AL HAYAT - News from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the world – 24 hours a day, seven days a week in seven languages

Riyadh -

IN THE NEWS

Iran executes two more members of exiled opposition: group

Iran executes two more members of exiled opposition: group

Iran on Monday executed two more members of opposition group the People's Mujahedin (MEK), the organisation said, with Iranian authorities saying they had been hanged on charges of spying for Israel.

Read more
Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

Pope Leo visits Angola's diamond-rich northeast

Pope Leo XIV heads to Angola's remote and diamond-rich northeast on Monday in the latest stop on an Africa tour during which he has spoken out against the country's glaring poverty.

Read more
US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast conflict

US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast conflict

Thousands of American and Philippine troops, joined for the first time by a significant contingent of Japanese forces, began annual military exercises Monday set against the backdrop of the Middle East war.

Read more
Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgaria ex-president wins parliamentary majority

Bulgarian ex-president Rumen Radev, an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia, took an absolute majority in parliamentary elections that could spell an end to the country's half-decade of political uncertainty, according to near complete vote results on Monday.

Read more
Oil prices jump on Iran war escalation but stocks up on peace hope

Oil prices jump on Iran war escalation but stocks up on peace hope

Oil prices surged Monday on a re-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East war after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz at the weekend, just a day after reopening it, citing the United States' blockade of its ports.

Read more
US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast war

US begins 'biggest ever' Philippines war games in thick of Mideast war

Thousands of American and Philippine troops, joined for the first time by a significant contingent of Japanese forces, began annual military exercises Monday set against the backdrop of the Middle East war.

Read more
Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack

Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack

When falling bombs shattered the usual calm of his Kashmir village, Mohammad Rashid set his mind to building a shelter for his family, ready in case fighting erupts again in the divided Himalayan region.

Read more
Hit reality show helps rev up Japan's delinquent youth subculture

Hit reality show helps rev up Japan's delinquent youth subculture

Sporting towering Elvis-style hair and a school uniform modified into a rebellious silhouette, 15-year-old Reona worships Japan's classic bad-boy subculture recently taken global by a hit Netflix dating show.

Read more
Magic shock Pistons as Thunder and Celtics win big in NBA playoffs

Magic shock Pistons as Thunder and Celtics win big in NBA playoffs

The Orlando Magic stunned the Detroit Pistons 112-101 on Sunday as the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics opened the NBA playoffs with big wins.

Read more
North Korea uses cluster bombs in latest missile test: KCNA

North Korea uses cluster bombs in latest missile test: KCNA

North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles that tested the power of its cluster munitions, its government news agency said on Monday, confirming the latest in a flurry of launches by the nuclear-armed state.

Read more