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
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
DAMMAM: At the crack of dawn on Dec. 17, as the seemingly endless line of trucks and cars whizzed by at the busy-at-all-hours Dammam checkpoint on the way to Riyadh, one commuter on wheels prepared to embark his 30-day journey across the Kingdom. The lone biker wearing a helmet, warm jacket and shirt embedded with … Read more
Why attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on Red Sea shipping pose a clear and present danger to Israel DUBAI: Two of the world’s biggest shipping firms, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, recently suspended the passage of container ships through the Red Sea’s Bab Al-Mandab Strait following a spate of attacks on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthi militia. Disruption to … Read more
DAMMAM: At the crack of dawn on Dec. 17, as the seemingly endless line of trucks and cars whizzed by at the busy-at-all-hours Dammam checkpoint on the way to Riyadh, one commuter on wheels prepared to embark his 30-day journey across the Kingdom. The lone biker wearing a helmet, warm jacket and shirt embedded with … Read more
Why attacks by Yemen’s Houthis on Red Sea shipping pose a clear and present danger to Israel DUBAI: Two of the world’s biggest shipping firms, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, recently suspended the passage of container ships through the Red Sea’s Bab Al-Mandab Strait following a spate of attacks on commercial shipping by Yemen’s Houthi militia. Disruption to … Read more
RIYADH: The defense departments of Saudi Arabia and France have signed an executive plan for “cooperation on capabilities, military industries, and R&D,” the Saudi defense minister said. Prince Khalid bin Salman oversaw the signing ceremony in Paris, where he is on an official visit. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an … Read more
A Palestinian baby girl, born 17 days ago during Gaza war, is killed with brother in Israeli strike RAFAH, Gaza: She was born amid war, in a hospital with no electricity in a southern Gaza city that has been bombarded daily. Her family named her Al-Amira Aisha — “Princess Aisha.” She didn’t complete her third … Read more
