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Lebanese Army Warns Israeli Airstrikes Might Force it to Freeze Cooperation with Ceasefire Committee

The Lebanese army condemned Friday Israel’s airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, warning that it might eventually suspend cooperation with the…

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Iranians walk next to an anti-US mural depicting Iran and the US negotiation table next to the former US embassy in a street in Tehran, Iran, 26 April 2025. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

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Iranians React to New Trump Travel Ban as Tensions are High Between Nations

Iranians again face a US travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump, with the decision drawing anger, frustration and some shrugs given the decades of…

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The International Criminal Court building is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2019. (Reuters)

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EU Voices Support for ICC After US Sanctions Judges

The European Union strongly supports the International Criminal Court, the head of the bloc's highest political body said on Friday, after US President Donald…

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens during a meeting between the US president and the German chancellor at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 05 June 2025. (EPA)

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US Slaps Sanctions on Four ICC Judges over Israel, US Cases

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court including over an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister…

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Muslim Pilgrims ‘Stone the Devil’ as Hajj Nears End in Saudi Arabia

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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil in Mina near the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP)

Muslim Pilgrims ‘Stone the Devil’ as Hajj Nears End in Saudi Arabia

Pilgrims were performing the last major ritual of the Hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around the globe celebrated the beginning of…

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King Salman: Praise Be to Allah for Honoring Us with the Service of the Two Holy Mosques Friday 06/06 - 06:49
Saudi Crown Prince Oversees Hajj Organization from Mina Friday 06/06 - 05:55
In Call to Saudi Crown Prince, Iran President Hails Kingdom’s Organization of Hajj Friday 06/06 - 05:40

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A man cleans shattered glass from his broken window in a residential building damaged during a Russian air strike in Kyiv on June 6, 2025. (AFP)

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4 Killed in Kyiv After a Russian Missile and Drone Attack Across Ukraine, Mayor Says

A Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv early Friday killed at least four people and injured 20 others, city mayor Vitali Klitschko said, as air raid sirens…

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Graduates gather as they attend commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. (AFP)

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Judge Puts Temporary Hold on Trump’s Latest Ban on Harvard’s Foreign Students

A federal judge late Thursday temporarily blocked a proclamation by President Donald Trump that banned foreign students from entering the US to attend Harvard…

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Red Sea Marine Traffic Up 60% after Houthis Narrowed Targets

Armed men stand on the beach as the Galaxy Leader commercial ship, seized by Yemen's Houthis last month, is anchored off the coast of al-Salif, Yemen, December 5, 2023. (Reuters)

North Korea Says It Has Raised a Capsized Destroyer Upright as It Continues Repair

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a refloated North Korean destroyer after it suffered a failed launch while it was being put to sea in Chongjin, North Korea, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Saudi FM, UN Chief Discuss High-Level Palestine Conference

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah

Trump Says it Might Be Better to Let Ukraine and Russia 'Fight for a While'

05 June 2025, US, Washington: US President Donald Trump (R) meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa Pool/dpa

Israeli Finance Minister Says Banks Should Not Obey EU Sanctions on Settlers

20 July 2022, Israel, Barkan: Right-wing settlers march to build a settlement in the West Bank near Barkan. (dpa)

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King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center distributes food aid in the city of Umm Rawaba, North Kordofan State, Sudan (SPA)

UNHCR Praises Saudi Support Amid Dire Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

Displaced Palestinians receive aid from the US-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” in Rafah, on Thursday (AFP)

Netanyahu’s Admission of Arming Gaza Militias Sparks Political Uproar in Israel

A woman shops for cuts of meat from a butcher at the weekly market in Khemisset in the Rabat region, about 100 kilometres east of the Moroccan capital, on June 3, 2025 amidst preparations ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice. (Photo by Abdel Majid BZIOUAT / AFP)

Morocco Celebrates Sheepless Eid as Drought Persists

Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia's Hajj Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Effort Spared in Serving the Pilgrims

FILE PHOTO: The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 winners trophy is displayed in Times Square ahead of the tournament featuring 32 teams and 63 matches, spread across 12 stadiums in 11 US cities in June and July, in New York City, US, May 20, 2025. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Saudi PIF Partners with FIFA for 2025 Club World Cup

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Saudi Arabia Prepares Investment Environment for Food Security with Private Sector Participation

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Muslim Pilgrims ‘Stone the Devil’ as Hajj Nears End in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia: No Diseases or Security Incidents Reported at Hajj

