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Syria and Neighbors Urge Israel to Stop Bombings

The foreign ministers of Syria, Türkiye and Jordan, meeting Monday in Ankara, called on Israel to cease attacks on Syria and to withdraw troops from the…

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FILE PHOTO: Varda Ben Baruch, grandmother of hostage Edan Alexander, points at the portrait of Edan, as family members and supporters of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack, stand near the kibbutz defense on the day they use giant loudspeakers to call their captive loved ones over the border between Israel and Gaza, at Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, April 20, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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Hamas Says It Freed Israeli-American Hostage, Israel Says No Ceasefire

An Israeli-American hostage crossed into Israel on Monday after his release by Hamas as fighting paused in Gaza, the Israeli military said, but there was no…

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This combination of pictures created on May 12, 2025 shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (L) during a press conference with the German Chancellor during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on June 11, 2024, and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

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Trump Offers to Join Potential Russia-Ukraine Talks in Türkiye

US President Donald Trump offered on Monday to join prospective Ukraine-Russia talks in Türkiye later this week as European countries pushed to get the Kremlin…

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. (Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via Reuters)

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Iran Warns Europeans That Reimposing Sanctions Could Have Irreversible Consequences

Iran's foreign minister warned Britain, France and Germany on Monday that a decision to trigger a UN mechanism reimposing sanctions on Tehran could lead to an…

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Trump Heads on ‘Historic’ Gulf Tour

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Saudi and US flags flutter on a main road in Riyadh on May 12, 2025, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump this week. (AFP)

Trump Heads on ‘Historic’ Gulf Tour

US President Donald Trump on Monday left for Saudi Arabia on what he called a "historic" tour of the Middle East that will mix urgent diplomacy on Gaza and…

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Saudi Govt Welcomes Trump’s Visit, Hopes to Bolster Strategic Partnership with US since 3 hours

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with US President Donald Trump during the NATO summit in London, Britain, December 4, 2019. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters)

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Trump Says He May Ease Sanctions on Syria

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he may ease US sanctions on Syria in response to a query from his Turkish counterpart. Syria has struggled to…

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This picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on May 6, 2025, shows smoke billowing from explosions in Gaza. (AFP)

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UN, Aid Group Slam Israel’s Gaza Blockade after Report Warns of Famine Risk

A senior United Nations official said Monday’s hunger report in Gaza is “extremely concerning” given that the strip’s roughly 2 million population continues to…

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Modi Says India Has Only Paused Military Action after It and Pakistan Stop Firing at Each Other

A man assesses the damage of a house after it was hit in an Indian strike, following the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Jura village in Neelum Valley, Pakistani Kashmir, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Cyprus Says Syria Will Take Back Citizens Trying to Reach the Mediterranean Island by Boat

Migrants stand behind a fence inside a refugee camp in Kokkinotrimithia outside of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP)

Food Security Experts Warn Gaza Is at Critical Risk of Famine if Israel Doesn’t End Its Campaign

Palestinians inspect the damage at a school sheltering displaced people, following an Israeli strike, in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Israel Asks ICC Judges to Withdraw Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

A person holds a fake arrest warrant for Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as another holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration on the Place Stalingrad to protest against the Interior Minister's decision to dissolve the antifascist group Jeune Garde and the Urgence Palestine collective in Paris, on May 6, 2025. (AFP)

Taiwan Holds First Live-Fire of US High-Tech Rocket Systems

The Taiwanese military conducts its first High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) live-fire test launch at the Jiupeng base in Pingtung, Taiwan May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

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A handout picture released by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty looking at a collection of artifacts, illegally smuggled out of Egypt, after they were returned at the ministry headquarters in Cairo on May 12, 2025. (Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP / Handout)

Egypt Says Retrieves 25 Smuggled Artifacts From US

People walk at Waterloo station, after Transport for London (TfL) reported a power failure across the London Underground, London Overground and the Elizabeth line, in London, Britain, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Power Failures Cause Disruption on London Tube

Hosni Mubarak was able to manage the difficult relationship with Moammar al-Gaddafi. (AFP)

