News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Non-oil exports in Saudi Arabia recorded an increase of 19 percent reaching SR25.4 billion in July this year, compared to SR21.3 billion in the same month in 2023. Non-oil exports, excluding re-exports rose 6.5 percent, while the value of re-exported goods rose 78.4 percent in …

For the 355th day, the Israeli occupation continued committing genocide against Palestinians by relentlessly bombing the Gaza Strip through nonstop airstrikes, artillery shelling and the deliberate targeting of Palestinian civilians. Palestinian medical sources announced today morning that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) targeted two groups of civilians with drone shelling …

The number of casualties in the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli onslaught on it since October 7, has risen to 41,495 martyrs and 96,006 injured.Medical sources in Gaza reported that the Israeli occupation forces have committed 4 massacres against families in the Strip over the past 24 …

Saudi Gazette report NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held separate talks with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in New York on Wednesday. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the high-level week of the 79th Session of …

Saudi Gazette report NEW YORK — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with his Sudanese counterpart, Hussein Ali, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, coordination between them in regional and international …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH —The Commander of the Joint Forces, Lieutenant General Fahd Al-Salman, received Yemeni Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Mohsen Al-Daari, and discussed with him different aspects of bilateral cooperation, according to a statement posted on the ministry’s account on the X platform. They also touched on the …

The Riyadh International Book Fair 2024 will kick off Thursday, and will run until Oct. 5. The fair, in which the State of Qatar is the guest of honor this year, features an extensive cultural program with the participation of a large number of prominent figures from the world of …

KHARTOUM — Sudan’s ex-leader Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted from power in a popular uprising several years ago, has been moved from a jail north of Omdurman to a medical facility. Since war broke out in April last year between the Sudanese military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support …

ZURICH — Police in Switzerland have made multiple arrests after a woman reportedly ended her life using a so-called suicide pod. The controversial futuristic-looking capsule designed to allow its occupant to commit suicide was used for the first time, authorities said on Tuesday. Police in the Schaffhausen region said they …

BEIJING — China has said it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean. The ICMB was launched at 08:44 local time (04:44 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”, Beijing’s defence ministry said, adding that the test launch was “routine” …