Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A six-month grace period for the payment of a 50 percent reduction in accumulated traffic fines, which was announced by the Ministry of Interior, will end on Friday, October 18. The General Directorate of Traffic started implementing this in line with the directives of Custodian …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday the arrest of 22,993 illegal residents from various regions of Saudi Arabia during last week. The arrests were made during the joint field security campaigns carried out by security forces and the concerned government agencies during the period …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed on Friday the efforts exerted for de-escalation of tensions in the region. During a phone call received by the Crown Prince from Macron, they discussed the latest developments in the …

France’s President Emmanuel Macron listens during a press conference after the MED9 Summit in the Cypriot city of Paphos on Friday. AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday reiterated his call for an end to arms exports to the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, adding it was the sole means at …

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meets with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of an international forum dedicated to the 300th anniversary of poet Magtymguly Fragi’s birthday in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, yesterday. Russia’s Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President …

Commissioner-General of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini attends an interview with Reuters, in Beirut, yesterday. Most Palestinian refugees living in camps in southern Lebanon or near Beirut have fled following escalating Israeli strikes, the head of the United Nations agency on Palestine refugees said yesterday, drawing parallels with mass displacement in Gaza.UNRWA …

Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati announced that the government has decided to formally ask the UN Security Council for a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire and the implementation of UN Resolution 170. Caretaker Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati announced Friday that the government has decided, upon the …

In a statement , HE the Minister of State for International Co-operation Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater emphasised that this Israeli aggression constitutes a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and disregards UN Security Council Resolution 1701. HE the Minister of State for International Co-operation Lolwah bint Rashid AlKhater expressed Qatar’s …

A boy watches a smoke plume rise while standing in the balcony of the Rafei school, being used as a displacement shelter, in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. AFP Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack …

France summons Israeli ambassador over UNIFIL strikes Israeli bulldozers destroy barriers at UNIFIL position Israeli military acknowledges it hit UN base Lebanon says two soldiers killed in Israeli strike on base Two UN peacekeepers were injured on Friday by an Israeli strike near their watchtower in south Lebanon, the Israeli …