Middle East

“People are pleading for advice on where to find safety,” UNWRA official says Israel ordered Palestinians to leave parts of the main southern city in the Gaza Strip on Monday even as its bombs rained down on areas where it had told them to go.Israeli troops and tanks also pressed …

WASHINGTON — American and Japanese search teams have found five bodies in the wreckage of a US military aircraft that crashed near Yakushima island last week. The aircraft, a CV-22 Osprey hybrid plane, was carrying eight people when it crashed last week. Only one had previously been found. Two of …

Saudi Gazette report DOHA — The Gaza conflict and other major developments in the region will figure high at the 44th summit session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, which will be held in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday. Leaders from the six member …

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) executive board will hold a rare emergency session on Dec 10 to discuss the health crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, with the Palestinian envoy seeking more medical aid and access for foreign healthcare workers. The WHO confirmed yesterday it had received a request …

Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman graced the inaugural ceremony of ‘His Majesty’s Ship Jazan,’ the fourth ship of the Sarawat project at King Faisal Naval Base under the Western Fleet in Jeddah on Monday. This is the first ship under the Sarawat project …

Saudi Gazette report DUBAI — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman announced on Monday that the Saudi Green Initiative was launched in 2021 to achieve the country’s climate ambitions of reaching zero neutrality by 2060. “Within this initiative, the Kingdom is committed to reducing 278 million tons of …

Nearly 200 nations agreed on Thursday to launch a fund to support countries hit by global warming, in a “historic” moment at the start of UN climate talks in the UAE.The landmark announcement came as the Emirati host of the COP28 talks declared that fossil fuels must be part of …

DUBAI — Advocates showcased the devastating impacts of climate upheaval on their communities at COP 28 on Monday as the focus of the world’s largest climate gathering turned to financial support for those most at risk — first and foremost youth and women in developing countries. Among them is young …

Saudi Gazette report DUBAI — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman inaugurated the third edition of the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum 2023 Monday at COP28, shedding light on the Kingdom’s remarkable strides in the renewable energy sector. In his opening address, Prince Abdulaziz highlighted the significant increase …

Palestinian officials say 109 people killed since truce expired Aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s border with Gaza Israel’s warplanes pounded Gaza on Friday after talks to extend a week-old truce with Hamas broke down, sending wounded and dead Palestinians into hospitals and others onto the streets to seek safety.Eastern areas …