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Arab World Iraqi demonstrators gather during an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq September 2, 2022. (Reuters)

Coordination Framework Approaches Iraq’s Sunnis, Kurds to Form Govt without Sadr

The Shiite pro-Iran Coordination Framework carried out over three days last week negotiations with Sunni and Kurdish forces to form a new government in Iraq. …

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business The head of the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence during the announcement of the launch of the principles of ethics for AI on the sidelines of the Global AI Summit in Riyadh (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia to Establish World's First ‘Sustainability Center’ Using AI

The Saudi Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti revealed that Google has reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia…

Technology Saudi Arabia hosts the second edition of the Global AI Summit under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz (SPA)

Saudi Arabia Leads Regional AI through Laboratory, Global Development Corridor

Saudi Arabia hosted the second edition of the Global AI Summit under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, who also chairs the Board…

Mohammed Helal (Riyadh)
Arab World A soldier of the UN peacekeeping mission, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) keeps watch at the Blue Line, the line of withdrawal between Lebanon and Israel, during a visit organized by Hezbollah for Arab youths to the border village of Shebaa, Lebanon, 05 September 2022. (EPA)

UNIFIL Stresses Close Cooperation with Lebanese Army After Amendments to Mission

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) sought to assure Lebanese authorities after amendments were introduced to its mission last month. In a…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Technology Digital Cooperation Organization Secretary General, Deemah Al Yahya addresses the summit on Tuesday. (SPA)

Digital Cooperation Organization Adopts Riyadh AI Declaration

Member states of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) agreed Tuesday to adopt the Riyadh AI Call for Action Declaration (RAICA), which seeks to use AI…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Varieties Hayy Jameel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Art, Urbanism Come Together in Jeddah

Blending art with urbanism can change the face of cities. The Hayy Jameel arts hub in Jeddah has set this notion at the heart of its art commissioning program…

Features Pedestrians react to the World Trade Center collapse, September 11, 2001. (Reuters)

What Is Left of the War on Terror?

Can three planes sum up a portion of history and the future? It seems that this has already happened. While two of these planes hit the World Trade Center in…

Mohammed Nabil Helmi (Cairo)
Business Steve Harper, Executive Director of International Business at Invest Northern Ireland. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Northern Ireland to Cooperate with Saudi Arabia in Raising Rates of Landfill Diversion, Recycling

Ireland underlined its commitment to support the growing technological innovation in Saudi Arabia. Steve Harper, Executive Director of International Business…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Arab World A general view shows a UN watchtower near a border fence that surrounds the divided village of Ghajar, with its northern part falling inside Lebanon and the south becoming part of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on September 7, 2022, as Israel lifts entry restrictions to the disputed village on the Lebanese border. (AFP)

Lebanon Seeks to Contain Fallout from Amendment to UN Peacekeepers’ Mission

Lebanese authorities sought to contain the fallout of the amendments introduced to the mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that is…

Nazeer Rida (Beirut)
Arab World Muqtada al-Sadr (AP)

Iraq: Sadr’s Request Met with Sunni Silence, Kurdish Conditions

Sunni and Kurdish allies of Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric who is the leader of one of Iraq’s most powerful parties, are yet to respond to his request to…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Interviews Gemayel speaks during an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat.

Sami Gemayel: We Refuse to Be Held Hostage by Hezbollah

The head of the Lebanese Kataeb Party, Sami Gemayel, warned against some opposition parties resorting to a settlement with Hezbollah in the upcoming…

Thaer Abbas (Beirut)
Arab World Relatives of some of the victims of the August 2020 Beirut port blast carry their pictures and banners during a protest outside the Justice Palace, in Beirut, Lebanon September 7, 2022 (EPA)

Judicial Division Threatens to Close Probe into Beirut Deadly Port Explosion

Lebanese authorities, at the start of next week, will try to appoint a second judge to the stalled inquiry into the deadly August 2020 Beirut port blast, a…

Youssef Diab (Beirut)