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Arab World People gather near a damaged car after the Israeli military said in a statement that it struck a "key" figure from Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Ayrounieh, northern Lebanon July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Walid Saleh
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Israeli Military Says it Struck 'Key' Hamas Figure in Lebanon's Tripoli

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had struck "key" figure from Palestinian militant group Hamas near the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, the first…

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World The logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seen during a special session in the Hague, Netherlands June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Ukraine Urges Investigation into Alleged Russian Chemical Weapons Use

Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its…

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World France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron stand during a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, in Windsor west of London, on July 8, 2025, on the first day of a three-day state visit to Britain. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS
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King Charles Hosts Macron in First European State Visit to UK Since Brexit

King Charles welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to Britain on Tuesday for the first state visit by a European leader since Brexit, their warm greeting…

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World An activist depicting Chancellor Friedrich Merz shows a broken "promise" lettering in a symbolic protest action for the continuation of visa issuance under the admission programs for vulnerable Afghans, in connection with the first wave of lawsuits against the Federal Foreign Office and the suspending and reassess all refugee programs of the German government, in Berlin, Germany June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
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Germany Must Honor Visa Obligations to Afghan Refugees, Rules Court

A German court ruled on Tuesday that the government is obliged to issue visas to Afghan nationals and their family members who were accepted into a…

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Netanyahu Meets Trump at White House as Israel, Hamas Discuss Ceasefire

Arab World Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP)

Netanyahu Meets Trump at White House as Israel, Hamas Discuss Ceasefire

President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for White House talks on Monday, while Israeli officials held indirect negotiations…

Varieties FILE : A fire burns at a forest in Latakia province, Syria in this handout released by SANA on October 9, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS
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Syria Seeks EU Help to Battle Massive Wildfires

Syria’s minister of emergencies and disaster management on Tuesday requested support from the European Union to battle wildfires that have swept through a vast…

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Business Gold rings are displayed in a gold shop in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
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Gold Slips as US Bond Yields Rise, Investors Assess New Tariffs

Gold prices eased on Tuesday, weighed by higher US Treasury yields as US President Donald Trump announced new tariff proposals on trading partners, including…

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Oil Prices Ease as Traders Assess US Tariffs and OPEC+ Output Boost

A drone view shows a portion of the crude oil tank farm in Midland, Texas, US June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Eli Hartman/File Photo

UN Trade Agency: New Trade War Deadline Prolongs Instability

Workers inspect imported stones at a marble factory in Kishangarh, in India's Rajasthan state on July 8, 2025. (Photo by HIMANSHU SHARMA / AFP)

Blaze at Cairo Telecom Building Kills 4 and Disrupts Internet, Phone

A boy wearing a mask looks on, as firefighters work to extinguish a fire that erupted in a telecommunications building in the Ramses district of downtown Cairo, Egypt July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Syrian President Begins Gulf Tour Following Easing of International Sanctions

A handout photo made available by the UAE's Presidential Court shows President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Emirate of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa (L) shake hands during their meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 07 July 2025. EPA/THE UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT /HANDOUT

5 Israeli Soldiers Killed Overnight in Northern Gaza

FILE PHOTO: Israeli military vehicles stand near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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Lebanese Shiite mourners gathered on Monday in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark Ashura in a ceremony organized by Hezbollah (AFP)

Lebanese Parties Warn Against Hezbollah Keeping Light Weapons

The pavilion of the National Cybersecurity Authority at the World Defense Show 2024 (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Maintains Top Global Ranking in Cybersecurity Index

07 July 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun shakes hands with Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack ahead of their meeting in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson, in Beirut. Photo: Lebanese Presidency Office Apai/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

US Opens Diplomatic Track to Revise Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Deal

GEOSA President Dr. Mohammed bin Yahya Al Sayel during the launch of the Geospatial Licensing and Permitting System. Photo: GEOSA

Saudi Arabia: GEOSA Launches Geospatial Licensing and Permitting System

Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef speaks at the Russian-Saudi Dialogue Forum on Monday. (SPA)

Alkhorayef Highlights Opportunities for Russian-Saudi Industrial Collaboration

Firefighters from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, transport a recovered body on the flooded Guadalupe River days after a flash flood swept through the area, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP)

What to Know About the Flash Floods in Texas That Killed over 100 People

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A handout photo made available by the UAE's Presidential Court shows President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Emirate of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (R) and Syrian President Ahmed Al Sharaa (L) shake hands during their meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 07 July 2025. EPA/THE UAE PRESIDENTIAL COURT /HANDOUT

Syrian President Begins Gulf Tour Following Easing of International Sanctions

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Saudi, Brazilian FMs Hold Talks in Rio de Janeiro

The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs has met with his Brazilian counterpart in Rio de Janeiro. SPA

