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Oil Slips as Putin Agrees 30-day Halt on Energy Facility Strikes

Oil prices edged lower on Wednesday after Russia agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal that Moscow and Kyiv temporarily stop attacking each other's…

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24 May 2018, Türkiye, Istanbul: Turkish lira bills are seen fanned out. (dpa)

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Turkish Lira Touches Record Low, Stocks and Bonds Slide After Istanbul Mayor Detained

Türkiye's lira fell as much as 12.7% and touched a new all-time low of 42 to the dollar on Wednesday, with bonds and stocks also tumbling sharply, after…

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Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with US President Donald Trump at the White House. WAM

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UAE’s Tahnoon bin Zayed, Trump Discuss Strategic Partnership

Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Adviser, has met with US President Donald Trump during a dinner banquet…

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Israeli National Security Minister and head of Jewish Power party Itamar Ben-Gvir gives a statement to members of the press, ahead of a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 16, 2025. (Reuters)

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Ben-Gvir Returns to Netanyahu's Government

An Israeli government statement on Wednesday said Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Power party, regained his portfolio as national…

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Hamas Says Open to Talks as Israel Keeps up Gaza Strikes

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This picture, taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, shows destroyed buildings in northern Gaza on March 19, 2025. (AFP)

Hamas Says Open to Talks as Israel Keeps up Gaza Strikes

Hamas said it remained open to negotiations while calling for pressure on Israel Wednesday to implement a Gaza truce after its deadliest bombing since the…

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Jordan's King: Israel's Resumption of Gaza Attacks a 'Dangerous Step' since 2 hours
Israel Kills More Palestinians in Gaza since 3 hours
EU's Kallas Says Gaza Situation 'Unacceptable' since 4 hours

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Gold necklaces on display at a jewelry store in Beijing, China, 19 March 2025. EPA/JESSICA LEE

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Gold Climbs to Record High on Safe-haven Demand; Fed Decision in Focus

Gold rose to a record high on Wednesday as tensions in the Middle East and US tariff uncertainties lifted the bullion's safe-haven appeal, while traders…

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A handout photo made available by the Russian Defense Ministry's press service shows abandoned Ukrainian ammunition at a position in the Kursk region, Russia, 14 March 2025. (EPA/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Handout)

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Russia, Ukraine Trade Accusations of Infrastructure Attacks After Putin-Trump Call

Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of launching air attacks that sparked fires and damaged infrastructure just hours after their leaders agreed…

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Police Arrest Istanbul Mayor Over Alleged Corruption and Terror Links

FILE PHOTO: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters from the top of a bus after giving testimony to judicial authorities at the Justice Palace, known as Caglayan Courthouse, in Istanbul, Türkiye, January 31, 2025. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Iraq’s PMF Reinforces Deployment on Border with Syria

A PMF vehicle is seen near the Iraqi-Syrian border. (Security media)

Yemen’s Houthis Won’t ‘Dial Down’ Under US Pressure or Iranian Appeals

A Houthi supporter holds up his weapon during a protest in Sanaa, Yemen, 17 March 2025 against US airstrikes on Houthi positions. (EPA)

Reports: US Strikes Target Areas in Yemen

A fighter plane takes off, said to be, for an operation against the Yemen's Houthis at an unidentified location in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on March 18, 2025. (US CENTCOM via X/Handout via Reuters)

US Says Hamas Solely to Blame for Resumption of Gaza Hostilities

Dorothy Shea, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, March 18, 2025. (Reuters)

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Khaled Khalifa, Senior Advisor to the High Commissioner and UNHCR Representative to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Asharq Al-Awsat)

UN Official Urges Funding to Support 123 Million Displaced People Worldwide

Palestinian children near the tents of the displaced in Khan Younis. (Reuters)

Uncertainty Surrounds Gaza Reconstruction Amid Renewed Israeli Strikes

People sit as Palestinians make their way to flee their homes, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for a number of neighborhoods, following heavy Israeli strikes, in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa

What Are Hamas' Military Options as Gaza War Resumes?

