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Echoes from last week’s historic elections in Turkiye will continue to be heard. It was the second time in its history that the country held presidential and parliamentary elections at the same time, the first being in 2018, and domestic turnout reached about 88 percent. The elections were dubbed “the most important elections of 2023” by major media outlets. Neither President

IRBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Thirteen years after President Bashar Assad attended a major Arab League meeting, a Syrian delegation led by him has taken part in the 32nd summit, this time in the Saudi city of Jeddah. Assad’s participation in Friday’s summit follows Syria’s readmission into the pan-Arab body earlier this month and amid broader Saudi-led efforts to repair relations

The agenda of Friday’s Arab League Summit is brimming with topics that will differentiate it from past summits, especially in view of the ongoing shifts on the Arab, Middle Eastern and even global stages. The most important sign of difference is perhaps its location in Jeddah, which is a real embodiment of a different situation on the political, economic and social levels in

DUBAI: Swedish podcast company Acast has partnered with two of the leading podcast networks in the Middle East, Sowt and Kerning Cultures, or KC, Network. Acast, which helps creators to produce their podcasts and connects them with advertisers, has offices in 15 countries and a monthly listenership of more than 430 million. Arabic is among the top five spoken languages in the

LOS ANGELES: Jimmy Butler led a fourth-quarter fightback as the Miami Heat stunned the Boston Celtics 111-105 to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference finals series on Friday. Miami talisman Butler finished with 27 points as the eighth seeds grabbed a second straight victory at Boston’s TD Garden to leave the Celtics with a mountain to climb if they are to reach the

JEDDAH: Arab League member states met on Friday in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah for a historic summit in which, for the first time in more than a decade, representatives of all 22 nations took part. During the summit on Friday, the organization’s 32nd, members adopted the Jeddah Declaration, which reaffirmed the Arab League’s united stance on achieving security and

HIROSHIMA, Japan: Leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies warned China and North Korea against building up their nuclear arsenals, pivoting to major northeast Asian crises ahead of the arrival later Saturday of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The focus on Asia at the Group of Seven summit comes as leaders tighten sanctions meant to punish Moscow and change the

RIYADH: Namibia has joined the ranks of countries who have expressed support for Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo. Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari, Namibia’s presidential press secretary, said the show of support was made to Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Qattan, the Saudi advisor at the Royal Court, who was currently on a visit to the southwest African nation. The global event,

CAIRO/DUBAI: Airstrikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and on Saturday morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week. The fighting between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has led to a collapse in law and order with looting that both sides blame

HIROSHIMA, Japan: India will do “whatever we can” to resolve the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged Saturday as he met President Volodymyr Zelensky for the first time since Russia’s invasion. “I understand your pain and the pain of Ukrainian citizens very well,” Modi said, as the pair met on the sidelines of the Group of 7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. “I can