Middle East

WASHINGTON — During last week’s chairmanship election for the far-right House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Bob Good was directly pressed by board members on perhaps one of his most controversial moves inside the GOP: backing Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Good’s response, according to a …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Bureau of Experts at the Saudi Council of Ministers revealed that the Civil Transactions Law has come into force at the courts across the Kingdom 180 days after the date of its publication in the official Umm Al-Qura newspaper on June 19, 2023. According …

HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah performed Janazah prayer on HH the late Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Belal bin Rabah Mosque in Siddeeq Area. The prayer on the deceased was also performed by National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh …

KOCHI — India’s Kerala state has asked people to stay cautious but urged them not to panic after an increase in Covid cases. The southern state has witnessed the increase after the detection of JN.1, a sub-variant of Covid-19. It has been previously found in several countries, including the US …

Saudi Gazette report KUWAIT CITY — Following directives from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman offered condolences on the passing of Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the late Emir of Kuwait. Upon his arrival in Kuwait on Sunday, Crown Prince …

World Health Organization (WHO) asserted Sunday that the Emergency Department at the Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza has been morphed into bloodbath and needs rehabilitation after it was exposed to severe damage due to the Israeli airstrikes.The occupation has been persisting with its airstrikes, ground offensive and attacks from sea …

SYDNEY — Floodwaters brought by northern Australia’s heaviest rain in decades have left a number of families stranded on rooftops overnight as weather forecasters predicted more deluges Monday that are likely to hamper rescue efforts. Cairns, a city of more than 150,000 people known as the gateway to the Great …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — More than one million subscribers invested in public investment funds in the Saudi financial market, by the end of the third quarter of 2023. The total value of their investments amounted to SR117.117 billion through 283 diversified public investment funds. The total local assets of …

Israel kept up deadly strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from desperate relatives to bring home the remaining hostages.The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said 24 Palestinians were killed by Israeli bombardment in Jabalia camp in the …

NEW YORK —The members of the Security Council have condemned Friday’s assault on a police station in southern Iran, in which 11 Iranian police officers were killed, and eight critically wounded. The attack on the Rasak police station in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province, which is prone to unrest, …