News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan received a phone call from Secretary of State of the United States Antony Blinken on Saturday. During the phone conversation, they discussed the escalation in the region, especially the developments in Lebanon, and the efforts being …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The new Saudi Trade Name Law prohibits religious, military and political trade names. The Council of Ministers adopted the Commercial Registration Law and the Trade Name Law during its weekly session held on Sept. 17. The salient features of the law are made known after …

Thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark. Pro-Palestinian supporters from across the country began the march from Russell Square to Downing Street demanding an end to the conflict, which …

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighbourhood in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Saturday. AFP Hamas said an Israeli strike killed one of its commanders in a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday, the first time the area had been hit since the start of …

BEIRUT — At least 13 people were killed on Saturday morning in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, and towns in southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s official news agency reported that the Israeli army conducted 12 airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, hitting key …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture has issued the first operational license for a commercial agricultural project utilizing aeroponics in the Middle East. The project aims to contribute significantly to the local market’s agricultural needs through sustainable production. The license was presented by Undersecretary …

Hezbollah said Saturday its fighters were confronting Israeli troops in Lebanon’s southern border region, where the Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah fighters inside a mosque. Rapidly escalating violence in recent days saw intense Israeli strikes on Hezbollah strongholds across Lebanon as ground troops conducted raids near the border, transforming …

KYIV — Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian fighter plane near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk province on Saturday, as Russia claimed to have gained control of a village in the same region, intensifying the conflict in Ukraine’s east. Serhiy Horbunov, head of the Kostiantynivka Military Administration, told Ukraine’s public broadcaster …

MEXICO CITY — In her early days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum has taken a firm stance on distancing her administration from the fossil fuel-heavy policies of her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and has vowed to reignite the country’s energy transition. “We are going to boost renewable energies. …

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot discuss on Saturday the bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them. During the meeting, which took place in Riyadh, the two sides exchanged views on regional and international developments, particularly focusing …