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

Olympic ski champion Gut-Behrami suffers knee injury

Ukraine cornered by US plan heeding Russian demands

Carnage as 19 wickets fall on opening day of first Ashes Test

Europe increasingly 'vulnerable' to shocks: ECB chief

Slot says Liverpool will never use Jota grief as 'excuse' for poor form

Aussie Wilson 'devastated' after Gordon ruled out of France Test

Ken Follett: 'There can't be boring bits in my books'

Wales rugby turmoil here to stay as nostalgia battles financial reality

Frida Kahlo painting sells for $54.7 mn in record for female artist

Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights

Tech firms lead stock rout as AI bubble fears linger

Big platforms chart gradual path to self-driving at Web Summit

Major Western ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Lyft sketched a gradual path towards introducing self-driving cars at this week's Web Summit in Lisbon, with infrastructure, developing regulation and passengers' preference for human contact weighing on the brakes.

Jane Goodall honored in Washington by conservationists including DiCaprio

Environmental conservationists, including actor Leonardo DiCaprio and representatives of Indigenous communities, gathered in the US capital Wednesday to pay a heartfelt tribute to the celebrated primatologist Jane Goodall.

Tuberculosis killed 1.23 million last year: WHO

Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile.

New Zealand coach Robertson says Twickenham visit is 'why I'm doing the job'

New Zealand coach Scott Robertson cannot wait to face England at Twickenham on Saturday as the All Blacks continue their quest for a tour 'grand slam'.

Hopes of US shutdown deal fail to sustain market rally

Stock markets fluctuated Wednesday as optimism that the US government shutdown was nearing an end and another Federal Reserve interest rate cut was on the horizon failed to sustain a rally.

US military personnel do not risk prosecution for drug strikes: Justice Dept

The US Justice Department on Wednesday defended lethal military strikes on suspected drug traffickers, brushing aside charges they may amount to extrajudicial killings that merit legal prosecution.

Jailed writer Sansal on way to Germany after Algeria pardon

Jailed French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal was on his way to Germany for medical treatment on Wednesday after Algiers agreed to a German request that he be pardoned.

Ukraine ministers resign over major corruption scandals

Ukraine's energy and justice ministers resigned on Wednesday over their alleged involvement in a sweeping corruption scandal in the country's energy sector.

Record-breaking US shutdown to end as political fallout begins

Congress looked set Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history -- 43 days that paralyzed Washington and left hundreds of thousands of workers unpaid while Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats played a high-stakes blame game.

Wallets, not warming, make voters care about climate: California governor

California Governor Gavin Newsom says his Democratic party is "back on its feet" after a string of election wins -- and the way to make Americans care about global warming is to show how it affects their wallets.

In The News

Astronomers spot storm on another star for first time