Saudi Arabia said it shot down a Huthi drone near Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Tuesday, drawing swift regional condemnation of the Iran-backed Yemeni rebel group. Turki al-Maliki, spokesperson for the Saudi-led Coalition Forces, accused the group of targeting the city, saying it was the first time in almost a decade that the Huthis had …
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More than 20 people, including several children, have died after a war-damaged residential building in Gaza City collapsed early Wednesday, local authorities said, with dozens more feared trapped under layers of rubble. Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, the director of al-Shifa hospital, told CNN at least 21 people have been killed in the disaster, including 11 …
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In a arena glowing with 10,000 light-emitting diode wristbands, young delegates from 191 countries sang together in Russian, exchanged plush Cheburashka toys, and listened to messages from orbiting cosmonauts as the International Festival of Youth (IFY – 2026) concluded its main programme in Ekaterinburg. The seven-day event, held from September 11 to 17 under the […]
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EKATERINBURG – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned Europe that any attack on the Russian Federation would result in a “very short” war, delivering the remarks during a lecture on the new global architecture at the Znanie.Pervye marathon in Ekaterinburg. Addressing the federal educational marathon, held as part of the International Festival of Youth, Lavrov […]
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On 28 July 2026, Abu Dhabi announced that the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi would open its doors on 11 December. Twenty years after Frank Gehry first conceived it, the museum will open on Saadiyat Island, becoming the largest of the four sites in the global Guggenheim network. The announcement marks the culmination of a cultural project of rare scale: in under a decade, Abu Dhabi will have built one of the densest museum districts on the planet across 270 hectares. In a region where Qatar and Saudi Arabia are also investing heavily in culture, the race for cultural leadership in the Gulf has never been more open. What is striking about this Emirati sequence is the place Africa occupies within it. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has announced that its permanent collection will focus on art from North Africa, West Asia and South Asia among its priority areas. Earlier in the year, the Louvre Abu Dhabi had already devoted its major seasonal exhibition to sub-Saharan Africa, the first of its kind in the Gulf. The ambition of the United Arab Emirates now goes beyond simply creating flagship cultural institutions. The country isContinue reading "African Art Takes Centre Stage at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi"
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Switzerland has returned to Egypt an ancient funerary mask dating to the Ptolemaic period, according to an announcement by the Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt on Facebook on 16 September, as part of an ongoing partnership between the two countries to safeguard cultural heritage and combat the illicit trafficking of antiquities. The mask, which Swiss customs authorities seized in 2022, is believed to be more than 2,000 years old. Experts examined and authenticated the piece, confirming it as an Egyptian artifact from the Ptolemaic era, a period that began after the conquests of Alexander the Great and ended with the reign of Cleopatra. The formal handover took place in Bern, the Swiss capital, where Swiss Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider presented the mask to Mohamed Nagm, Egypt’s ambassador to Switzerland. The artifact is now set to return to its country of origin more than two millennia after it was crafted. The restitution is the latest chapter in a long-running collaboration between Cairo and Bern aimed at protecting cultural property and curbing the illegal trade in antiquities. Switzerland has returned roughly 80 cultural and archaeological objects to Egypt since 2011. The returnContinue reading "Switzerland Repatriates 2,000-Year-Old Egyptian Funerary Mask"
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The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) recorded 63 new oil and gas discoveries and refined around 28 million tons of crude during fiscal year (FY) 2025/26, as it worked to raise domestic production and meet local fuel demand. Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi chaired EGPC’s board meeting to approve its FY 2025/26 […]
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Egypt is targeting an additional 250 million cubic feet per day (mmcf/d) of natural gas from the Zohr and West Mina fields in the Mediterranean before the end of 2026, alongside 80 mmcf/d from the Meleiha fields in the Western Desert by the end of September, Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said. […]
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