Doug Lansford 
The entire 2.2 million population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger, with 576,600 individuals at catastrophic hunger and starvation due to insufficient food entering the territory since the war began on October 7. This came in a new report released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) — which is produced in … Read more
JAZAN: Saudi border guards in Jazan region foiled an attempt to smuggle 90 kilograms of the narcotic qat, and arrested 6 Ethiopian nationals. The seized narcotics were handed over to the competent authority, and preliminary legal procedures were completed, state news agency SPA reported. Qat is a flowering shrub native to the Arabian Peninsula. Individuals … Read more
LONDON: It is now 10 weeks since the Israel Defense Forces mounted their first raids against Gaza in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. “We are striking our enemies with unprecedented might,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis in a televised address on Friday, Oct. 13. However, things quickly began … Read more
Canada-based global engineering services company AtkinsRéalis has been awarded the contract to masterplan the New Murabba project, the world’s largest modern downtown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The contract was awarded by The New Murabba Development Company (NMDC), a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund (PIF) on Wednesday, December 20. The contract encompasses advisory, architecture, masterplanning, … Read more
RIYADH: A dedicated date factory will be established after Al-Madinah Heritage Co., the business set up by the Public Investment Fund, signed an agreement with the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones to acquire land in Madinah. The news was announced at the inauguration of the Industry and Local Content Medinah Forum in … Read more
BEIRUT: Hostilities between Hezbollah and the Israeli army in southern Lebanon have escalated after 75 days of exchanges. An Israeli strike killed an elderly woman and wounded her husband in their Lebanon home on Thursday, with further bombing reported north of the Litani River. Meanwhile, Hezbollah targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement in Israel early on … Read more
Photo: RTA/X Are looking for a unique way to view fireworks on the eve of the New Year 2024 in Dubai? The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has unveiled special offers and premium services to watch fireworks display aboard marine transit modes which include Dubai ferry, abra, and water taxi. The special services … Read more
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has been unanimously elected to chair the UN panel tasked with monitoring cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the Kingdom’s meteorology office said on Wednesday. The appointment is to the 13-nation World Meteorological Organization/UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Panel on Tropical Cyclones in … Read more
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israel has ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza’s main city as diplomats pressed on with efforts to secure a pause in the war that Hamas says has claimed 20,000 lives. The United Nations said Israel had issued evacuation orders on Wednesday for large areas of Khan Yunis, where more than 140,000 … Read more
Damascus: Seven soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded when a landmine tore into a military bus in Syria’s Homs province on Thursday, the media reported. According to the pro-government Sham FM radio, the landmine ripped through the military bus, which usually transports soldiers in and out of their workplace, near the T-3 oil field … Read more
