News – Middle East

Blinken discusses Gaza and Lebanon with Saudi crown prince Lebanese family returns home after fleeing for safety US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli air strikes on a large historic Lebanese port city demonstrated …

Burjeel Holdings, a leading super-specialty healthcare provider in the MENA region, introduced two pioneering healthcare solutions at the Global Health Exhibition 2024. As part of its expansion in Saudi Arabia, the group unveiled Alkalma, a mental health and well-being platform, and Burjeel One, a specialized network of day surgery centers. …

Three people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack on a top Turkish defence firm near Ankara, Turkiye’s interior minister said Wednesday. “We have three martyrs and 14 injured in the attack,” wrote Ali Yerlikaya on X, also saying “two terrorists were neutralised” in the incident at the …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that there is an urgent need to increase localization in the energy sector. “Saudi Arabia aims to localize 75 percent of the energy sector by 2030,” he said while inaugurating the “Energy Localization Forum 2024” in …

Israeli entity intensified its bombardment of southern Lebanon on Wednesday.According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), the Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on Taybeh, Wadi Bergha, and Al-Khayyam.Meanwhile, the Israeli army waged violent airstrikes on several towns in tyre district.The Israeli entity escalated its military attacks on southern Lebanon in conjunction …

The 25th session of the Arab Charter Committee on Human Rights concluded at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, which discussed over two days the third periodic report of the State of Qatar, as a party to the Arab Charter on Human Rights.In a …

The Saudi entity of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, has signed a strategic partnership with the Saudi Patient Safety Center (SPSC) to improve patient safety and healthcare quality across the Kingdom. The partnership, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was …

The Arab Parliament is set to hold a procedural session at the beginning of its first session of the fourth legislative term to elect the President of the Parliament, his deputies, and the chairs of the permanent committees along with their deputies at the headquarters of the Arab League in …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has released detailed foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics for 2023, employing the new methodology from the Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The latest statistics indicate that the actual performance of FDI has surpassed the targets set …

Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Saudi authorities have announced that the first mandatory phase of unified charging ports for mobile phones and electronic devices in the Saudi market will take effect on January 1, 2025, requiring the use of “USB Type-C.” This decision introduced by the Communications, Space and Technology …