Amr Moussa to Asharq Al-Awsat: Gaddafi Initially Treated Me as an American Spy, Then Things Changed

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Saudi-US Business Council: Trump’s Visit Marks New Chapter in Partnership

US President Donald Trump is seen at the Gulf-American summit in Riyadh in July 2017. (Reuters)

Saudi Arabia Hosts Gulf-American Summit on Wednesday

US President Donald Trump is welcomed in Riyadh during his visit to the Kingdom in May 2017. (SPA)

Bernard Haykel to Asharq Al-Awsat: Trump’s Visit Reflects Saudi Arabia’s Significant Global Role

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Trump Heads on ‘Historic’ Gulf Tour

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Saudi Govt Welcomes Trump’s Visit, Hopes to Bolster Strategic Partnership with US

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, chairs the cabinet meeting in Riyadh. (SPA)

Bernard Haykel to Asharq Al-Awsat: Trump’s Visit Reflects Saudi Arabia’s Significant Global Role

US State Department to Asharq Al-Awsat: Trump Visit Stresses Saudi Arabia’s Pivotal Role in Resolving Regional Crises

Regional spokesman for the US Department of State Samuel Warburg speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat. (Turki al-Aqaili)

Saudi Arabia Hosts Gulf-American Summit on Wednesday

Saudi Crown Prince, Sharaa Review Latest Developments in Syria

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

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Israeli Merkava tanks in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria near the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, 08 May 2025. (EPA)

Syria and Neighbors Urge Israel to Stop Bombings

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Cyprus Says Syria Will Take Back Citizens Trying to Reach the Mediterranean Island by Boat

Trump Says He May Ease Sanctions on Syria

UN, Aid Group Slam Israel’s Gaza Blockade after Report Warns of Famine Risk

Food Security Experts Warn Gaza Is at Critical Risk of Famine if Israel Doesn’t End Its Campaign

Remains of 30 People Believed Killed by ISIS Found in Syria in a Search by Qatar and FBI

Journalist James Foley responds to questions during an interview with The Associated Press, in Boston, May 27, 2011. (AP)

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Trump Offers to Join Potential Russia-Ukraine Talks in Türkiye

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Iran Warns Europeans That Reimposing Sanctions Could Have Irreversible Consequences

Modi Says India Has Only Paused Military Action after It and Pakistan Stop Firing at Each Other

Pope Leo XIV Urges Release of Imprisoned Journalists, Affirms Gift of Free Speech and Press

TOPSHOT - Pope Leo XIV (C) gestures during an audience to representatives of the media, at Paul-VI hall in The Vatican, on May 12, 2025. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Taiwan Holds First Live-Fire of US High-Tech Rocket Systems

Israel Asks ICC Judges to Withdraw Netanyahu Arrest Warrant

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People walk on a small street leads that to the historical Galata Tower in Istanbul, Türkiye, April 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Turkish Stocks Jump as PKK Disbandment Adds to Trade Relief

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Saudi Arabia’s Flynas Seeks to Raise up to $1.1 Bln in IPO

The price range for the offering had been set at between 76 and 80 riyals per share. (SPA)

US Trade Representative Greer Says US and China to Roll Back Most Tariffs

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer attend a news conference after trade talks with China, in Geneva, Switzerland, May 12, 2025. REUTERS/Emma Farge

Lockheed Martin Completes First Saudi Produced THAAD Components

A recent meeting at Arabian International Co. for Steel Structures (AIC) in Jeddah to announce the First Saudi Produced THAAD Components

Gold Falls as Positive US-China Talks Hamper Safe-haven Appeal

Gold jewelry are displayed for sale at V&P Jewelry in the St. Vincent Jewelry Center in the Jewelry District of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Riyadh International Industry Week 2025 Kicks off Monday

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Egypt Says Retrieves 25 Smuggled Artifacts From US

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Egypt Says Retrieves 25 Smuggled Artifacts From US

Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut were among 25 rare artifacts returned to Egypt…

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The Jusoor Exhibition is part of the ministry's broader effort to build cultural bridges and promote the values of tolerance and moderation in Islam. (SPA)