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Takeshi Iwaya talks to the press at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the Fairmont Manoir Richelieu on March 13, 2025 in La Malbaie, Canada. (Getty Images/AFP)

Japan FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Two-State Solution Key to Stability, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Dire

This Nov. 22, 1963 file photo shows President John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo, file)

Trump Administration Makes Public Thousands of Files Related to JFK Assassination

Istituto Marangoni, Fashion Commission Partner on Fashion Education in Saudi Arabia

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UAE’s Tahnoon bin Zayed, Trump Discuss Strategic Partnership

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US Envoy Says Jeddah to Host Talks with Russia on Ukraine War on Sunday

Steve Witkoff, special envoy, watches as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP)

Japan FM to Asharq Al-Awsat: Two-State Solution Key to Stability, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Dire

Saudi Arabia Condemns Israeli Strikes in Syria

A woman walks amid debris after an Israeli strike a day earlier in Syria's southern town of Daraa, on March 18, 2025. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Saudi Arabia Condemns Attack on Somali President's Convoy

Rescuers look for survivors in the rubble of a residential building after an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, 18 March 2025. EPA/SAID YUSUF WARSAME

Saudi Govt Condemns Israel for Resuming Strikes on Gaza

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

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Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) gives a joint statement with French President Emmanuel Macron (R) during their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 19 March 2025. EPA/Gonzalo Fuentes / POOL

Jordan's King: Israel's Resumption of Gaza Attacks a 'Dangerous Step'

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Hamas Says Open to Talks as Israel Keeps up Gaza Strikes

EU's Kallas Says Gaza Situation 'Unacceptable'

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas arrives for the weekly College of Commissioners meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Israel Kills More Palestinians in Gaza

A Palestinian man reads one of the leaflets dropped by the Israeli army ordering the residents to leave, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on March 19, 2025. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

Iraq’s PMF Reinforces Deployment on Border with Syria

Yemen’s Houthis Won’t ‘Dial Down’ Under US Pressure or Iranian Appeals

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Ben-Gvir Returns to Netanyahu's Government

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Canada’s New Leader Announces Australian Radar Purchase While Visiting Edge of Arctic Circle

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney answers questions from the media after making an announcement at a Canadian Armed Forces forward-operating location in Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (The Canadian Press via AP)

Situation in Russia’s Belgorod Region ‘Difficult’, at Least One Killed, Government Says

A 24-year-old radio operator of the Chechen Akhmat battalion with the call sign "Swallow" stands by a burned out Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in the village of Kazachya Loknya, which was previously held by Ukrainian troops and recently retaken by Russia's armed forces, in the Sudzha district of the Kursk region on March 18, 2025, amid the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. (AFP)

Six Migrants Die, 40 Missing in Shipwreck Off Italy's Lampedusa

Migrants wait to disembark from a fiber boat in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, March 5, 2025. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

UN Official Urges Funding to Support 123 Million Displaced People Worldwide

Somali Militants Target Presidential Convoy in Bomb Attack, President Safe

A police tow-truck leaves the scene of an explosion near the Presidential Palace, also known as Villa Somalia, in the Hamar Jajab district of Mogadishu, Somalia March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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Banknotes of Japanese yen are seen in this illustration picture taken September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

Dollar Rises ahead of Fed; Turkish Lira Drop Reins in G10 Currencies

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Oil Slips as Putin Agrees 30-day Halt on Energy Facility Strikes

A view of an oil pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada January 18, 2025. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo

Turkish Lira Touches Record Low, Stocks and Bonds Slide After Istanbul Mayor Detained

Japan Says Economy Recovering, but Flags Risks from Trump Trade Policies

Pedestrians walk along a sidewalk past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters complex in central Tokyo on March 19, 2025. (AFP)

Rising Revenues, Operational Efficiency Boost Profits of Saudi Telecom Companies

Russian Rouble Weakens After Trump-Putin Call

A woman walks outside the Kremlin on a sunny day in Moscow, Russia, 18 March 2025. (EPA)

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Prince Mohammed bin Salman Development Project Preserves Al-Abbasa Mosque's Heritage

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Prince Mohammed bin Salman Development Project Preserves Al-Abbasa Mosque's Heritage

The Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project for the Development of Historical Mosques (Phase Two) has initiated the restoration of Al-Abbasa Mosque in Abu Arish…

