Middle East

Almarai, the leading food and beverage manufacturer and distributor in the Middle East region, inaugurated two new cheese production lines at its subsidiary company Beyti’s factory in Egypt. With an investment exceeding EGP 1 billion, the formal launch event was presided over by Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime …

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni give a joint press conference following their meeting at the government palace in central Beirut on Friday. AFP Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday slammed attacks on United Nations peacekeepers as “unacceptable” after the UN force accused …

Navi Pillay, head of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry. Countries enabling Israel’s “unlawful occupation” of the Palestinian territories and assisting it despite warnings of war crimes and possible “genocide” in Gaza should be deemed “complicit”, UN experts said Friday. “Israel’s internationally wrongful acts give rise to state …

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced today that Yahya Al Sinwar, head of the movement’s political bureau, was martyred in an armed clash with the occupation forces in the Tel Al Sultan neighborhood in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. Khalil Al Haya, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, confirmed …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosari inaugurated “SPA Academy for News Training” at the Saudi Press Agency building in Riyadh on Saturday. Al-Dosari stressed that the Academy will employ the capabilities and potentials of the Saudi Press Agency and its relations in transferring international experiences to …

Hamas vowed on Friday it would not release the hostages it seized during its October 7 attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends, as it mourned the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwar. “We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim,” Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya …

JERUSALEM — Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers after they engaged and killed three militants during ground operations in Gaza on Thursday. A senior Hamas official has just confirmed the death of the group’s leader. In a video statement, Khalil al-Hayya went on to say that Sinwar …

LONDON — Liam Payne’s former One Direction bandmates say they are “completely devastated” about the passing of their fellow band member. In a statement signed by Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Harry Styles they said: “In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA) successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle 1,225,200 Captagon pills, which were found hidden in a shipment arriving in the Kingdom through the Halat Ammar border crossing. The authority reported that a shipment containing a marble mixer was subjected …

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been killed by Israeli forces in the Palestinian enclave, Israel said yesterday.There are a number of possible scenarios for what happens next but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war would go on.The Israeli military said it had killed Sinwar in …