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Azimuth tune competition returning to AlUla

JEDDAH: The Azimuth music festival is returning to AlUla as the city’s Moments calendar goes into full swing. The popular musical extravaganza will return for its fourth edition from Sept. 19-21 ahead of Saudi National Day on Sept. 23....

REVIEW: E book censor falls sufferer to the illness of creativeness in Kuwaiti novel

NEW DELHI: Getting lost in a good story is an occupational hazard and a crime in “The Book Censor’s Library,” a dystopian political satire with elements of magic realism. The story follows an unnamed narrator whose life unravels...

If no longer Kamala Harris, who else may well be the Democratic nominee for November’s election?

NEW YORK CITY/CHICAGO: President Joe Biden’s decision to end his reelection campaign and drop out of the US presidential race has created sufficient momentum for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, according to...

Iran’s Progressive Guards intercepted UAE-managed tanker, Ambrey says

DUBAI: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed products tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, British security firm Ambrey said on Monday. The vessel had loaded marine gas oil off the coast of...

Flydubai says growth plans had been hindered through Boeing delays

RIYADH: Bandar Alkhorayaf, Saudi Arabia’s mining and industry minister, will visit Brazil and Chile this week, the ministry said on Sunday. In Brazil, he will hold meetings with officials to discuss expanding the Kingdom’s mining capacity, food processing, and aviation,...

Iran condemns Israeli assault on Yemen’s Hodeidah port

ATHENS/QAMISHLI, Syria: Since 2022, senior Syrian and Turkish officials have periodically met in Moscow for talks mediated by Russia. But those meetings have failed to result in a thaw in their icy relations. It is a different matter now,...

Israel shoots down missile fired from Yemen after placing Houthis

DUBAI: Bahraini and British archaeologists say they have discovered what is believed to be the first Christian structure in the Arabian Gulf, dating back to the fourth century. Located in Samahij, in the Bahraini city of Muharraq, the unearthed...

Iraq to import electrical energy from Turkiye

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on Tuesday, his office announced Sunday.“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Joe Biden will take place on Tuesday at noon,” said a statement...

Gunman in Trump rally assault flew drone over rally website prematurely of tournament, respectable says

WARSAW: The Kh-101 cruise missile that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv in early July perfectly illustrates the ability of the Russian defense industry to overcome Western efforts to cut its supply of key components.The July 8 attack,...

Palestinian Olympic frame urges IOC to prohibit Israeli athletes from Paris Video games

The Olympics are coming to the capital of fashion. Expect uniforms befitting a Paris runway PARIS: Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion, one of most influential fashion capitals of...