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Ubisoft, maker of the "Assassin's Creed" series of video games, mixes historical accuracy with artistic license in its latest offering, "Shadows". (AFP)

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Historic Fantasy ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Sparks Bitter Battles

The "Assassin's Creed" series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with heavy use of artistic license --…

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A man photographs the 1965 painting "Marian Anderson" by Beauford Delaney at the Black Paris exhibition which explores the presence and influence of about 150 Black artists in France from the 1950s to 2000 at the Pompidou Center, Monday, March 17, 2025 in Paris. (AP)

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150 Artists of African Descent Celebrated in ‘Black Paris’ Exhibition at Pompidou Center

An unprecedented exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris explores the presence and influence of Black artists in the city from the 1950s to 2000, offering a…

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This picture taken on March 5, 2025 shows an Indian Muslim mixing ingredients to prepare the popular dish "bubur lambuk" at Masjid India during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur. (AFP)

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Malaysian Rice Porridge a ‘Trademark’ Ramadan Tradition

As dusk fell, hundreds of Muslims at a mosque in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur feast on bowls of fragrant rice porridge known locally as "bubur lambuk"…

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The discovered water well measures 4.5 meters in length and 4 meters in width. KUNA

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Pre-Islamic Water Well Discovered in Kuwait’s Failaka Island

The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) has announced the discovery of an ancient water well on Kwuait’s Failaka Island dating back to the…

Asharq Al Awsat (Kuwait) Monday 17/03 - 09:44

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Thailand Aims for F1 Street Race in 2028 After Domenicali Talks

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Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali (L) speaks to Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (R) during a meeting at the Government House in Bangkok on March 18, 2025. (AFP)

Thailand Aims for F1 Street Race in 2028 After Domenicali Talks

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Formula One chief Stefano Domenicali on Tuesday and said the government would commission a feasibility…

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Algeria’s Boxing Champion Khelif Targets Second Olympic Gold in LA

Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender-eligibility row, is determined to defend her title at the 2028 Los Angeles Games and…

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First-placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris attends a press conference after the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on March 16, 2025. (AFP)

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Confident Norris Eyes China Success as First F1 Sprint Beckons

Early championship leader Lando Norris knows he will face a new series of challenges at this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, including the first sprint race of…

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FILE PHOTO: Mar 8, 2025; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB) hits a shot against Botic Van De Zandschulp (not pictured) during the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Well Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images/File Photo

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Players' Group Founded by Djokovic Files Antitrust Suit Against Tennis Organizers

Calling the groups in charge of professional tennis “a cartel,” the players' association co-founded by Novak Djokovic filed an antitrust lawsuit against the…

Asharq Al Awsat Wednesday 19/03 - 07:22

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FILE - Alejandro Dominguez, president of CONMEBOL, enters the stadium during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match between Venezuela and Canada, July 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

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South American Soccer President Apologizes for Comparing Brazilian Clubs to Tarzan's Chimp

Alejandro Domínguez, the president of South American soccer body CONMEBOL, apologized Tuesday for his remarks the previous day comparing Brazilian clubs to a…

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NASA Astronauts Return to Earth after Drawn-out Mission in Space

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Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, USA, 18 March 2025. EPA/NASA/Keegan Barber

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth after Drawn-out Mission in Space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after…

Asharq Al Awsat Wednesday 19/03 - 07:54

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New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP)

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Record 2024 Temperatures Accelerate Ice Loss, Rise in Sea Levels, UN Weather Body Says

Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the…

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Undated photo of a perch fish at a river lock in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, Netherlands, where a "fish doorbell" was installed that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (Visdeurbel via AP)

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Dutch 'Fish Doorbell' Turns Into Unlikely Online Hit Combining Slow TV, Ecology

The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being…

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This handout photograph taken by Firefly Aerospace on March 16, 2025 and released on March 18, shows the lunar surface and the setting sun with Earth and Venus on the horizon, during the lunar mission of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander. (Photo by HANDOUT / Firefly Aerospace / AFP)

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Ghostly Lunar Sunsets Shot by Private Lander

A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first…

Asharq Al Awsat Wednesday 19/03 - 06:40

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Trump Administration Makes Public Thousands of Files Related to JFK Assassination

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000…

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