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Internally displaced Palestinians walk next to destroyed buildings in Khan Younis town, southern Gaza Strip, 31 May 2024 (issued 01 June 2024). (EPA)

Prabowo Says Indonesia Willing to Send Peacekeeping Troops to Gaza

Indonesia's president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, said on Saturday that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if…

Saturday 01/06 - 09:16

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a statement, accompanied by Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova (not pictured) at Kbely military airport, in Prague, Czech Republic, 30 May 2024. Blinken is visiting Prague to attend the informal NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting on 30 and 31 May 2024 to discuss priorities for the upcoming NATO Washington Summit. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

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Blinken Discusses Gaza Truce Proposal with Saudi, Jordanian, Turkish Counterparts

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with his Saudi, Jordanian and Turkish counterparts the new Israeli “roadmap” announced by President Joe Biden on…

Asharq Al Awsat Saturday 01/06 - 09:01

Israel’s Netanyahu Says There Cannot Be Permanent Gaza Ceasefire until Hamas Destroyed

Israel’s Netanyahu Says There Cannot Be Permanent Gaza Ceasefire until Hamas Destroyed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there would be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas' military and governing capabilities were…

Saturday 01/06 - 11:23

Biden Details Gaza Truce Proposal, Hamas Responds Positively Saturday 01/06 - 02:11

Dbeibah is seen at the opening of the inaugural Chinese-Libyan economic forum in Beijing. (GNU)

Dbeibah Stresses China’s Important Role in Reconstructing Libya

Head of Libya’s interim Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah called on Chinese companies to complete their suspended projects in his…

Jamal Jawhar (Cairo) Saturday 01/06 - 07:31

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A member of a drone unit of Ukraine’s 58th Motorized Brigade sets up an antenna in a forest near the front line, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 9, 2024. (Reuters)

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Russia’s Major Air Attack Damages Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure in 5 Regions

Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones on Saturday, damaging energy facilities in five regions across Ukraine, officials said. Ukraine's national…

Saturday 01/06 - 07:34

Lebanese Army Arrests Eight People Linked to ISIS

Army soldiers are deployed in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021 (Reuters)

Bahrain and China Elevate Ties to ‘Strategic Partnership’

President Xi Jinping of China receives the King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in Beijing. (BNA)

Turkish Drone Strikes in Syria Kill 4 US-Backed Fighters, Wound 11 Civilians, Kurdish Group Says

A volunteer in the Kurdish Community Protection Forces guards wheat fields from fire or looting around the town of Tarbesbeyeh, also known as al-Qahtaniyah in Arabic, in northeastern Syria's Hassakeh Governorate near the Turkish border on May 30, 2024. (AFP)

Adam, First Wounded Gazan to Arrive in Lebanon for Treatment

5-year-old Adam Afana, the first Palestinian child wounded in Israel's war on Gaza to land in Lebanon, plays with his uncle Eid Afana, as he sits on a hospital bed at the American University of Beirut's Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon May 31, 2024. Reuters

Pro-Palestinian Protesters Occupy Parts of Brooklyn Museum

A banner installed by Pro-Palestinian protestors is seen at the facade of the Brooklyn Museum during a protest, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, May 31, 2024. (Reuters)

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Saudi Arabia, UNEP to Host World Environment Day

Indigenous Gunas sit outside their new homes in Nuevo Carti, Guna Yala Comarca, on the Caribbean coast in mainland Panama, on May 29, 2024. (AFP)

Panama Prepares to Evacuate First Island in Face of Rising Sea Level

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel's bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP)

Israel Maintains a Shadowy Hospital in the Desert for Gaza Detainees. Critics Allege Mistreatment

Smoke billows from fighting between the Sudanese army and RSF in Khartoum. (Reuters file photo)

Leading Member of Taqaddum Calls for End to Sudan War

Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel's War Cabinet and the top political rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leaves a meeting in the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol in Washington, on March 4, 2024. (AP)

Israel’s Gantz at the Crossroads over Challenge to Netanyahu

MEP Raphael Glucksmann, head of the joint list named "Reveiller l'Europe" of the French Socialist Party and "Place Publique" for the European elections, attends a campaign meeting for the European elections in Nantes, France, April 13, 2024. (Reuters)

France’s Socialists Snap at Macron’s Heels Ahead of European Election

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

Saudi Leadership Congratulates Samoan President on Independence Day

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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Meets Oman, Qatar Foreign Affairs Delegates

