AL HAYAT - Round-the-clock news from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the world in seven languages

UN nuclear watchdog chief urges Iran to grant access

مصر والبنك الدولي يبدآن إعداد استراتيجية جديدة لترويج الاستثمار

الأسهم الأوروبية تتراجع تحت ضغط اضطرابات فرنسا ونتائج الشركات

Xhaka, Embolo can return to Swiss squad after fake Covid docs affair

Boeing shares tumble after it releases cautious growth forecast

مباحثات مصرية مع منظمة التجارة العالمية لتوسيع وصول الصادرات

Allegri suspended for two Serie A games after red card

Lula's re-election revives Brazil-US tensions

مصر تعمل على أدوات تمويل لتقليص مخاطر الاستثمار الصناعي

Netanyahu scrambles for votes as Israelis turn out in record numbers

Flight data, satellite images reveal growing US role at Ecuador base

قفزة بنسبة 58% في أسعار الكهرباء الفورية بألمانيا

توتال إنرجيز تبيع حصة نفطية في نيجيريا مقابل 800 مليون دولار

Carney moves to remake Canada alliances as US ties strained

Wilders vote win confirmed, coalition talks tricky

Geert Wilders' stunning election win was confirmed officially Friday, but the far-right Dutch leader faces an uphill battle to forge a coalition with other parties uncomfortable with his anti-Islam views.

King Charles says COP28 must be climate 'turning point'

King Charles III told world leaders on Friday that the UN's COP28 climate talks in Dubai must be a "critical turning point" in the fight against climate change, with "genuine transformational action".

Gazans flee homes, dig through rubble as Israeli strikes resume

Gazans were fleeing their homes and rushing their dead and wounded to hospitals after fresh Israeli strikes on Friday, as combat resumed between Israel and Hamas following the expiry of a week-long truce.

COP28: Why energy efficiency matters so much

If we are to save the planet, we are going to have to use energy far more efficiently.

World leaders take COP28 stage as climate, Gaza share spotlight

World leaders descended on Dubai for UN climate talks on Friday, under pressure to step up efforts to limit global warming as the Israel-Hamas conflict casts a shadow over the summit.

Min Woo Lee grabs Australian Open lead as Cameron Smith makes cut

Min Woo Lee sunk an eagle at the 18th to surge into the sole lead at the Australian Open on Friday as he targets back-to-back DP World Tour titles, while major winner Shin Jiyai took charge of the women's event.

Deadly fighting resumes in Gaza as truce expires

Fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory.

All Black Savea eager to test himself with Japan move

Newly crowned World Rugby player of the year Ardie Savea said Friday that he wanted to "try something new" and test himself after moving to Japan's big-spending league.

Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated

The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity's future energy needs.

Asian markets mixed even as US data fuels rate cut talk

Asian markets diverged Friday following a mixed day on Wall Street, with data showing a continued fall in US inflation unable to relight the buying that characterised much of November.

In The News

UK's HS2: trying to bridge the gap between cost and ambition