LONDON: The wife of a former Tour de France-winning cyclist has caused controversy in the UK following an Islamophobic outburst on social media. Michelle Froome, wife of Chris Froome, said on her X profile on Monday that there are “no innocent Gazans” and called Muslims a “drain on modern society.” In her first posts on … Read more
Why the bidding may be furious for a portrait of Ottoman ruler Mehmed II, coming up for sale soon LONDON: To the Christians of Europe in the mid-15th century, the Islamic leader Mehmed II was “the terror of the world,” a “venomous dragon” at the head of “bloodthirsty hordes.” The Roman Catholic Pope, Nicholas V, … Read more
DUBAI: The British military warned Saturday that a vessel may have been boarded by an unknown party near the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The warning from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations offered no details about the boarding in the Gulf of Oman off the Emirati port city of Fujairah. The incident comes amid heightened … Read more
At Bangladesh’s OIC campus, international students recreate Eid atmosphere of home DHAKA: Hundreds of international students at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation campus in Bangladesh observed Eid Al-Fitr on Thursday, trying to recreate their celebrations at home and share a bit of their respective cultures with friends. A subsidiary of the OIC, the Islamic University … Read more
RIYADH: The holy month of Ramadan, beginning on March 11 and observed mostly at the end of Saudi Arabia’s winter, has brought cool comfort for fasting Muslims, making it a pleasant experience. Based on the lunar Hijri calendar, the beginning of the holy month changes every year, determined by sightings of the crescent moon. A … Read more
LONDON: A UK company has secured a multimillion-dollar deal to supply rail tracks for a major new infrastructure project linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. British Steel will deliver 9,500 tonnes of track as part of an Egyptian project to create a fully electrified, high-speed passenger and freight line stretching 660 km, with trains … Read more
How a ceasefire and unrestricted aid access could yet prevent a famine in north Gaza LONDON: Desperate appeals from UN agencies urging Israel to allow aid into Gaza to alleviate hunger and avert an imminent famine in the north of the embattled Palestinian enclave appear to have fallen on deaf ears. Despite a UN Security … Read more
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has reaffirmed Lebanon’s commitment to fully implementing all international resolutions, especially UN Resolution 1701, approved in 2006 to resolve the war between Israel and Hezbollah that same year. He also emphasized the need for Israel to implement these resolutions fully and to cease its attacks on Lebanon’s sovereignty. Mikati … Read more
ALULA: AlUla’s mirrored Maraya concert hall is currently hosting “More than Meets the Eye,” featuring works from private art collections in Saudi Arabia, some of which are being displayed publicly for the first time. The show includes work dating back to the 1950s up to the present day, ranging from paintings to films and installations, … Read more
DUBAI: Saudi conceptual artist Obaid Alsafi was born in 1991 in Wadi Ad-Dawasir, which he describes as an intersection of the vast desert and green farms. “There was a contradiction, and through that contradiction it was as if I was seeing day and night,” Alsafi, who is now based in Riyadh, tells Arab News. “I … Read more