News – Middle East

NEW YORK — The General Assembly has approved a $3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024, including the establishment of a special account to finance the organization’s peacebuilding fund. In actions taken late evening on Friday, the 193-member General Assembly also adopted nearly $50 million in additional funding …

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Moderate to heavy rain and fluctuations in weather conditions will be experienced in most regions of Saudi Arabia from Tuesday until Saturday, according to the latest forecast of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM). The NCM warned of moderate to heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by dust …

Senior adviser for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Sayyed Razi Mousavi. Tasnim News/WANA An Israeli air strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday killed a senior adviser in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. Sayyed Razi Mousavi was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran.Iran’s state television interrupted its …

LONDON — King Charles’s Christmas message has emphasized the importance of “universal” values shared between major religions, at a time of “increasingly tragic conflict around the world”. Against a backdrop of conflicts in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, he pointed to Jesus’s words: “Do to others as you would have them …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) launched insurance coverage for new domestic workers coming for the first time to Saudi Arabia through the Musaned platform. The ministry said that the “Insurance on Domestic Worker Contracts” service will come into force from February …

Gaza’s deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its strikes to the besieged territory’s south.Christmas celebrations were effectively cancelled in the occupied West Bank city celebrated as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, where the Latin …

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that it has begun official registration of foreign pilgrims for Hajj 2024. “Muslim pilgrims from all over the world can now register along with their families for Hajj 1445/2024 through the Nusuk Hajj application under the Ministry of Hajj and …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz Bin Saud Bin Naif, and Qatar’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, witnessed the signing of an action plan to facilitate border procedures at the Salwa (Saudi) — Abu Samra (Qatari) border. This took place following …

The Israeli occupation warplanes and artillery continued to target several areas across Gaza Strip on Monday, leaving scores of Palestinians martyred and injured, mostly children and women. According to Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the occupation forces have continued since early morning their heavy artillery bombardment and airstrikes in areas north …

KYIV — A senior Ukrainian Defense Ministry official has been detained over allegations he embezzled 1.5 billion Ukrainian hryvnia ($40 million) relating to an artillery shells contract, according to the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). The SBU says the official signed an agreement with a special export company to purchase a …