News – Middle East

TOKYO — A coast guard aircraft involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport was not cleared for take-off, Japanese authorities have said. The smaller airplane collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on the runway on Tuesday. Newly released transcripts of air traffic control instructions just before …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A devastating incident occurred at a factory in Atshanah, north of Riyadh, at around 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, resulting in two fatalities and four injuries. The factory is owned by the Saudi Chemical Company Limited, a subsidiary of Saudi Chemical Company Holding. “This tragic accident …

A number of Palestinians were injured, at Wednesday dawn, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces strikes on a site in the Tulkarm camp. WAFA correspondent said that an occupation drone fired a missile towards Abu al-Foul neighborhood in the camp, slightly wounding a number of civilians, who were …

MOSCOW — Russian officials say the border city of Belgorod, where 25 people were killed on Saturday, came under attack again as well as Sevastopol in Crimea, where a Ukrainian missile was downed. In recent days the aerial war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Abdul Aziz Al-Furaih, chairman of the Steering Committee at the Ministry of Finance, revealed on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is set to opening the first financial center based on an integrated system of unified and harmonized standards, policies and guides at the national level. This …

The Palestinian Presidency on Wednesday renewed its emphasis that the Palestinian people are facing a genocide war in Gaza as the number of martyrs reached around 22,000 and around 58,000 injured, in addition to that the citizens are being killed daily by the occupation army fire, whether in the Gaza …

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain access to the sea, its government says. It has signed what is known as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the self-declared republic of Somaliland to use …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered the extension of Citizen’s Account Program in its current mechanism along with the provision of additional support to its beneficiaries for a full year. This decision was made based on the recommendation of Crown Prince, …

Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment.Israel says the war in Gaza, which has reduced much of the territory to …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) revealed that a total of 141 ministry employees were arrested over corruption. These employees were working in the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of National Guard, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Municipal …