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Arab World Tear gas and smoke are pictured through a window during a large-scale Israeli military raid in the old town of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, on June 10, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Forces Storm Major West Bank City of Nablus

Israel launched a large-scale military operation on Tuesday in the old city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, AFP journalists reported, with the army…

World Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react following a prisoner swap at an undisclosed location, Ukraine, 10 June 2025. (EPA)
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Russia, Ukraine Complete Second Round of Prisoner Exchange

Russia and Ukraine said Tuesday they had exchanged captured soldiers, the second stage of an agreement struck at peace talks last week for each side to free…

World Members of the California National Guard stand watch outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on the morning of June 10, 2025, following another day of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles. (AFP)
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Trump Deploys Marines, Raising Tensions in Los Angeles Protests

Hundreds of Marines were due to arrive in Los Angeles on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump ordered their deployment in response to protests against…

World President Donald Trump speaks during an "Invest in America" roundtable with business leaders at the White House, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP)
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Iran Becoming More Aggressive in Nuclear Talks, Says Trump

US President Donald Trump told Fox News' Bret Baier that Iran is becoming "much more aggressive" in nuclear talks, the network said in a post on X on Tuesday. …

Netanyahu Says Significant Progress Made in Talks to Release Hostages

Arab World Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony on the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. (AP)

Netanyahu Says Significant Progress Made in Talks to Release Hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that there had been "significant progress" in efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages…

World A demonstrator carrying the Israeli flag walks past a portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian fighters, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on June 7, 2025. (AFP)
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Israeli Police Arrest 13-Year-Old, Accuse Him of Carrying Out Tasks for Iran

Israeli police arrested a 13-year-old, accusing him of taking money to carry out tasks for Iran. A statement from the police and the domestic security agency…

Sports Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola talks during an exclusive interview with Reuters TV in Barcelona, June 4, 2025. (Reuters)
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War in Gaza ‘Hurts My Whole Body’, Says Man City Boss Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the war in Gaza "hurts my whole body" as he delivered an emotional speech while being honored by the University of…

Iran Says it Executed 9 ISIS Militants Detained after a 2018 Attack

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

UN Peacekeepers Say Troops Attacked by Individuals in South Lebanon

A joint force from UNIFIL and the Lebanese army in Naqoura near the Israeli border (Archive - AFP)

Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

France Says it Obtains Palestinian Reform Pledge ahead of Conference

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during the presentation of the European Ocean Pact during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life, in Nice, France, June 9, 2025. Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

UK and Others Sanction 2 Far-Right Israeli Ministers over Violence in Occupied West Bank

Israeli National Security Minister and head of Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a statement to members of the press in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon/ File Photo

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Syrians attend Eid al-Adha prayers in the courtyard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Damascus, Syria, 06 June 2025. (EPA)

IMF Team Makes First Syria Visit Since 2009

Palestinians collect what remains of relief supplies from the distribution center of the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 5, 2025. (Reuters)

Palestinians’ Dangerous Ordeal to Reach Israeli-Approved Aid in Gaza

Egypt’s Sisi meeting the Iranian Foreign Minister in Cairo – Egyptian Presidency

Can Tourism Help Revive Egypt-Iran Relations?

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2025. (Reuters)

IAEA Calls on Iran to Urgently Cooperate to Prove Its Nuclear Program Is Peaceful  

The room in which Muhammad Sinwar and four other militants are said to have died. (Patrick Kingsley/The New York Times) 

Inside the Tunnel Where Muhammad Sinwar Was Killed

Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ride in armored vehicles during a patrol along the border with Israel by the village of Kfar Kila in south Lebanon on June 4, 2025. (AFP)

Diplomats Dismiss to Asharq Al-Awsat Claims about UNIFIL Withdrawal from Lebanon

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This aerial view shows Muslims visiting the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah on June 8, 2025, at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (AFP)

MWL Secretary-General Congratulates Saudi Leadership on Successful Hajj

Saudi Interior Minister Hails Security Forces for Successful Hajj Season

Saudi Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Hajj Supreme Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz. (SPA)

Saudi Leadership Congratulates King of Jordan on Accession to the Throne Day

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. (SPA)

International Media Delegations Visit Hajj Command and Control Center in Holy Sites

The delegations were briefed on the coordination mechanisms that operate under a unified operational umbrella, bringing together various security and technical agencies. SPA

Saudi Arabia Declares Success of this Year’s Hajj

Muslims perform the tawaf (circumambulation) around the holu Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the Hajj 2025 pilgrimage in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, 07 June 2025. (EPA)

Madinah Prepares for Air Departures as Pilgrims Head Home Post-Hajj

Madinah prepares for air departures as pilgrims head home post-Hajj.