China’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deng Li speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, 27 May 2024. (EPA)

Saudi FM Discusses Gaza Truce Proposal with US Counterpart

Bahrain and China Elevate Ties to ‘Strategic Partnership’

Saudi FM Discusses Regional, Int’l Developments with Chinese, Iraqi Counterparts

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah attends a press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, August 17, 2023. (Reuters)

Saudi Foreign Minister Receives Phone Call from Iran's Acting FM

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. SPA

Arab World

Israel’s Netanyahu Says There Cannot Be Permanent Gaza Ceasefire until Hamas Destroyed

Saturday 01/06 - 11:23

Prabowo Says Indonesia Willing to Send Peacekeeping Troops to Gaza

US Military Destroys Three Houthi Drones Fired over the Red Sea

File photo: An armed Houthi fighter walks through the beach with the Galaxy Leader cargo ship in the background, seized by the Houthis offshore of the Al-Salif port on the Red Sea in the province of Hodeidah, Yemen, 05 December 2023 (issued 06 December 2023). (EPA)

Lebanese Army Arrests Eight People Linked to ISIS

Dbeibah Stresses China’s Important Role in Reconstructing Libya

Leading Member of Taqaddum Calls for End to Sudan War

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Vahid Haghanian, a longstanding senior official of the Iranian Supreme Leader's office, shows his identification document to the media while registering his name as a candidate for the June 28 presidential election at the Interior Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP)

US-Sanctioned Ex-officer among Iranian Candidates to Replace Raisi

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North Korea Is Sending More Trash-Carrying Balloons to South Korea

In this photo provided by Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters, balloons with trash presumably sent by North Korea, hang on electric wires as South Korean army soldiers stand guard in Muju, South Korea, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters via AP, File)

River Ferry Sinks in Afghanistan, Killing at Least 20

Members of a rescue team search for missing persons in the Kokcha river following flash floods after heavy rainfall, on the outskirts Fayzabad in Badakhshan province on May 26, 2024. (AFP)

South African Vote Tallying Enters Final Stages With ANC on 40%

Journalists and party officials monitor results as they are updated in the IEC (Independent Electoral Commission) National Results Operations Centre as voting counting continues, a day after the 2024 South African general election, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 May 2024. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

Blinken Discusses Gaza Truce Proposal with Saudi, Jordanian, Turkish Counterparts

India Votes in Final Phase of Elections as Both Modi and Rahul Gandhi Eye Victory

Voters stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station during the seventh and last phase of the general election, at a village in Firozpur district, Punjab, India, June 1, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Business

At the closing ceremony are GO CEO Khalid Riaz, sitting left, and Aramco Director of International Retail Nader Douhan, sitting right. Standing, from left, are GO board members Bilal Ansari and Shahzad Mubeen, Aramco Executive Vice President of Products & Customers Yasser Mufti, GO Chairman Tariq Kirmani, and Aramco Vice President of Retail Ziyad Juraifani. (Aramco Official Site)

Aramco Completes Acquisition of 40% Stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan

Asharq Al Awsat Saturday 01/06 - 03:24

US Inflation up Moderately in April

Chicago, November 22, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska Purchase Licensing Rights

Oil Stabilizes Ahead of OPEC+ Meeting

Oil pump jacks are seen at uthe Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas deposit in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina, January 21, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

France, Germany Urge Tougher EU Checks on Biofuel Imports

A fuel nozzle from a bio diesel fuel pump is seen in this photo illustration taken at a filling station in San Diego, California January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Purchase Licensing Rights

Gold Flat Ahead of US Data, But Set for Fourth Straight Monthly Gain

A jeweller shows a gold bar at his shop in downtown Kuwait City on May 20, 2024. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

Consumers Curb US Economic Growth in Q1

Shoppers show up early for the Black Friday sales at the King of Prussia shopping mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski Purchase Licensing Rights

Culture

World War II Veterans Take off for France for 80th Anniversary of D-Day

This photograph taken on May 30, 2024, shows the "Les Braves Omaha Beach Memorial" on Omaha Beach, Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, northwestern France, ahead of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the "D-Day" allied landings in Normandy. (AFP)

World War II Veterans Take off for France for 80th Anniversary of D-Day

More than 60 veterans of World War II took off Friday from Dallas to France, where they will take part in ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. …

