News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A Saudi citizen and a Kuwaiti national, who went missing recently in the Iraqi governorate of Anbar, have been found dead, according to Kuwait’s foreign ministry sources. “Two bodies found by Iraqi authorities are believed to be those of a missing Kuwaiti and his Saudi …

WASHINGTON — The FBI is working with law enforcement officials in Colorado in the wake of threats made against state Supreme Court justices who ruled last week to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. “The FBI is aware of the situation and working with local law enforcement,” …

Saudi Gazette report BEIJING — The Saudi National Information Technology Development Program (NTDP) and MSA Novo, a subsidiary of MSA Capital, signed a cooperation agreement to develop the technology sector in Saudi Arabia and attract Chinese technology companies to open their headquarters in the Kingdom. The agreement was signed by …

Palestinian mourners react next to the bodies of their relatives from the Shaat family, who were killed in an Israeli strike, at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. REUTERS Relatives mourn by the body of Palestinian Ibrahim Abu Libda, killed during Israeli strikes in …

BRUSSELS — Security has been stepped up around Christmas celebrations in the Vatican, Germany and Austria over attack concerns, the Associated Press reported. Sightseeing visits were barred at Germany’s landmark cathedral in Cologne and Christmas Eve worshippers faced security checks to get into midnight Mass on Sunday. The moves came …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received on Tuesday a phone call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the call, the two leaders reviewed the historical and strategic relations between the two countries and ways to further develop them in a …

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised address the group had targeted the vessel, which he identified as the MSC United, after the crew failed to respond to warnings. Yemen’s Houthi claimed responsibility for a missile attack on Tuesday on a container ship in the Red Sea, and …

Saudi Gazette report CAIRO — Saudi Human Rights Commission (HRC) President Dr. Hala Al-Tuwaijri highlighted the human-centric focus of Saudi Vision 2030. She emphasized this while addressing a press conference on the sidelines of the concluding session of the Arab Human Rights Committee at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo …

Saudi Gazette report CAIRO — Sheikh Mohammed Al-Issa, secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL) and chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, emphasized that there is no innovation permissible in the religion of Islam as it is a complete one. However, innovation is allowed in ijtihad, which is …

Sigrid Kaag, UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza The United Nations on Tuesday announced the appointment of a coordinator to oversee humanitarian relief shipments into Gaza as part of a UN Security Council resolution adopted on Friday to boost humanitarian aid.Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ outgoing finance minister, will be the senior …