, a Few Villages Defy Israel’s Evacuation Orders

In the basement of a church in Alma al-Shaab, a Lebanese village near the border with Israel, dozens of residents gathered amidst the sound of Israeli bombing,…

Trump Says Only Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Can End War

World Smoke rises after an airstrike in central Tehran, Iran, 06 March 2026. (EPA)

Trump Says Only Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Can End War

President Donald Trump said Friday that only Iran's "unconditional surrender" would bring an end to the Middle East war, as Tehran was rocked by some of the…

World German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)
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Merz Warns Against Iran State Collapse, Refugee Flows

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday the Middle East war must not lead to the collapse of the Iranian state, warning of the impact this would have on…

World An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)
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Israel Army Says Iran Using Cluster Munitions

Israel's military Friday said that Iran had launched cluster bombs "multiple times" since the start of the war that began with a US-Israeli attack on the…

Israel’s Hezbollah Attacks Are Likely to Continue Beyond Iran War, Source Says

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. (Reuters)

Washington Counts on Insurance Guarantees to Keep Hormuz Shipping Flowing

Oil tankers off the coast of Fujairah amid Iran’s pledge to fire on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz (Reuters) 

Lebanese PM Says 'a Humanitarian Disaster is Looming' from Displacement

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam delivers a speech at the Government Palace on Friday evening (Presidency of the Council of Ministers)

Middle East Situation Is ‘Major Humanitarian Emergency’, UN Refugee Agency Says

Children displaced from the southern suburbs of Beirut after the Israeli army's warning prompted residents to evacuate, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, rest at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. (Reuters)

Azerbaijan Says It Is Evacuating Its Diplomats from Iran for Their Own Safety

This image shows damages of a school in Julfa following, what Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry says was a drone attack carried out by Iran, on its exclave of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP)

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An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky seconds before it struck buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. (AP)

This Is How Ukraine Has Countered Russia’s Iran-Designed Drones

A commercial vessel is pictured offshore in Dubai on March 1, 2026. (AFP)

Iran War Chokes Aid Corridors, Obstructing Global Relief Efforts

Syrian military vehicles in the al-Qalamoun region. (SANA)

Syria Assures Lebanon: Border Troop Buildup Is Defensive

Cargo ships and tankers are seen off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on February 25, 2026. (AFP)

Asia Has Limited Options to Diversify from Middle East Energy Reliance

Smoke from intercepted missiles appears in the sky over Doha (EPA). 

Iran Continues Attacks on Gulf States on Sixth Day of War

Delcy Rodriguez (R), the acting president of Venezuela, waves alongside US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum at the end of a meeting in Caracas, Venezuela, 04 March 2026. (EPA)

US, Venezuela Restore Ties as Washington Pushes for Minerals Access

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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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Geological Israel

Hazem Saghieh
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Let Us Prepare for a New Reality!

Eyad Abu Shakra
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The Khamenei Earthquake and the River of Assassinations

Ghassan Charbel
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On the Paris Conference to Support the Lebanese Army

David Schenker
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Five Years of War and No Peace in Sight

Jumah Boukleb
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Smoke from intercepted missiles appears in the sky over Doha (EPA). 

Iran Continues Attacks on Gulf States on Sixth Day of War

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Saudi FM Discusses Regional Developments with Brazilian, Polish Counterparts

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi, UAE Defense Ministers Affirm Full Solidarity against Iranian Aggression

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)

MWL Condemns Iran's Targeting of Türkiye, Azerbaijan

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Arab League to Hold Meeting on Iran’s Attacks on Arab Countries

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)

Current Gulf Conflict a Struggle Over Continuity of the Global System

Smoke rises after an Iranian attack in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (Reuters)

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Smoke rises after an explosion near Erbil International Airport in Erbil on March 6, 2026. (AFP)

Iraq, Kurds Say Country Not a Launchpad Against Neighbors

Kurdish Iranian Dissidents in Iraq Deny Attack Plans but Say They Would Join a US Invasion of Iran

Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP)

UN Demands Swift Probe into Israeli Strikes on Lebanon

A fireball ascends from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 6, 2026. (AFP)

In South Lebanon, a Few Villages Defy Israel’s Evacuation Orders

Residents of the southern Lebanese border town of Marjeyoun gather to listen to their priest in the town's churchyard to assert their intention not to leave their homes as directed by the Israeli military earlier this week on March 6, 2026. (AFP)

Lebanon Death Toll from War Rises to 217 as Israel Presses Strikes

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on March 6, 2026. (AFP)

Norway Aid Group Says Israeli Strikes Have Displaced 300,000 in Lebanon

Displaced residents who fled Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburbs sit on the floor at the corniche waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon, 06 March 2026. (EPA)

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An Iranian missile with cluster munitions flies towards Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in central Israel, March 5, 2026. (Reuters)

Israel Army Says Iran Using Cluster Munitions

Zelensky Visits Frontline Donetsk Region in East Ukraine

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on March 6, 2026, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) posing for a photo with Ukrainian servicemen while visiting the command post of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign near Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Handout / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / AFP)

Merz Warns Against Iran State Collapse, Refugee Flows

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivers a speech during a campaign event of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for the state election of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Stockach, Germany, 06 March 2026. (EPA)

Trump Says Only Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ Can End War

Smoke rises after an airstrike in central Tehran, Iran, 06 March 2026. (EPA)

Moscow, Kyiv Exchange 300 POWs Each, Says Russian Army

Families place portraits their missing or captured relatives and friends before the arrival of released Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) after a prisoners exchange in the Chernigiv region on March 5, 2026. (AFP)

Pakistani, Afghan Border Forces Clash as UN Says War Displaces 100,000

A view of damage caused by Afghan-Pakistan border clashes near the Torkham border in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, 05 March 2026. (EPA)

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Oil tankers off the coast of Fujairah amid Iran’s pledge to fire on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz (Reuters) 

Washington Counts on Insurance Guarantees to Keep Hormuz Shipping Flowing

Fatehalrahman Youssef (Riyadh)

World Food Prices Rebound in February, United Nations’ FAO Says

A volunteer arranges iftar meals for Muslim devotees during the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karachi on February 27, 2026. (AFP)

Asia Has Limited Options to Diversify from Middle East Energy Reliance

Cargo ships and tankers are seen off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Emirate on February 25, 2026. (AFP)

Fitch: Saudi Banks Well-Buffered Against Regional Tensions

The King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh. (SPA)

Lagarde: ECB Has No Pre-set Response to Mideast Tensions

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde delivers the 2026 Annual Global Risk Lecture in honor of Robert Mundell, at Johns Hopkins University, in Bologna, Italy, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Michele Lapini

Rising Fuel Prices Lash Airline Sector as Iran Conflict Widens

An Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft that has remained parked at the airport after the flight was cancelled, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, March 5, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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Michelangelo’s Works Hidden in ‘Secret Room’, Researcher Says

Culture Pedestrians walk past the Basilica of Santa Agnese Outside the Walls as a marble bust is displayed inside after being identified as a work by Michelangelo Buonarroti after centuries without attribution, following a decade of archival research by Italian researcher Valentina Salerno in Rome on March 4, 2026. (AFP)

Michelangelo’s Works Hidden in ‘Secret Room’, Researcher Says

Renaissance artist Michelangelo ordered many of his artworks to be hidden by his pupils in a secret room to protect them for posterity, an Italian researcher…

Culture Following its inclusion in the project in 2022, the mosque's area was expanded to 293 square meters - SPA
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Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project Restores Al-Hawza Mosque in Aseer

The Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for the Development of Historical Mosques is rehabilitating Al-Hawza Mosque in Dhahran Al-Janoub, Aseer, as part of its…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture The people of AlUla in Saudi Arabia have long maintained a close relationship with nature, reflected in their careful observation of crescent moons. (SPA)
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'Moon Spotter': AlUla's Enduring Tradition of Crescent Sighting

