News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The draw for the 2024 IHF Men’s Super Globe, the Handball Club World Championship, has placed Saudi Arabia’s Al-Khaleej, the Asian champions, in Group C alongside Germany’s SC Magdeburg and the USA’s California Eagles. The draw ceremony took place on Wednesday in New Alamein City, …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — King Saud University in Riyadh has been ranked 90th in the Shanghai Ranking of Universities for 2024, which is one of the most important global rankings and is based on precise criteria, including research and educational outputs, and the efficiency of faculty members. This accomplishment …

The Gaza Strip’s first recorded polio case in 25 years has health workers and aid agencies grappling with the steep obstacles to conducting mass vaccination in the war-torn Palestinian territory.Unrelenting air strikes by Israel more than 10 months into its war against Gaza rulers Hamas, restrictions of aid entering the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani held wide ranging talks with Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the Presidential Palace in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and ways to further enhance and develop them …

Saudi Gazette report MAURITIUS — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), represented by Director General of Loan Operations Abdullah Al-Saif, participated in the opening of the Anrod Jugnauth Hospital (Flacq Teaching Hospital) construction and equipment project. The opening ceremony was held in the presence of Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar …

Israeli air strikes targeted Gaza Wednesday ahead of ceasefire talks that the United States hopes will stop Iran striking Israel in retaliation for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. The escalation has raised fears of a wider conflict after more than 10 months of war in Gaza, which has …

TCL, a global leader in consumer electronics and the world’s top 2 TV brand, introduced the TCL C855 Premium QD-Mini LED TV. To witness the remarkable features of the C855 first-hand, TCL is also inviting tech enthusiasts and esports fans to an exclusive offline gaming tournament to play Call of …

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Dr. Ayman Ghulam, CEO of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), chaired a meeting focused on enhancing the level of readiness and coordination with the Ministry of Education to address weather phenomena that could impact regions across Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, the team …

Mohamed Abu al-Qumsan, whose wife Jumana, and newborn twins Aser and Aysel were killed in an Israeli strike while he was bringing the twins’ birth certificates, according to medics, reacts as he holds the certificates, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Mohamed Abu al-Qumsan had just collected the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Public Health Authority (Weqaya) announced on Saturday that no cases of monkeypox (mpox) clade 1, the strain responsible for the recent global public health emergency, have been detected in the Kingdom. Despite the worldwide surge in mpox cases, which led the World Health Organization …