Saturday 01/06 - 11:09

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Saudi Arabia is Guest of Honor at Beijing International Book Fair 2024

Saudi Arabia is getting ready to inaugurate its pavilion at Beijing International Book Fair 2024 as the guest of honor for this year's edition, which will be…

Asharq Al Awsat Thursday 30/05 - 20:21

A landmark is lit up in the colors of the national flag in Diriyah on the occasion of Saud National Day. (SPA file)

Majed Al-Hugail Appointed CEO of Saudi Cultural Development Fund

The board of directors of the Cultural Development Fund (CDF), chaired by Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, appointed Majed bin…

Wednesday 29/05 - 17:24

An animal rights activist holds a puppy while taking part in a demonstration demanding the approval of a law that prohibits bullfights, cockfights and events where animals are abused, in Bogota, Colombia, October 5, 2022. (Reuters)

Colombia’s Congress Votes to Ban Bullfights, Dealing a Blow to the Centuries-Old Tradition

Colombia’s congress voted Tuesday to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired…

Wednesday 29/05 - 07:09

A view of some of the works of art that have been repatriated from the United States of America by the Carabinieri for the Protection of Cultural Heritage (TPC) on display at the Central Institute for Restoration in Rome, Italy, 28 May 2024. (EPA)

US Vows More Returns of Looted Antiquities as Italy Celebrates Latest Haul of 600 Artifacts

Italy on Tuesday celebrated the return of around 600 antiquities from the US, including ancient bronze statues, gold coins, mosaics and manuscripts valued at…

Wednesday 29/05 - 06:59

Sports

Rybakina, Sabalenka Reach French Open Fourth Round

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Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan reacts after winning her Women's Singles 3rd round match against Elise Mertens of Belgium during the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 01 June 2024. (EPA)

Rybakina, Sabalenka Reach French Open Fourth Round

Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka reached the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets on Saturday. The 2022 Wimbledon champion…

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Germany's defender Joshua Kimmich addresses the media after a training session of the German national football team in Herzogenaurach on June 1, 2024, in preparation for the UEFA EURO 2024 European Football Championship. (AFP)

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Kimmich Slams ‘Racist’ Survey That Says 1 in 5 Germans Want More White Players in the National Team

Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich has slammed as "absolutely racist" a survey and its findings that one in five of his compatriots would prefer more white…

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06 January 2020, Egypt, Giza: The shadows of spectators can be seen on a FIFA banner. (dpa)

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FIFA Unites World Cup Winners and Club Executives as Teammates to Study for Soccer Diploma

World Cup and Champions League winners are learning about the soccer industry at FIFA alongside club founders and front-office leaders. All were teammates in…

Saturday 01/06 - 11:32

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Britain's Andy Murray, right, and Britain's Daniel Evans, left, play a shot during their men's doubles match of the French Open tennis tournament against Brazil's Thiago Seyboth Wild and Argentina's Sebastian Baez at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP)

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Murray Considering Playing Wimbledon Doubles with Brother

Three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said he may play the men's doubles alongside brother Jamie at next month's Wimbledon Championships. The 37-year…

Saturday 01/06 - 07:53

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Crown Prince Presents King's Cup to Al-Hilal FC

Deputizing for Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime…

Asharq Al Awsat Saturday 01/06 - 02:50

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Saudi Arabia, UNEP to Host World Environment Day

Saudi Arabia, UNEP to Host World Environment Day

Saudi Arabia and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will mark World Environment Day on June 5 under the theme “Our land, Our future”. The ceremony…

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Panama Prepares to Evacuate First Island in Face of Rising Sea Level

On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who…

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Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who returned to Earth last month after a 12-day journey into space, attends a news conference after returning to Japan, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, in Tokyo, Japan January 7, 2022. (Reuters)

Japanese Billionaire Maezawa Cancels Moon Flyby Mission

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa cancelled his "dearMoon" mission, which the project said was to have been the first private flight around the moon, the…

Saturday 01/06 - 07:51

Mount Marapi volcano spews volcanic ash during an eruption as seen from Bukittinggi, West Sumatera province, Indonesia, May 30, 2024, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Al Fatah/ via Reuter

Indonesia’s Mount Ibu Erupts as Disaster Agency Warns of Possible Floods, Cold Lava Flow

A volcano in Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday spewing a five-km (3-mile) high ash cloud, the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG)…

Saturday 01/06 - 07:44