Riyadh’s King Khalid airport recognized for customer care

RIYADH: The National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification is preparing to plant ‎12 million trees and shrubs in 2024 across Saudi Arabia. This is according to Khaled bin Abdullah Al-Abdul Qadir, CEO of the NCVC, who said that recycled water would be used for all the projects. Al-Abdul Qadir made the comments … Read more

Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal

GAZA: Israel pounded Gaza on Friday, nearly 12 weeks into the war started by the October 7 attacks, as Egypt hosted a Hamas delegation for talks aimed at ending the conflict that has devastated much of the besieged Palestinian territory.With vast areas of northern Gaza in ruins and largely deserted, Israeli air strikes and ground … Read more

Tariq Abdulhakim Center opens as celebration of Saudi music, culture

Riyadh exhibition unveils literary and artistic career of Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Riyadh: A politician, an avid painter, a poet and a patron of the arts, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal redefined creativity in his cultural work, defining its components while serving the Kingdom and its people as the governor of Aseer region, minister of education, and currently … Read more

Turkiye detains 29 people with suspected Daesh ties planning attacks, says minister

GAZA STRIP: Israel pounded south and central Gaza on Friday as Egypt was to host a high-level Hamas delegation for talks to try and end the nearly 12-week war that has devastated the besieged Palestinian territory.The Israeli military said its forces “are extending operation in Khan Yunis” in the coastal territory’s south, and had “eliminated … Read more

Saudi environmental center warns against logging

RIYADH: The AlUla Falcons Cup 2023 began on Thursday with a prize pool of SR60 million ($16 million) up for grabs, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The event is a collaboration between the Saudi Falcons Club and the Royal Commission for AlUla and will last until Jan. 5. Held at Mughira Heritage Sports Village in AlUla, … Read more

Body of US-Israeli woman held in Gaza: kibbutz

Jerusalem, Dec 28, 2023 Agence France Presse: A US-Israeli woman seized in the October 7 Hamas attack was killed on the same day and her body remains in the Gaza Strip, her kibbutz community said on Thursday. Judith Weinstein Haggai, 70, had been thought to be the oldest woman among the hostages still held in … Read more

Anti-terrorism center signs deal to boost cooperation on counterterrorism

RIYADH: The Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition and the Saudi Red Crescent Authority have signed an agreement to foster cooperation between the IMCTC and various Arab, Islamic and international organizations. The deal was signed by Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Moghedi, secretary-general of the IMCTC, and Jalal bin Mohammed Al-Owaisi, president of the Saudi Red … Read more

Arab Parliament holds special session in support of Palestine

BEIRUT: With its economy still in tatters, its government in a state of paralysis, and fears that the war raging in Gaza between Israel and Hamas could soon spill over its borders, Lebanon’s woes have only deepened in 2023. Economic collapse With some 80 percent of Lebanon’s citizens now living in poverty, the country has … Read more

Who’s Who: Basel Talal, managing director at Radisson Hotel Group KSA, Kuwait and Levant

RIYADH: The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen’s Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) issued a statement regarding several allegations, on Wednesday.   The first allegation is that the Coalition Forces targeted a school and a medical center in Al-Mukram village in Kamaran directorate of Al-Hodeidah governorate on March 26, 2022.  The Office of the United … Read more

Tunisia says three killed in ‘counterterrorism’ operation

GENEVA: The United Nations on Thursday said the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank was rapidly deteriorating and urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” against the Palestinian population.A report released Thursday demanded an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations, an end to arbitrary detention and … Read more