Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli authorities have yet to provide any evidence to back up their allegations that a dozen people who worked for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees were affiliated with terrorist groups, according to an independent review headed by the French former foreign minister, Catherine Colonna. Her nine-week investigation began after Israel alleged in January that 12 UNRWA workers took part in the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel. The investigators also found that Israel had not previously expressed concerns about any individuals named on the agency staffing lists it had been receiving since 2011. The wide-ranging…

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called for a probe into the Israeli war crimes in Gaza’s Nasser hospital where hundreds of civilian bodies have been recovered from mass graves.

US occupation forces in Iraq and Syria have come under two separate attacks in the past 24 hours, the first such ones after a near three-month pause amid rising indignation in the region over Washington’s support for Israel’s barbaric war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

RIYADH: All airports in Saudi Arabia that received passengers’ complaints in March resolved them on time, according to the General Authority of Civil Aviation. 

RIYADH: Saudi energy giant ACWA Power is signing a new agreement to accelerate the development of renewable projects in Azerbaijan. 

RIYADH: Global sukuk issuance is expected to continue growing in the remaining months of this year, driven by funding and refinancing demands, Fitch Ratings said. 

RIYADH: Energy giant Saudi Aramco held talks with Chinese Hengli Group Co. to acquire a 10 percent stake in its subsidiary, subject to due diligence and required regulatory clearances.

Halving previously occurred in 2012, 2016, and 2020, where Bitcoin’s value surged approximately 93-fold, 30-fold, and 8-fold, respectively, from its price on the day of the halving to its peak in each cycle, as per data by Coin Metrics.

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it has signed deals with Saudi Telecommunications Company (stc Group) that will see PIF acquire a majority stake in Saudi Telecom Co.’s tower unit for $2.3 billion and plans to merge it with other local assets to create the region’s largest telecom tower company.

The Netherlands officially shut down the Groningen gas field on Friday after the authorities approved a permanent halt to drilling operations at the site to limit seismic risks in the northern region.