News – Middle East

LONDON — Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González has vowed to “continue to fight” for democracy in his own country, after being granted asylum in Spain. González left Venezuela on Saturday, having spent weeks in hiding at the Spanish embassy in Caracas — arriving at the Torrejón de Ardoz military air …

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia is delivering on its ambitions to become a global FinTech hub, as set out by Vision 2030’s Financial Sector Development Program (FSDP). KPMG’S latest report, “Unlocking the future: An overview of the FinTech opportunity in Saudi Arabia,” was launched in the finale of FinTech 24, the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Riyadh Region Mayoralty has installed more than 60 solar-powered parking payment machines and over 180 guidance panels in two weeks since launching the trial-run phase of the Riyadh Parking project. The initiative covers more than 2,000 public parking spaces on commercial streets and over …

Saudi Gazette report JAKARTA —The General Authority for Foreign Trade (GAFT), represented by Deputy Governor of International Organizations and Agreements, Farid Al-Asali, headed Saudi Arabia’s team participating in the first round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between the GCC countries and Indonesia in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman held wide ranging talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh on Monday. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries. They identified areas for bilateral cooperation and explored ways to further …

WASHINGTON — Inside a highly classified facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee — the same facility that enriched uranium for the first atomic bomb in the era of the Manhattan Project — workers are turning old, unexploded warheads into fuel that will power cities. The recipe to create advanced reactor fuel …

ZAGREB — Police in Croatia have arrested dozens of football fans after fights broke out following a UEFA Nations League match between Croatia and Poland. The country’s interior ministry said on Monday that Polish fans attacked Croatian supporters and then took aim at police in the eastern town of Osijek. …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan attended the GCC-Russia Joint Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue held at the Secretariat General of the council in Riyadh on Monday. The meeting discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis and the international community’s efforts to achieve a peaceful …

Saudi Gazette Report HONG KONG — Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef concluded on Sunday an official visit to China, which included Guangzhou and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. During the visit, Alkhorayef discussed with the Chinese officials and top company executives topics such as enhancing industrial …

LONDON — Schools in several Kentucky counties are closed Monday as the search for a man suspected of shooting into vehicles along a major highway, injuring five people, continued into a third day. Police have named Joseph A Couch, 32, as a suspect in the shootings that occurred on Saturday …