Arab News

Arab News is a daily newspaper in English, based in Saudi Arabia. It is released at the same time from three cities: Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. The publication is designed in a broadsheet format and primarily caters to business professionals, executives, and diplomats.

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In meeting with US lawmakers, Pakistani delegation says Delhi resisting dialogue with Islamabad

1 day ago | arabnews.com | Naimat Khan

KARACHI: A Pakistani delegation led by former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met a group of American lawmakers on Thursday, telling them that India is consistently resisting dialogue to resolve bilateral issues. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set up the delegation last month, tasking it to present Pakistan’s point of view regarding the country’s conflict with India last month.
Saudi pavilion makes a splash at London Design Biennale

1 day ago | arabnews.com | Jasmine Bager

REVIEW: ‘Dept. Q’ — Netflix’s cold-case thriller is fun but flawed /node/2603465/lifestyle June 05, 2025 12:50 REVIEW: ‘Dept. Q’ — Netflix’s cold-case thriller is fun but flawed DUBAI: Netflix’s latest police-procedural is set in Scotland, but based on the novels of Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen. At its heart is detective Carl Morck (Matthew Goode).
‘A flower snatched from us’: Family demands justice for murdered TikTok influencer

1 day ago | arabnews.com | Naimat Khan

KARACHI: The father of a teenage Pakistani TikTok influencer shot dead this week in Islamabad said on Wednesday he had wanted her to join the bureaucracy, but she had set her sights on the medical field to serve the people of Pakistan. Sana Yousaf, 17, was shot dead at her home on Monday evening by another social media influencer, 22-year-old Umar Hayat, after she rejected his repeated advances, Islamabad Police chief Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi told reporters on Tuesday.
Najran: A city of living memories

1 day ago | arabnews.com | Robert Bociaga

JEDDAH: A dry wind carries the first sign: a curl of frankincense smoke, sharp and sweet, drifting over the desert flats. It seeps through windows, clings to clothes, lingers on skin. Najran once sat at the center of the incense trade, and the scent still clings to its streets like a memory too deep to wash away. In Najran’s Old City, sun-drenched alleys wind between mud-brick towers etched with delicate patterns.
Pakistan reports second death of 2025 from deadly brain-eating amoeba

2 days ago | arabnews.com | Naimat Khan

KARACHI: A 23-year-old man died in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi this week after contracting Naegleria fowleri, the Sindh Health Department said on Wednesday, marking the second death of the year from the deadly brain-eating amoeba. Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, has a fatality rate of over 98 percent. It is transmitted when contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be spread from person to person.
Believe it or not, the world is getting warmer

2 days ago | arabnews.com | Peter Harrison

Believe it or not, the world is getting warmer Short Urlhttps://arab.news/mpe9h If you live in the Middle East, then you have no doubt noticed it has been quite warm recently. That is not a political statement, fake news or a conspiracy. It is hot this year — records have already been broken. And the worrying thing is that it is not going to get any cooler, certainly not for the next five years.
What future awaits Gaza’s children under airstrikes and aid embargo?

3 days ago | arabnews.com | Jumana Khamis

DUBAI: “Where is the world?” That was the chilling closing caption shared by 11-year-old Yaqeen Hammad in one of the final videos she posted on social media, just days before she was killed on May 23 by an Israeli airstrike on Deir Al-Balah in Gaza. Yaqeen’s story has been thrown into particular focus this week as the world marks International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression on June 4, a reminder not only of those lost but of the futures stolen.
Pakistan launches cybercrime helpline seeking swift action on complaints

3 days ago | arabnews.com | Hasaan Ali Khan

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday launched a cybercrime helpline, 1799, that aims to ensure swift resolution of complaints, Pakistani state media reported. The development came during Naqvi’s visit to the headquarters of the National Cyber Crimes Investigation Agency (NCCIA), which was established earlier this year, the APP news agency reported.
Over 100 inmates escape Karachi prison damaged by earthquake- official

3 days ago | arabnews.com | Naimat Khan

KARACHI: Over 100 inmates managed to escape from the Malir prison in Karachi late Monday night after the outer gate of the jail was damaged by tremors this week, a senior Sindh government official confirmed. Speaking to reporters late Monday night, Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar said inmates panicked when tremors hit Karachi late Monday night. He said around 700 to 1,000 prisoners gathered outside their barracks near the jail’s outer gate in panic when the tremors shook the area.
Pakistan’s Air Sial launches inaugural flight to UAE

4 days ago | arabnews.com | Hasaan Ali Khan

ISLAMABAD: Air Sial, a Pakistani private airline, has launched its first flight to the United Arab Emirates, it said on Monday, in a significant development for the Pakistani aviation industry. Inaugurated in 2020 by the Sialkot Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the airline initially aimed to improve air travel to and from Pakistan’s Sialkot city, a major industrial hub in the eastern Punjab province.