Update International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant

  • The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a ceasefire to end the 13-month conflict
By Reuters ·

Update Amid Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs video

Amid Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs

  • Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported three raids “within the third round of strikes on the southern suburbs today“
  • AFPTV footage showed columns of smoke rising from the area, usually a densely populated residential district but now largely emptied
By NAJIA HOUSSARI ·

Dozens feared dead in Gaza after Israeli strikes

Dozens feared dead in Gaza after Israeli strikes

  • The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll from the resulting war has reached 43,985 people, the majority civilians
By AFP ·

Kingdom’s defense minister meets Swedish minister, officials for talks on Saudi-Swedish ties

Kingdom’s defense minister meets Swedish minister, officials for talks on Saudi-Swedish ties

  • Discussions focused on bolstering cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Sweden
By Arab News ·

UN could meet with Israel PM despite warrant: UN

UN could meet with Israel PM despite warrant: UN

  • UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and Netanyahu have not spoken since the war started
  • UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said UN policy on contacts with people facing arrest warrants dates back to a document issued in 2013
By AFP ·

Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war

Putin hints at strikes on West in ‘global’ Ukraine war

  • Warns of retaliation after Ukraine’s allies granting permission for Kyiv to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets on Russian territory
  • Putin spoke after Russia test-fired a new generation intermediate-range missile at Ukraine, hinting that was capable of unleashing a nuclear payload
  • Washington saw no need to modify the United States’ own nuclear posture in response, says White House spokesperson
By AFP ·

Special An AI-powered tool aims to combat fake news in the Arab world and beyond graphic

An AI-powered tool aims to combat fake news in the Arab world and beyond

  • Developed jointly with EU academic institutions, FRAPPE is the brainchild of Preslav Nakov of Abu Dhabi’s MBZUAI
  • System trained with 23 different linguistic techniques, can identify specific persuasion and propaganda techniques
By Sulafa Alkhunaizi ·

Special An AI-powered tool aims to combat fake news in the Arab world and beyond graphic

An AI-powered tool aims to combat fake news in the Arab world and beyond

  • Developed jointly with EU academic institutions, FRAPPE is the brainchild of Preslav Nakov of Abu Dhabi’s MBZUAI
  • System trained with 23 different linguistic techniques, can identify specific persuasion and propaganda techniques
By Sulafa Alkhunaizi ·

Christian Dior retrospective opens in Riyadh

Christian Dior retrospective opens in Riyadh

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  • The exhibition, at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia until April 2, explores the legacy of the fashion designer and his successors through a specially curated narrative
By Arab News ·
Special Team selection sparks debate in Australia’s Davis Cup quarterfinal victory over USA in Malaga

Team selection sparks debate in Australia’s Davis Cup quarterfinal victory over USA in Malaga

  • From strategy to mind games, captains pull out all the stops in search of the perfect lineup
By Reem Abulleil ·