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Riyadh schools adopt remote learning for a week

Parents across Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week, according to messages seen by AFP.

Two giant pandas, emblems of China soft diplomacy, arrive in US

Two giant pandas sent by China arrived in the United States on Sunday, Beijing and the Atlanta zoo said, after a leaders' summit that was heavy on symbolism and light on major breakthroughs.

Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift is having another good year -- just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Trump offered to sell arms to Xi: US ambassador to Fox News

US President Donald Trump offered to sell arms to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in response to concern over weapons sales to Taiwan, the US ambassador to China said in a Fox News interview that aired Sunday.

Netanyahu makes surprise UAE visit as pre-Oct 7 attack alert controversy resurfaces

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi on Sunday and met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a senior Israeli official told Reuters

Iran proposes plan to reopen Hormuz within seven days: minister

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday that Tehran had offered Washington a plan that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened to maritime navigation within seven days once agreed.

CNN blocked from Trump trip on Saturday

CNN reporters have been barred from traveling with US President Donald Trump as planned on Saturday, in a new move by the White House to limit the news network's access.

Major pro-Khan protest delayed in Pakistan

A demonstration in support of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan in Pakistan has been delayed by a week, organisers said, citing an effort to wear down the government.

Woman rescued from forced marriage in Pakistan, two men arrested in Spain

A woman who was allegedly deceived into travelling to Pakistan and forced to marry a cousin has been rescued and returned to Spain, police said on Saturday.

Inside the propaganda campaign shaping AI answers

An Israel-backed influence campaign has sought to flood the internet with generated content targeting young Americans and shape how AI chatbots answer their questions, RT’s America Now has found.

Saudi Arabia ‘has not ruled out’ developing nuclear weapons – WaPo

Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to a classified US intelligence assessment that has fueled concerns in Congress over President Donald Trump’s nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh

Netanyahu says Mamdani endangers Jewish New Yorkers by spreading lies about Israel’s actions in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza

Saudi Grand Mufti tells troops to be ready to sacrifice their lives fighting Houthis

Saudi Arabia’s top religious authority called on soldiers in the kingdom to be ready to lay down their lives to fight the Iran-backed Houthis

Netanyahu Faces UN Walkout, Protests During New York Visit

Dozens of delegates walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly

Iran offers Trump deal before US elections

Iran has offered the US a new deal aimed at ending the months-long conflict before the November midterm elections, directly challenging President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran is deliberately waiting until after the vote to reach an agreement.

Trump to fete Xi with lavish White House welcome

US President Donald Trump will host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House on Thursday for a day full of pageantry with one goal -- keeping the fragile peace between the rival superpowers.

President tells Trump that Iran will never ‘bend at the knee’

Masoud Pezeshkian accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the conflict, insisting Tehran had never started a war.

Pakistan confirms Afghan strikes after resident says Kandahar hit

An overnight airstrike hit the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, home to the Taliban government's supreme leader, a resident told AFP early Thursday.

Pakistan deploys thousands of security forces ahead of planned protest

Authorities in Pakistan's capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

Iran’s Pezeshkian accuses Trump of ‘bullying mentality,’ vows no surrender

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a "bullying mentality" at the United Nations on Wednesday

PM Shehbaz ‘terrific’, Pakistan ‘great country’, says Trump in UNGA speech

President Donald Trump has yet again praised the Pakistani leadership, this time at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Trump threatens Iran with ‘hell’ but reveals fresh talks

President Donald Trump revealed that US and Iranian officials held talks Tuesday for the first time in months, even as he told the United Nations he was still deciding whether to "annihilate" Iran.

Oil prices fall after Trump hails ‘good’ talks with Iran

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said US and Iranian representatives had met for "very good" talks at the United Nations.

Trump praises leftist Mamdani after meeting in New York

President Donald Trump heaped praise Monday onto New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the pair set aside their political differences to discuss immigration enforcement and a multi-billion dollar housing project.

Despite military might, Saudi struggles to crush the Houthis

Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen's battle-hardened Houthis.

Iran foreign minister arrives in New York for UN General Assembly

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi  arrived in New York ahead of President Masoud Pezeshkian's expected arrival on Tuesday for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, Iranian state media reported.

Trump considering ‘blowing up’ Iran – Fox News

US President Donald Trump is weighing several options regarding Iran, including blowing the “entire nation up,” Fox News has reported

‘I live in fear’: 1.5 million Pakistani children sexually exploited online

Pakistani teenager Zara Shah was targeted by a stranger while playing a computer game, drawn into a conversation that would expose her to terrifying online sexual exploitation.

Taliban government says Pakistani bombardments kill 3 in Afghanistan

Pakistan "bombarded civilian homes" in two eastern provinces of Afghanistan, killing three people, the Taliban government in Kabul said on Monday.

Iran sends peace terms to US

Iran has conveyed its peace terms to the US through Qatari mediators, the country’s top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, has said, arguing that it is in America’s interests to accept them.