Middle East

Saudi Gazette report NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the security and humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli attacks on Lebanon during his participation in the consultative ministerial level meeting of the Arab League Council in New York. The meeting …

Four Palestinians were martyred and others were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli occupation raid on the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported that paramedics recovered the bodies of four people and a number of wounded, following an Israeli raid that targeted a …

The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on southern and eastern Lebanon has risen to 492 and that 1,645 people have been injured. In a statement tonight, the ministry stated that 35 children and 58 women were among the dead, noting that the airstrikes …

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Monday warned of the dangerous Israeli escalation in Lebanon, stressing the need for concerted international efforts to put a stop to it before the entire region is dragged into an all-out war. In a call with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, King Abdullah II …

SEOUL — A man in South Korea has confessed to murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in cement, 16 years after she was reported as missing. The man, who is in his 50s, told local police he hit the woman with a blunt object during an argument at his …

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterated its warning regarding the danger of the expansion of violence in the region and the dangerous repercussions of the escalation on the region’s security and stability. In a statement today, Saudi Foreign Ministry said the Kingdom “is following with great concern the developments of …

NEW DELHI — A retired Indian high court judge will investigate allegations that a woman was physically and sexually assaulted by a group of police inside a police station in the eastern state of Odisha, the authorities say. After the allegations, leveled last week by the 32-year-old woman and her …

WASHINGTON — A suspected gunman arrested near Donald Trump’s golf course wrote a note months earlier saying he intended to kill the former president, a court filing shows. “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” the note says. Prosecutors included the note in a court filing on Monday, and …

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s former transport minister has been convicted of receiving gifts while in office, after he pleaded guilty before a local court. Subramanian Iswaran, 62, was initially charged with corruption, but prosecutors amended these charges at what was supposed to be the start of his trial on Tuesday. A …

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon killed at least 492 people Monday, including 35 children, the health ministry said, marking the deadliest day of cross-border violence since the Gaza war began. Arab states strongly condemned Israel for the escalating hostilities with Hezbollah, which have intensified to levels unseen in nearly a year. …