video Update Militants, allies enter Syria’s second city Aleppo in lightning assault

Militants, allies enter Syria’s second city Aleppo in lightning assault

  • The violence has killed 242 people, according to a Syrian war monitor
  • The fighters had on Thursday cut the highway linking Aleppo to Syria’s capital Damascus
video By AFP ·

Israel criticized for ‘provocative actions’ in Lebanon despite ceasefire agreement

Israel criticized for ‘provocative actions’ in Lebanon despite ceasefire agreement

  • US general in discussions over implementation of ceasefire
  • Municipality warns returning residents about ‘landmines, explosives, unexploded shells’
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Gaza in anarchy, says UN

Gaza in anarchy, says UN

  • Palestinians are suffering “on a scale that has to be seen to be truly grasped,” Ajith Sunghay, head of the UN Human Rights Office in the Palestinian territories, said
  • “This time I was particularly alarmed by the prevalence of hunger,” Sunghay told a media briefing in Geneva
By AFP ·

Special How researchers in Saudi Arabia are turning desalination waste into valuable resources graphic

How researchers in Saudi Arabia are turning desalination waste into valuable resources

  • Industry experts are working on technology to recover minerals from the highly saline waste liquid produced from desalination.
  • Brine, a byproduct from turning sea water into fresh water, can also be repurposed for energy production, KAUST professor says
By Tamara Aboalsaud ·

Fishers at a Lebanese port hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life is returning

Fishers at a Lebanese port hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life is returning

  • Israel earlier imposed a siege on southern Lebanon that kept hundreds of fishers on shore, upending their lives and the industry
  • The possibility of renewed Lebanese fishing on the country’s southern coast is helping fuel hope for a brighter future
By AP ·

Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands

Thailand flooding kills nine, displaces thousands

  • ‘Very heavy rain’ could continue to affect some areas of the country’s south through next week
  • The government has deployed rescue teams to assist affected residents
By AFP ·

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

  • Police in the Chinese capital detained veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu in February 2022
  • ‘Sentencing Yuyu to seven years in prison on no evidence declares to the world the bankruptcy of the justice system in China’
By Reuters ·

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

China court jails journalist for seven years on spy charges, family says

  • Police in the Chinese capital detained veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu in February 2022
  • ‘Sentencing Yuyu to seven years in prison on no evidence declares to the world the bankruptcy of the justice system in China’
By Reuters ·

SAL Jeddah GT 2024 race continues at Jeddah Corniche Circuit

SAL Jeddah GT 2024 race continues at Jeddah Corniche Circuit

  • Second qualifying session for the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe is set to continue at 11:45 a.m. Saturday
  • Benjamin Lariche and Robert Consani from Team Speedcar as crowned as winners of the first race
By Arab News ·