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Tear gas and smoke are pictured through a window during a large-scale Israeli military raid in the old town of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, on June 10, 2025. (AFP)

Israeli Forces Storm Major West Bank City of Nablus

Netanyahu Says Significant Progress Made in Talks to Release Hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony on the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem, on April 29, 2025. (AP)

UN Peacekeepers Say Troops Attacked by Individuals in South Lebanon

A joint force from UNIFIL and the Lebanese army in Naqoura near the Israeli border (Archive - AFP)

Lebanon Says Two Dead in Israel Strike

Smoke rises from Odeisseh in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, 17 October 2024. EPA/ATEF SAFADI

France Says it Obtains Palestinian Reform Pledge ahead of Conference

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he speaks during the presentation of the European Ocean Pact during the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life, in Nice, France, June 9, 2025. Laurent Cipriani/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

Can Tourism Help Revive Egypt-Iran Relations?

Egypt’s Sisi meeting the Iranian Foreign Minister in Cairo – Egyptian Presidency

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Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) react following a prisoner swap at an undisclosed location, Ukraine, 10 June 2025. (EPA)

Russia, Ukraine Complete Second Round of Prisoner Exchange

Trump Deploys Marines, Raising Tensions in Los Angeles Protests

Members of the California National Guard stand watch outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on the morning of June 10, 2025, following another day of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles. (AFP)

Iran Becoming More Aggressive in Nuclear Talks, Says Trump

President Donald Trump speaks during an "Invest in America" roundtable with business leaders at the White House, Monday, June 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP)

Israeli Police Arrest 13-Year-Old, Accuse Him of Carrying Out Tasks for Iran

A demonstrator carrying the Israeli flag walks past a portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an anti-government protest calling for action to secure the release of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian fighters, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on June 7, 2025. (AFP)

UK Announces $19 billion Investment in 1st Major Nuclear Plant since the 1990s

Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, southeast England, April 10, 2013. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo

Iran Says it Executed 9 ISIS Militants Detained after a 2018 Attack

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

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Syrians attend Eid al-Adha prayers in the courtyard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Damascus, Syria, 06 June 2025. (EPA)

IMF Team Makes First Syria Visit Since 2009

Dubai Expects $15.4 Bln in Economic Gains from Metro Blue Line

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid at Blue Line Metro groundbreaking ceremony – Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Revises Q1 Economic Growth Estimate Up to 3.4%

A general view of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AFP)

China Carefully Assembling a Deep-sea Mining Strategy

So-called polymetallic nodules like those seen in this 2016 photograph from Japan are at the heart of the race to mine ocean floors for valuable minerals and metals. HO / JAMSTEC/AFP

Oil Up as Market Watches US-China Trade Talks

FILE - Pumpjacks are seen before sunrise in Hobbs, N.M., Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

China’s Car Sales Rise in May, but Price Wars Cloud Outlook

Amukelani Masungi, a worker, cleans the floor next to BYD vehicles on display at a BYD dealership in Sandton, South Africa, June 5, 2025. (Reuters)

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Goodbye Lenin? Russians Flock to See Bolshevik Leader’s Tomb Before It Closes for Repairs

Culture People enter Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum while visiting Red Square in Moscow on October 11, 2016. (Getty Images/AFP)

Goodbye Lenin? Russians Flock to See Bolshevik Leader’s Tomb Before It Closes for Repairs

Russians are flocking to catch what some fear could be a final glimpse of the embalmed body of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin before his tomb on Moscow's Red…

Culture Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara speaks during an interview at the largest European retrospective of his work at the Hayward Gallery in London, Britain, June 9, 2025. (Reuters)
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‘Anything Goes’: Yoshitomo Nara on His Creative Process as London Exhibition Opens

Artworks by Yoshitomo Nara go on display in London this week in what organizers say is the largest European retrospective of the Japanese artist. The show,…

