News – Middle East

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Director General of Public Security Lt. Gen. Mohammed Al-Bassami launched on Thursday the digital vehicle plate wallet service in a ceremony held at the directorate’s headquarters in Riyadh. The service will be available via the Ministry of Interior’s electronic platform Absher. Lt. Gen. Al-Bassami said …

WASHINGTON — The FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for information about the suspect they believe set fire to several ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest during early voting last month. Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged across three fires reported at drop boxes in Vancouver, Washington …

Saudi Gazette report BAKU — Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed a joint executive program with the energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to enhance cooperation in the fields of developing and transferring renewable energy. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 29th Conference of …

Mohammed Al-Habib Real Estate Co. has achieved a major global milestone by securing a Guinness World Record for the largest continuous concrete pour ever undertaken. This remarkable feat was completed as part of the company’s ambitious Kaheel project in Saudi Arabia. The announcement was made during a special event at …

RIYADH — The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced Thursday the completion of the sale of part of its stake in Saudi Telecom Company (stc) through an accelerated bookbuild offering. The offering involved 100 million shares, representing 2% of stc’s total issued share capital, with a value of SR3.86 billion ($1.03 …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 percent in October 2024, according to the data released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Thursday. The inflation records the highest rate in 14 months, driven mainly by an 11.7 percent rise in housing prices, …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) has announced that the 2024 SGI Forum will take place on December 3-4, under the theme “Action is in our nature.” This year’s SGI Forum will coincide with the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of …

BUSAN — From his wheelchair, Michael Northey watches quietly over his father’s grave, and lays a flower for the very first time. “This is the closest I’ve been to him in 70 years, which is ridiculous,” he jokes poignantly. Born into a poor family in the backstreets of Portsmouth, Michael …

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has charged a man for allegedly leaking highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to court documents and a person familiar with the case. Asif W. Rahman was indicted last Thursday for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, according …

BRUSSELS — Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has proposed to formally suspend political dialogue with Israel over the country’s alleged violations of human rights and international law in the Gaza Strip. Borrell’s proposal was first raised during a meeting of ambassadors on Wednesday and will be …