Author: Steven Sahiounie

The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor today stressed the Court had jurisdiction to investigate Israeli nationals and urged the judges to urgently decide on arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his ‘Defence’ Minister, Yoav Gallant. In Court filings made public Friday, Prosecutor Karim Khan urged judges weighing the arrest warrants sought against Israeli officials to not delay. “Any unjustified delay in these proceedings detrimentally affects the rights of victims,” he said. Khan stressed that the Court had jurisdiction over Israeli nationals who commit atrocity crimes in the Palestinian Territories and asked the judges to dismiss legal challenges…

RIYADH: The announcement that Riyadh’s metro system is set to become fully operational this year shows the Saudi capital is in a “prosperous era,” according to a leading minister.

RIYADH: Investment licenses for Saudi Arabia’s education sector saw an annual increase of 86 percent in the second quarter of 2024, in a sign of the industry’s growing attraction to businesses. According to a report from the Minister of Investment, 41 permits were signed off over the period, signaling substantial growth from the 112 licenses across the sector at the end of 2023. That in itself was a 49 percent growth from 2022, with the rise underscoring the central role that education plays in the Kingdom’s broader economic diversification strategy Vision 2030. The sector is set to grow even further,…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports surged by 10.5 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, led by outgoing shipments to the UAE and China, official data showed.

China dominates the market for electric vehicles. Now it’s chasing Tesla in the race to build battery-powered humanoids expected to replace human workers building EVs on assembly lines.

Nestle shares fell Friday after the surprise departure of chief executive Mark Schneider, which followed slowing sales growth and bad headlines at the Swiss food group.

Chinese aviation logged a new milestone with a test flight of an unmanned civilian drone capable of carrying up to 3.2 metric tons of cargo, as drone makers trial larger and larger drones in anticipation of future domestic demand.

The Ministry of Health announced today its plans to launch a major polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip at the end of August. This initiative comes in response to a confirmed case of polio in the war-torn region and aims to curb the spread of the virus. The Ministry stated that it has finalized its vaccination plan, which includes organizing medical teams, establishing vaccination centers, and completing training in collaboration with UNRWA, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and other local and international organizations. The campaign will target all children under ten years old and will be conducted in…

Following the unresolved election last month, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to start a series of difficult talks with party leaders on Friday with the goal of assembling a workable ruling coalition. Six weeks after Macron lost his legislative majority in a snap election, he still hasn’t appointed a new prime minister, whose main responsibility will be to present the budget proposal for the upcoming year to the National Assembly. After the election, the left-wing New Popular Front (NFP), which became the largest faction, declared its desire for economist Lucie Castets to take over as premier. Along with other NFP…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Kremlin said. Earlier, Putin said as he visited Azerbaijan that he would call the Armenian premier and tell him about the results of his talks in Baku. Putin and Pashinyan “continued to discuss normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the wake of Putin’s talks with Azerbaijanian President Ilham Aliyev during his state visit to Baku,” the Kremlin said in a statement. According to it, “the Russian side reaffirmed its readiness to provide further assistance to Armenia and Azerbaijan in their efforts to work…