Muslims participate in a morning prayer around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah on June 6, 2025, to mark the start of the Eid al-Adha festival. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia's Hajj Minister to Asharq Al-Awsat: No Effort Spared in Serving the Pilgrims

King Salman: Praise Be to Allah for Honoring Us with the Service of the Two Holy Mosques

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. SPA

Saudi Crown Prince Oversees Hajj Organization from Mina

General view of Mina, where Muslims gather during the Hajj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, June 4, 2025. (SPA)

In Call to Saudi Crown Prince, Iran President Hails Kingdom’s Organization of Hajj

Muslims perform the Tawaf (circumambulation) around Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, at al-Masjid al-Haram, during the Hajj 2025 pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 05 June 2025. (EPA)

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UNHCR Praises Saudi Support Amid Dire Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan

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Lebanese Army Warns Israeli Airstrikes Might Force it to Freeze Cooperation with Ceasefire Committee

The rubble of a collapsed building is pictured through a broken window at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike in the Kafaat neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on June 6, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Türkiye Denies Direct Talks with SDF, Demands Full Disarmament

Türkiye insists on the dissolution of the SDF, the departure of foreign fighters from Syria, and the integration of remaining members into the new army (Reuters)

US-Backed Gaza Aid Group Says All Aid Distribution Sites Are Closed

Displaced Palestinians walk along a road to receive humanitarian aid packages from a US-backed foundation in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on June 5, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

Netanyahu’s Admission of Arming Gaza Militias Sparks Political Uproar in Israel

Israel’s Katz Warns of More Lebanon Strikes if Hezbollah Not Disarmed

The rubble of a collapsed building hit by an overnight Israeli airstrike is pictured in the Qaem neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on June 6, 2025. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)

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Iranians React to New Trump Travel Ban as Tensions are High Between Nations

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EU Voices Support for ICC After US Sanctions Judges

US Slaps Sanctions on Four ICC Judges over Israel, US Cases

India’s Modi Arrives in Kashmir to Open Strategic Railway

A decorated Vande Bharat passenger train is pictured at the Srinagar railway station in Srinagar on June 6, 2025, ahead of the inauguration of the Kashmir rail link by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AFP)

North Korea Says It Has Raised a Capsized Destroyer Upright as It Continues Repair

4 Killed in Kyiv After a Russian Missile and Drone Attack Across Ukraine, Mayor Says

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Representatives from flynas, Riyadh Airports Company, and Syria during the launch ceremony of the Riyadh–Damascus flight route. (flynas)

Flynas Launches First Direct Flights Between Riyadh and Damascus After 12-Year Suspension

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Oil Prices Headed for Rebound This Week as US-China Trade Talks Resume

FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks pump oil at an oil field on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File Photo

UN's FAO: World Food Prices Dip in May

A woman sells dried foods at a street market in Hanoi, Vietnam, 06 June 2025. EPA/LUONG THAI LINH

China's Coal Power Plants Grow After 2024 Decline

Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China's Hebei province (AP)

Swiss National Bank Denies Currency Manipulation after Being Put on US Watch List

People walk along the shore of lake on a warm spring afternoon in Zurich, Switzerland April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

IMF Sees 'Some Progress' on Lebanon Reforms, But Says External Support Needed

People enjoy the sunset at Ramlet Al Bayda seaside in Beirut, Lebanon, 27 May 2025. EPA/WAEL HAMZEH

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Three Rivers, One Bridge: Mahfouz’s Last Dreams Revisited

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By using black and white, Matar sought to bridge the temporal gap between her Cairo and Mahfouz’s Cairo. (Courtesy of Diana Matar)

Three Rivers, One Bridge: Mahfouz’s Last Dreams Revisited

Hisham Matar renders Mahfouz’s final dreams in English, paired with Diana Matar’s shadowed Cairo photos.