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Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs Concludes Sixth Jusoor Exhibition in Kosovo

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance concluded the sixth edition of the Jusoor Exhibition in Pristina, reported the Saudi Press…

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The exhibition is hosted at Palazzo Zorzi in Venice, Italy, and will run through November 23. SPA

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Royal Commission for AlUla, UNESCO Inaugurate Exhibition at Venice Biennale Architecture 2025

The Royal Commission for AlUla has inaugurated the "Deep Surfaces: Architecture to Enhance the Visitor Experience of UNESCO Sites" exhibition, organized in…

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

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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…

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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…

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Brazil Signs Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti 1 Year Ahead of 2026 World Cup

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Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti lifts the trophy to celebrate the victory at the end of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, at Wembley stadium, in London, on June 1, 2024. (AFP)

Brazil Signs Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti 1 Year Ahead of 2026 World Cup

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti will leave the Spanish club and take over as coach of Brazil’s national team, the Brazilian soccer federation said Monday. …

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Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, receives Saudi national paralympic athlete Abdulrahman Al-Qurashi in Jeddah on Monday. (SPA)

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Saudi Crown Prince Receives Paralympic Athlete Al-Qurashi after Winning Gold Medal at Paris Games

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, received in Jeddah on Monday Saudi national paralympic athlete…

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The events are part of a strategic partnership between the Saudi Billiard and Snooker Federation and Matchroom Sport, in collaboration with the World Nineball Tour (WNT) and the World Snooker Tour (WST), and under the supervision of the Saudi Ministry of Sport. (SPA)

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Jeddah to Host World Pool Championship, Snooker Masters in July, August

Jeddah is scheduled to host two rounds of the World Pool Championship and the Snooker Masters Championship in July and August. The events are part of a…

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Germany's Alexander Zverev serves the ball to Lithuania's Vilius Gaubas at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Italy, Sunday, May 11, 2025 (LaPresse via AP)

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Zverev Says Out-of-Form Djokovic Can Become Dangerous Again

Novak Djokovic's tennis prowess is beyond question despite a sharp dip in form during the European claycourt swing and the veteran Serb can return to his…

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Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Paris St Germain v Arsenal - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - May 7, 2025 Paris St Germain's Achraf Hakimi celebrates scoring their second goal. (Reuters)

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Morocco's Achraf Hakimi Named Top African Player in France League

PSG defender Achraf Hakimi has been voted the top African player in the French league after helping his club win a record-extending 13th Ligue 1 title and…

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Power Failures Cause Disruption on London Tube

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Power Failures Cause Disruption on London Tube

Power failures caused delays and disruption on London's Tube network on Monday, as several of its busiest lines were suspended. The Bakerloo line was…

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Wetlands host 40 percent of the world’s species and plant life and store 30 percent of global carbon. (SPA)

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Saudi Arabia Joins Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Saudi Arabia, represented by the National Center for Wildlife (NCW), has officially joined the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance …

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A volunteer constructs a natural flood management feature on the Saffron Brook in Leicester. Darren Staples / AFP

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UK Towns Harness Nature to Combat Rising Flood Risk

In a stream near Leicester in central England, six volunteers in waterproof overalls and boots busily reinforced mini wooden structures designed to combat the…

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Copenhagen will offer rebates at tourist sites to visitors who use bikes and pick up trash. Asger Korsgaard Jensen / Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/File

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Copenhagen to Offer Giveaways to Eco-friendly Tourists

The city of Copenhagen will offer special rebates and freebies to eco-friendly tourists this summer, including free bike rentals to those arriving by train and…

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A person holds Nazi-related material that was originally confiscated by local authorities when it was shipped to Argentina in 1941, after several boxes containing the material were recently discovered by chance in the archives of the Supreme Court of Argentina, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in this handout picture released on May 11, 2025. (Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Republica Argentina/Handout via Reuters)

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Argentina’s Supreme Court Finds Archives Linked to the Nazi Regime

The Argentine Supreme Court has found documentation associated with the Nazi regime among its archives including propaganda material that was used to spread…

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