RIYADH: The Noor Riyadh 2023 festival, organized by the Royal Commission of Riyadh City, has secured new Guinness World Records for the third consecutive year, earning six additional titles. The largest festival of light held its third annual celebration from Nov. 30 to Dec. 16, featuring large-scale immersive installations across five main hubs in the … Read more
LONDON: Strong winds and heavy rains in the Gaza Strip over the past week have compounded the situation for its almost 2 million internally displaced civilians, with concerns mounting over the prospects of a major epidemic being unleashed as a shattered infrastructure struggles to cope. Even before the more than 60 days of nonstop bombing, … Read more
RIYADH: Project Masam, a Saudi initiative to clear land mines in Yemen, in the second week of December dismantled 737 mines planted by the Iran-backed Houthi militia. Overseen by the Saudi aid agency KSrelief, the project’s special teams destroyed 611 unexploded ordnance, 116 anti-tank mines, eight anti-personnel mines and two explosive devices. The devices, which … Read more
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Israel’s army said Sunday it had found a vast Hamas tunnel as it pressed its offensive in Gaza despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from relatives to bring home the remaining hostages. Israel’s army said it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel so far near the border crossing … Read more
JEDDAH: There should be a greater focus on climate-change education and research to ensure effective strategies for future interventions in the Kingdom, it was proposed at a conference here. The two-day event organized by the National Meteorological Center, which ended on Sunday, saw the participation of various experts who discussed “enhancing education, training, skills development … Read more
How one educator is inspiring a love of Arabic as UN marks 11th World Arabic Language Day DUBAI: Exactly 50 years ago, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared that it would adopt Arabic as its sixth official language. Thirty nine years later, in 2012, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization established established World … Read more
RIYADH: Saudi border guards in the Jazan region have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 225 kilograms of qat, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Land patrols intercepted the smuggling operation in Al-Ardah sector in Jazan, SPA said. The initial regulatory procedures were completed, and the seized narcotics were handed over to the competent authority. Read … Read more
TEL AVIV: French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Israel Sunday where she was due to press for an “immediate and durable” truce in the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Colonna will meet her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen in Tel Aviv, as Israel presses on with its military offensive after the October 7 … Read more
RIYADH: The celebration of World Arabic Language Day will begin in Paris on Monday under the theme “Arabic: The Language of Poetry and Arts,” the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. The event is being organized by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization through the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud Program for the Arabic … Read more
3 hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been holding a white flag, military official says JERUSALEM: Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, a military official said Saturday, in Israel’s first such acknowledgement of … Read more
