Author: Steven Sahiounie

The World Central Kitchen nonprofit, which provides meals in war-torn Gaza, said it had stopped its operations in the Palestinian territory’s southern city of Rafah due to “ongoing attacks” in the area.The US-based charity was founded by celebrity Spanish-American chef Jose Andres to provide food to communities facing humanitarian crises and disasters.“In the face of Israeli operations in Rafah, countless families are being forced to flee once again,” the charity said on social media platform X late on Tuesday.“Ongoing attacks have forced us to pause work at our main kitchen in Rafah and relocate many of our community kitchens further…

Algeria is seeking a firm United Nations action to force Israel to halt its aggression on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians have sheltered from Israel’s brutal bombardments elsewhere. Algeria’s Ambassador to the UN Amar Bendjama said late on Tuesday that his country will present a draft UN resolution to the Security Council calling for an end to “the killing” in Rafah. Bendjama’s announcement came after a Council meeting focused on Israel’s Sunday massacre of Palestinians concentrated in a tent camp in Rafah. Some 45 people were killed in the attack which left children disfigured…

Palestinian Health Minister, Majed Abu Ramadan discussed with his US counterpart, Xavier Becerra, the condition of the health sector in Palestine in light of the Israeli occupation’s aggression. Health Minister Abu Ramadan and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Becerra also discussed the means to enhance joint cooperation in the health field in a meeting that they held on the sidelines of the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in Geneva. Abu Ramadan briefed his US counterpart on Israeli brutal attacks against the Palestinian people and the health sector in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and called for the…

President Mahmoud Abbas today discussed with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron the ongoing Israeli genocidal aggression against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and Israeli army and colonists assaults in the West Bank. In a phone call with his French counterpart Macron, President Abbas stressed the need to halt immediately that Israeli aggression on Gaza, allow the entry of humanitarian and medical aid to and ensure full Israeli withdrawal from the Strip as well as a halt of army and colonist assaults in the West Bank and Jerusalem and secure the release of the clearance revenues withheld by Israel. He…

The Cypriot Minister highlighted the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, involving the hydrocarbons’ exploration activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus

This collaborative initiative aims to simplify and expedite ‘Qualitative Licensing Services’ procedures for granting hotel and tourism establishments, to stimulate the tourism sector

RIYADH: Real estate development in the Eastern Province is set to receive a boost as two Saudi firms agree to launch a fund worth SR1.37 billion ($365 million) to drive investment in the sector.

LONDON: The World Economic Forum said on Wednesday that the global economy is poised to improve or remain stable this year, but it also warned of potential dangers stemming from geopolitical and domestic tensions.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is set to activate high-speed public charging infrastructure to support the adoption of electric vehicles, thanks to a new agreement. 

RIYADH: Saudi companies have garnered SR659 billion ($176 billion) in orders for their initial public offerings, with investors eager to capitalize on the returns processed over the past two years.