The people of Saudi Arabia’s AlUla have long maintained a close relationship with nature, reflected in their careful observation of crescent moons and the…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture Poeple look at Rembrandt's famed Night Watch, which is back on display in what researchers say in its original size, with missing parts temporarily restored in an exhibition aided by artificial intelligence, at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
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Dutch Museum Makes ‘Needle in a Haystack’ Confirmation of Rembrandt Painting

A painting that was once rejected as a work by Rembrandt van Rijn has now been acknowledged as a work by the Dutch master, thanks to two years of scrutiny in…

Asharq Al Awsat
Culture Plumes of smoke rise after a strike in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo)
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UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran Damaged in Strikes

Iran's UNESCO-listed Golestan Palace in Tehran has been damaged in US and Israeli strikes, local media reported Monday. "Following the joint US-Israeli…

Asharq Al Awsat

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Arsenal, Chelsea Aim to avoid FA Cup upsets

Sports Chelsea's Joao Pedro, center, celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Chelsea in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP)

Arsenal, Chelsea Aim to avoid FA Cup upsets

Arsenal head to Mansfield and Chelsea face Wrexham in the FA Cup fifth round, with the Premier League clubs aiming to avoid embarrassing giant-killings, while…

Sports Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 6, 2026 Haas' Oliver Bearman during practice. (Reuters)
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Formula 1 Opens Its Season at the Australian GP with Plenty of Questions

As crowds filtered into Melbourne's Albert Park on Friday for Formula 1’s first day of practice at its 2026 season opener, there were questions. Plenty of them…

Sports Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc drives back on circuit during the second practice session of the Formula One Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on March 6, 2026. (AFP)
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Ferrari’s Leclerc Fastest in First Practice at Australian Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc led a ‌Ferrari 1-2 at the top of the timesheet in the Australian Grand Prix's first practice, while defending champion Lando Norris…

Sports Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 6, 2026 Aston Martin team principal Adrian Newey during a press conference. (Reuters)
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Aston Martin Feel ‘Powerless’ as Battery Problem Risks Australian Grand Prix

Aston Martin's hopes of racing ‌in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix rest on their final batteries holding up until Sunday's race, leaving them…

Sports Venus Williams of the US in action against Diane Parry of France during their women's singles tennis match on day 2 of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 05 March 2026. (EPA)
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Venus Williams’ Comeback Hits Another Snag as She Falls in 1st Round in Indian Wells

Venus Williams lost again in her return to the BNP Paribas Open, falling in the first round Thursday, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 to Diane Parry of France. The 45-year…

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Japan Approves Stem-cell Treatment for Parkinson's in World First

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Japan Approves Stem-cell Treatment for Parkinson's in World First

Japan has approved ground-breaking stem-cell treatments for Parkinson's and severe heart failure, one of the manufacturers and media reports said Friday, with…

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Saudi Red Sea Authority Appoints Dr. Maryam Ali Ficociello as CEO

The Saudi Red Sea Authority (SRSA) has appointed Dr. Maryam Ali Ficociello as Chief Executive Officer effective March 22. “Ficociello brings more than two…

Varieties Tourism to the Middle East has boomed in recent years but war now threatens that success. Ryan Lim / AFP
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Tourism on Hold as Middle East War Casts Uncertainty

Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in the Middle East is casting a long shadow over the tourism outlook for a region…

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Varieties Punch, a Japanese macaque born on July 26, 2025, climbs on the back of another in the monkeys' playground at the Ichikawa city zoo in Tokyo's eastward neighboring city, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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Punch the Orphan Macaque is Outgrowing his Plushie and Making Friends

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of…

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Varieties The NCW says it is focused on enhancing wildlife management efficiency. SPA
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Saudi Arabia: NCW Marks World Wildlife Day with Strategic Plan for Biodiversity Protection

The National Center for Wildlife (NCW) reaffirmed its commitment to protecting wildlife and preserving natural habitats, recognizing this responsibility as…

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