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Over 700,000 flock to Saudi Arabia’s top music festival
Record crowds of over 700,000 revelers flocked to Saudi Arabia's MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, authorities said Monday, at the end...
Arts & Culture

Lebanon vote weakens Hezbollah bloc as reformists book gains
Official results later Monday will show whether Hezbollah, a political and military movement seen as a state within a state,...
Geostrategy
Ryanair cuts annual net loss to $369 million
Ryanair expects cost increases as a result of surging oil prices fueled by the war, it hopes "to return to...
Business
Asian stocks climb up, but inflation sours mood
Asian equities were up on Monday after a rally on Wall Street last week, but analysts say fears of a...
Business

Iran arrests academic on national security charges
Iranian police have arrested academic and author Said Madani on charges of acting "against the security" of the country and of having ties to foreign states, Mehr news agency reported Monday. Madani, 61, professor of sociology at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran, has published several books on social issues in Iran.
Geostrategy

Kamala Harris leads high-level US team to meet new UAE leader
Harris, whose team includes Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA chief William Burns, is heading the strongest delegation to visit UAE since President Joe Biden took office last year.
Geostrategy