Culture A boy walks out of a pit after exploring the tombs from a Byzantine underground complex, believed to be over 1,500 years old, uncovered by a contractor during the reconstruction of a war-damaged house in Maarat al-Numan, Idlib suburb, Syria, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP)
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Contractor in Syria Uncovers a Surprise Beneath the Rubble: An Ancient Tomb Complex

A contractor digging into the earth where the rubble of a destroyed house had been cleared away in northern Syria stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an…

Culture Children play, with one raising the V sign, at the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
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Antiquities Smuggling Surges After Fall of Syria’s Assad

The collapse of a once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush in Syria where experts say social media has…

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Culture The translator Deepa Bhasthi, left, and the author Banu Mushtaq with their Booker trophies for “Heart Lamp.” Photo: Alberto Pezzali/Associated Press
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How a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined Translation

By Pragati K.B. Banu Mushtaq’s book “Heart Lamp” last month became the first story collection to win the International Booker Prize. It was also the first…

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War in Gaza ‘Hurts My Whole Body’, Says Man City Boss Guardiola

Sports Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola talks during an exclusive interview with Reuters TV in Barcelona, June 4, 2025. (Reuters)

War in Gaza ‘Hurts My Whole Body’, Says Man City Boss Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the war in Gaza "hurts my whole body" as he delivered an emotional speech while being honored by the University of…

Sports 11 February 2023, United Kingdom, London: Chelsea goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli reacts during the English Premier League match between West Ham United and Chelsea at London stadium. (dpa)
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Man City Signs Backup Goalkeeper Bettinelli from Chelsea

Manchester City signed Marcus Bettinelli from Chelsea as a backup goalkeeper on Tuesday. City made the move after announcing the departure of long-term No. 3…

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Ranieri Turns Down Italy Job to Stay on at Roma as Senior Advisor 

Claudio Ranieri said on Tuesday he has turned down the vacant Italy manager's job, after the four-times world champions sacked Luciano Spalletti, and will stay…

Sports Belgium's midfielder #07 Kevin De Bruyne celebrates after scoring Belgium's fourth goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group J European qualification football match between Belgium and Wales at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, on June 9, 2025. (AFP)
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Relief for Belgium but Questions for the Defense After Dramatic Win Over Wales 

There was relief for Belgium after scraping through a dramatic World Cup qualifier against Wales on Monday, but plenty for coach Rudi Garcia to ponder after a…

Sports Argentina's Lionel Messi stands on the bench prior to a qualifying match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 against Chile in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP)
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Argentina Not Overly Reliant on Messi, Says Scaloni 

Argentina have learned to cope with Lionel Messi's absences and no longer need to rejig the line-up when the Inter Miami forward is not available, manager…

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70 South African White Rhinos Relocated to Rwanda

Varieties White rhinos have been the targets of a poaching epidemic that has largely wiped them out. (AFP)

70 South African White Rhinos Relocated to Rwanda

Rwanda said on Tuesday that 70 white rhinos had been successfully relocated to the Great Lakes nation after a two-day journey of some 3,000 kilometers (over 1…

Varieties People walk at the promenade by the river Rhine with the skyline in the background including the Rheinturm in Duesseldorf, Germany, May 13, 2024. (Reuters)
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Germany Granted Citizenship to a Record Number of People in 2024, Led by Syrians 

Germany granted citizenship to a record 291,955 people last year, a 46% increase from 2023, with Syrians making up the largest group, according to data…

Varieties Officials in Sri Lanka said they were withholding the results of a survey of crop-destroying wildlife because monkey business appeared to have distorted some of the data. Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP
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Monkey Business Delays Sri Lanka's Wildlife Survey

Sri Lanka is withholding the results of a survey of crop-destroying wildlife, including monkeys and peacocks, because data collected from some farmers appeared…

Asharq Al Awsat
Varieties Solar accounted for 23 percent of the 55 percent of electricity consumed from renewables last year. Aris MESSINIS / AFP
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Sunny Greece Struggles with Solar Energy Overload

In a field in central Greece that once grew clover and corn, maintenance worker Nikos Zigomitros deftly drives a tractor between rows of solar panels, trimming…

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Varieties This handout frame grab taken from video footage provided by whale rescue group Organization for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) on June 9, 2025 shows a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope swimming south of Sydney Harbor. (Handout and Clay Sweetman / ORRCA / AFP)
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Tangled Humpback Whale Sparks Rescue Mission off Australia

Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia's east coast on Monday to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope. Aerial footage showed the…

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