Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: Saudi tourist destinations, The Red Sea and AMAALA, will soon offer online transaction options through a recent partnership with Amazon Payment Services. 

The Israeli attack on people waiting to receive humanitarian aid on Thursday morning, which killed 118 Palestinians and injured over 750 others, was orchestrated by Tel Aviv and involved local Palestinian entrepreneurs to show a genuine humanitarian aid delivery, media reports said on Sunday. Israeli officials, Palestinian businessmen, and Western diplomats have revealed that Tel Aviv has been engaged in planning at least four such aid convoys to northern Gaza over the last week, the New York Times reported. Speaking to the US daily, two Western diplomats said they were informed by Israeli officials about Israel’s motives behind such actions.…

Lawmakers of the US have taken a negative position towards South Africa since the genocide trial it initiated against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the latter’s top diplomat said on Sunday. “In terms of responses, unfortunately, there are some legislators in the United States of America that have taken a very negative position against my country,” South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor told Anadolu on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Türkiye. The US being the world’s largest economy, Pandor said its position is posing a danger to investment and employment in…

RIYADH: Emerging companies and innovative technologies are poised to receive an investment boost with the launch of Tali Ventures, a specialized firm founded by stc group. 

The Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2024 brought together prominent diplomats and officials on Saturday to discuss critical issues of global peace and the need for UN reform. Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo emphasized Africa’s lack of representation in the UN Security Council, where 240 million people are represented by just two people, while the continent’s 1.4 billion populations have no representation at all. Slovenian State Secretary Marko Stucin echoed his sentiment, stressing the need for reform as the world changes while the UN remains stagnant. Challenges to global peace Panelists discussed the challenges to global peace, with Stucin highlighting the rise…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index slipped on Sunday, losing 75.66 points, or 0.60 percent, to close at 12,555.20. 

In the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation has committed 9 massacres, killing 90 Palestinians and injuring 177 others. On the 149th day of the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces, in the past 24 hours, executed 9 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 90 martyrs and 177 injuries. The overall casualties from the Israeli genocide since October 7 last year, have reached 30,410 martyrs and 71,700 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. Rescue efforts continue to be hindered as victims remain under the rubble, and access is denied to ambulance and civil defense…

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have once more called for the establishment of a Palestinian state during their latest ministerial meeting in Riyadh. A statement carried by Qatar’s Foreign Minster Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who chaired the event, said the Arab member nations want to see an “independent State of Palestine on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital”. They promised to continue pushing for a lasting peace that would include “the Palestinian people obtaining all their legitimate rights approved by international bodies”. Israel continues to oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state.…

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is gearing up for LEAP 2024, the world’s most-attended tech event, from March 4 to 7 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham.

Venezuela’s Foreign Minister has congratulated Iran and its people on their elections and their dedication t combatting foreign plots. Venezuela has congratulated Iran in celebration of its elections, praising the exercise as a show of democracy. In a post on X, the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil, said, “The President [Nicolas Maduro] and the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela congratulate the People and Government of the sister Islamic Republic of Iran for the celebration of the democratic exercise carried out in the 12th elections for the Consultative Assembly or Majlis (parliament) and the 6th elections for the Assembly of…