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Ariana Nikolla prepares rosewater in the traditional way in Permet, Albania. Adnan Beci / AFP

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Albania Town Where Everything's Coming Up Roses

In Permet, deep in the spectacular Vjosa Valley of southern Albania, roses rule supreme, whether used to make perfumes, flavored water or the Turkish delights…

Asharq Al Awsat Thursday 05/06 - 11:08

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The museum features over 30 pavilions and more than 200 interactive displays available in seven languages. (SPA)

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Prophet's Biography Museum in Makkah Offers Immersive Hajj Experience

Located on the second floor of the Clock Towers in the heart of Makkah, the International Fair and Museum of the Prophet's Biography and Islamic Civilization,…

Wednesday 04/06 - 11:12

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A photo shows a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron, stolen the day before from the Grevin Museum, during an action by Greenpeace environmental activists outside the EDF headquarters in Paris on June 3, 2025. (AFP)

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Activists Return Macron Waxwork Stolen from Paris Museum

Greenpeace activists overnight Tuesday to Wednesday returned a wax figure of President Emmanuel Macron they had stolen from a Paris museum as part of a protest…

Wednesday 04/06 - 10:18

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Cultural Fund Showcases Saudi Handicrafts at Selfridges in London

The Cultural Development Fund unveiled a curated selection of Saudi handicrafts at Selfridges in London, offering international audiences a window into the…

Wednesday 04/06 - 05:44

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Ivankovic Takes Responsibility after China’s World Cup Dream Ends

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China's Croatian head coach Branko Ivankovic listens to the national anthem before start of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian qualifier football match between Indonesia and China at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on June 5, 2025. (AFP)

Ivankovic Takes Responsibility after China’s World Cup Dream Ends

China coach Branko Ivankovic took responsibility for his team's exit from the World Cup qualifiers after they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Indonesia in Jakarta on…

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Uzbekistan's players celebrate after their 2026 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier football match against the United Arab Emirates ended in a draw, qualifying them for the World Cup for the first time, at Al-Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on June 5, 2025. (AFP)

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Uzbekistan Savor Sweet Taste of Success after Sealing World Cup Spot

Uzbekistan coach Timur Kapadze lauded the efforts of his players after the Central Asian country qualified for the World Cup for the first time. The White…

Friday 06/06 - 07:41

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Brazil's Italian head coach Carlo Ancelotti shakes hands with his English assistant Paul Clement, before Thursday's qualifier with Ecuador. Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP

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Brazil Held in Ancelotti Debut, Paraguay Move Closer to Qualifying

Carlo Ancelotti's debut as coach of Brazil ended in a goalless draw in Ecuador in South American World Cup qualifying on Thursday. Argentina, already assured…

Asharq Al Awsat Friday 06/06 - 07:19

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The Saudi national team will continue its training program in Jeddah in preparation for a highly anticipated clash against Australia. SPA

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Saudi Arabia Defeats Bahrain 2-0 in 2026 World Cup Asian Qualifiers

The Saudi national football team defeated Bahrain 2-0 on Thursday in the ninth round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Green Falcons…

Asharq Al Awsat (Manama) Friday 06/06 - 06:35

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Saudi PIF Partners with FIFA for 2025 Club World Cup

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and world football association FIFA have announced PIF as an official partner of FIFA Club World Cup 2025, which will…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh) Friday 06/06 - 05:32

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New Europe Push to Curb Children's Social Media Use

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New Europe Push to Curb Children's Social Media Use

From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day. But several European…

Asharq Al Awsat Friday 06/06 - 08:43

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A photo taken on April shows a general view of the waterfront area of the World Expo, that has suspended shows because of high levels of bacteria. Richard A. Brooks / AFP/File

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Bacteria Cancels Water Shows at Japan's World Expo

The discovery of high levels of bacteria has led the World Expo in Japan's Osaka to suspend daily water shows and use of a shallow play pool, organizers said. …

Asharq Al Awsat Friday 06/06 - 08:36

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Lava flows down from the crater of the "Volcan de Fuego," or Volcano of Fire, in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)

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Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Erupts, Spewing Ash and Spurring Evacuations

Guatemala began evacuating some residents from the slopes the Volcano of Fire Thursday after a new eruption spewed hot gas and ash high into the sky. Juan…

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Staff members and guests react as they watch the progress of Moon landing of Resilience, a Moon lander built by Japan-based startup ispace, during a live event in Tokyo, Japan, early 06 June 2025. (EPA)

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Japan’s ispace Fails Again: Resilience Lander Crashes on Moon

Japanese company ispace said its uncrewed moon lander likely crashed onto the lunar surface during its touchdown attempt on Friday, marking another failure two…

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This handout photo from NASA shows images from NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover at its new home in Jezero Crater on February 21, 2021, after touching down on the planet several days earlier. Handout / NASA/JPL-CALTECH/AFP/File

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The Promise and Peril of a Crewed Mars Mission

A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history -- and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a…

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