Saudi Arabia Urges Need to End Suffering in Gaza

Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah delivers his remarks at the 17th BRICS Summit 2025 in Rio de Janeiro. (SPA)

Saudi FM Arrives in Brazil to Participate in BRICS Summit

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - SPA

Drug Trafficking Networks Busted in Riyadh, Hail

The Saudi Interior Ministry stressed the vigilance of security forces in confronting criminal schemes (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi FM, British Foreign Secretary Discuss Regional Developments

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah

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People gather near a damaged car after the Israeli military said in a statement that it struck a "key" figure from Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Ayrounieh, northern Lebanon July 8, 2025. REUTERS/Walid Saleh

Israeli Military Says it Struck 'Key' Hamas Figure in Lebanon's Tripoli

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Lebanese Parties Warn Against Hezbollah Keeping Light Weapons

Lebanese Shiite mourners gathered on Monday in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark Ashura in a ceremony organized by Hezbollah (AFP)

Blaze at Cairo Telecom Building Kills 4 and Disrupts Internet, Phone

A boy wearing a mask looks on, as firefighters work to extinguish a fire that erupted in a telecommunications building in the Ramses district of downtown Cairo, Egypt July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Sources to Asharq Al-Awsat: US Pressing Hard to Secure Gaza Truce Deal

A Palestinian boy searches through garbage in Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza on Monday (AFP)

US Opens Diplomatic Track to Revise Lebanon-Israel Ceasefire Deal

07 July 2025, Lebanon, Beirut: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun shakes hands with Special Envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack ahead of their meeting in the presence of US Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson, in Beirut. Photo: Lebanese Presidency Office Apai/APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

5 Israeli Soldiers Killed Overnight in Northern Gaza

FILE PHOTO: Israeli military vehicles stand near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

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The logo of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is seen during a special session in the Hague, Netherlands June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Ukraine Urges Investigation into Alleged Russian Chemical Weapons Use

Asharq Al Awsat

King Charles Hosts Macron in First European State Visit to UK Since Brexit

France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Queen Camilla and Brigitte Macron stand during a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle, in Windsor west of London, on July 8, 2025, on the first day of a three-day state visit to Britain. LUDOVIC MARIN/Pool via REUTERS

ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders over Persecution of Women, Girls

A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul on August 14, 2023. © Wakil Kohsar, AFP

Germany Must Honor Visa Obligations to Afghan Refugees, Rules Court

An activist depicting Chancellor Friedrich Merz shows a broken "promise" lettering in a symbolic protest action for the continuation of visa issuance under the admission programs for vulnerable Afghans, in connection with the first wave of lawsuits against the Federal Foreign Office and the suspending and reassess all refugee programs of the German government, in Berlin, Germany June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

Monsoon Floods Sweep Away 18 People and Main Bridge Linking Nepal to China

Monsoon Floods Sweep Away 18 People and Main Bridge Linking Nepal to China

China Detains Principal Over Lead Poisoning of 200 Children

Kindergarten students draw the Chinese national flag in a classroom in Hong Kong, China, June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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Gold rings are displayed in a gold shop in Chinatown in Bangkok, Thailand August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

Gold Slips as US Bond Yields Rise, Investors Assess New Tariffs

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Oil Prices Ease as Traders Assess US Tariffs and OPEC+ Output Boost

A drone view shows a portion of the crude oil tank farm in Midland, Texas, US June 11, 2025. REUTERS/Eli Hartman/File Photo

UN Trade Agency: New Trade War Deadline Prolongs Instability

Workers inspect imported stones at a marble factory in Kishangarh, in India's Rajasthan state on July 8, 2025. (Photo by HIMANSHU SHARMA / AFP)

Saudi Arabia Maintains Top Global Ranking in Cybersecurity Index

The pavilion of the National Cybersecurity Authority at the World Defense Show 2024 (SPA)

Digital Marketing Emerges as Engine of Economic Efficiency

Digital Marketing Emerges as Engine of Economic Efficiency

China Extends Visa-free Entry to More Than 70 Countries to Draw Tourists

Tourists take a souvenir photo as they visit the Temple of Heaven, in Beijing on June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Ministry of Culture to Host Saudi Cultural Week in Osaka

Culture Ministry of Culture to Host Saudi Cultural Week in Osaka

Ministry of Culture to Host Saudi Cultural Week in Osaka

The Ministry of Culture will host Saudi Cultural Week in Osaka, Japan, from July 12 to 15, 2025, at Expo Gallery EAST. The event highlights the "Year of…

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Culture Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, visit the Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. (SPA)
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Japan Crown Prince, Princess Visit Saudi Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka

Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his wife, Crown Princess Kiko, who are the honorary presidents of Expo 2025 Osaka, visited the Saudi Pavilion participating…

