News – Middle East

VATICAN CITY — A multi-million-pound investment in a luxury property in London that went wrong, a once powerful Vatican cardinal secretly recording a conversation with the pope and a female security consultant accused of spending church funds on fashion brands. No, this isn’t the plot of a new historical thriller …

RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Bahraini King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa on the anniversary of his country’s National Day. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Bahraini King continued good health and happiness, and the government …

People hold signs as they protest following an announcement by Israel’s military that they had mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages being held in Gaza, at a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel on Friday. REUTERS Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white …

GAZA — Three Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza were shot dead while holding a white cloth, an Israeli military official says. The official said the case was “against our rules of engagement” and an investigation was happening at the “highest level”. The hostages — Yotam Haim, …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) launched a number of training camps in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with the aim of qualifying 187 of the Ministry’s employees at the Tuwaiq Academy headquarters in Riyadh. …

A mourner reacts as Palestinians attend the funeral of Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa, who was killed by an Israeli drone strike on Friday while reporting on the earlier bombing of a school sheltering displaced people, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday. REUTERS Al Jazeera …

LONDON — UK MP Layla Moran says her relatives are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a Catholic Church in Gaza City as Israeli forces operate nearby. The Liberal Democrat said her family are “days away from dying” without access to water or food. Her relatives and the Latin Patriarchate …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has issued a directive for absentee prayer to be performed for the late Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah following the Dhuhr prayer on Sunday at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque. In a heartfelt expression of …

Israeli officials appear more willing in calls with mediators to strike a fresh deal for a ceasefire and release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of hostages held in Gaza, two Egyptian security sources said Saturday.The comments came as Axios reported that Israeli and Qatari officials met late …

Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Egypt’s Al Ahly secured their spot in the semi-finals of the FIFA Club World Cup after defeating Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad 3-1 on Friday. The match, part of the tournament’s second round, saw Al Ahly finish the first half with a one-goal lead, thanks …