Culture The Cultural House took part in the Najran summer festival which was organized by the Najran Municipality - SPA
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Cultural House Showcases Heritage at Najran Summer Festival

The Cultural House took part in the Najran summer festival, organized by the Najran Municipality at Emirate Palace square in the Aba Al-Saud neighborhood. The…

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Culture The conference was held under the theme "Popular Heritage Through the Eyes of Others." WAM
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UAE Heritage Conference Recommends Documentation of Travel Literature

The "Second Heritage Conference," organized by the Sharjah Institute for Heritage has issued several scientific and cultural recommendations to enhance studies…

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Culture Choir singers take part in the Estonian Song Festival, part of the "Iseoma" Song and Dance Celebration, at the Song Festival Grounds in Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Thousands of Voices Unite in Song at Traditional Choir Festival Celebrating Estonia's Culture

The voices of more than 21,000 choir singers rang out in the rain in Estonia, and a huge crowd of spectators erupted in applause, unfazed by the gloomy weather…

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Paolini Parts Ways with Coach after Early Wimbledon Exit

Sports Jasmine Paolini of Italy leaves the court after losing her Women's 2nd round match at the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon, Britain, 02 July 2025. EPA/TOLGA AKMEN

Paolini Parts Ways with Coach after Early Wimbledon Exit

World number four Jasmine Paolini has parted company with coach Marc Lopez just days after her second-round exit from Wimbledon, the Italian said. Paolini,…

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Sports Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 7, 2025 Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov leaves the court with Italy's Jannik Sinner after he retires injured from their round of 16 match. (Reuters)
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Sinner Gets Out of Jail to Reach Last Eight as Dimitrov Retires at Wimbledon

Top seed Jannik Sinner struggled with an elbow problem and was given an almighty scare before advancing to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after a cruel twist…

Sports Italy's Flavio Cobolli celebrates after victory over Croatia's Marin Cilic during their men's singles fourth round tennis match on the eighth day of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 7, 2025. (AFP)
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Sweet Dreams Power Cobolli’s Wimbledon Surge

Flavio Cobolli is living proof that, at Wimbledon, a good night’s sleep might be the ultimate performance enhancer. The 23-year-old Italian crashed into his…

Sports Chelsea's Italian head coach Enzo Maresca reacts during a press conference at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on July 7, 2025, on the eve of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 semi-final football match between Brazil's Fluminense and England's Chelsea. (AFP)
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Grumpy Maresca Still Hopeful Chelsea Can Win Club World Cup He Thinks Needs Fixing

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca remains one of the Club World Cup's harshest critics, despite his team reaching the semi-finals, and continued a stream of…

Sports Iga Swiatek of Poland gestures during her Women's Singles Round of 16 match against Clara Tauson of Denmark at the Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon, Britain, 07 July 2025. (EPA)
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Swiatek Ends Tauson’s Run to Fly Into Wimbledon Quarter-Finals

A deluge of double faults dictated early terms before Iga Swiatek found her grasscourt wings to fly into the Wimbledon quarter-finals with a soaring 6-4 6-1…

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Syria Seeks EU Help to Battle Massive Wildfires

Varieties FILE : A fire burns at a forest in Latakia province, Syria in this handout released by SANA on October 9, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Syria Seeks EU Help to Battle Massive Wildfires

Syria’s minister of emergencies and disaster management on Tuesday requested support from the European Union to battle wildfires that have swept through a vast…

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Saudi Students Compete in 57th International Chemistry Olympiad in Dubai

Saudi students are participating in the 57th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO), the world’s largest high school chemistry competition, currently taking…

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Varieties 'Mozos' or runners take part in the second Running of the Bulls during the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona, Spain, 08 July 2025. The San Fermin festival runs until 14 July 2025. EPA/Daniel Fernandez
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One Man Gored, 7 Others Bruised in Spain's Bull Running Festival

A man was gored and seven others lightly injured on Tuesday, the second day of Pamplona's San Fermin festival in which thousands of people line the medieval…

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Varieties People stand in a shade while visiting the Acropolis, at the start of a 3-days heatwave with temperatures expected to overpass 40 Celsius degrees, in Athens, Greece, July 7, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
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Acropolis to Close in the Afternoon Due to Heatwave

Greece's culture ministry on Tuesday ordered a partial closure of the Acropolis, the country's top monument, to protect visitors amid heatwave conditions. …

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Varieties A handout photo made available by Indonesia's Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Center (PVMBG) shows Mount Lewitobi Lake-laki spewing ash during its eruption in East Flores, Indonesia, 07 July 2025. EPA/PVMBG HANDOUT
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Indonesia: Residents Wear Masks as Volcanic Ash Blankets Villages Near Erupting Volcano

Residents wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in south-central Indonesia as…

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