Author: Steven Sahiounie

King Charles III’s cancer was caught early and the whole country is hoping for a speedy recovery, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday, as the monarch’s son Prince Harry reportedly flew from the US to visit his father. Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening that the king has begun outpatient treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer. It was found during his recent hospital treatment for an enlarged prostate but is a “separate issue” and not prostate cancer, the palace said. “Thankfully, this has been caught early,” Sunak told BBC radio, adding that as prime minister he would “continue to…

Sweden will this week announce the end of its investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, German media reported on Tuesday.   The update comes after Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist told the Expressen national newspaper on Monday that he will disclose a major development in the case within days. Built to deliver Russian natural gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea, the Nord Stream pipelines were damaged by a series of powerful explosions in September 2022. Germany, Sweden, and Denmark each launched their own national probes into the incident after failing to agree on a joint effort. Several leading German news…

Hakan Fidan and Qatari Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani discuss framework agreement presented to Israel and Hamas over phone, sources say Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Tuesday talked over phone to discuss a framework agreement presented to Israel and Hamas for cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Fidan, the sources said, emphasized Türkiye’s support for the proposed agreement. The deal, being mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar, calls for end to the war that started last October, and the release of captives in Gaza and…

Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, arrived in Muscat on Tuesday for a state visit to Oman. A fleet of Omani military jets provided an official escort for his flight in Omani airspace, the Kuwait News Agency reported. When the emir and his delegation arrived at the airport of Muscat they were welcomed by the sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq, and other senior officials. Sheikh Mishal’s trip to Kuwait follows a state visit to Saudi Arabia last week, his first to the country since becoming emir in December. During a meeting in Riyadh, he and Saudi…

The registered amount was also higher than $35.17bln at the end of November 2023

Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt is a financial institution that offers banking and investment services in accordance with Islamic Sharia principles through its head office and 27 branches located across the Egypt

These initiatives were integrated with the National Competitiveness Center and other relevant government agencies

The parliament would touch on a draft law concerning the budget for the head of the state in addition to electing MPs for vacant seats at several committees

Astrolabs said given Saudi Arabia’s rise as a global capital for business, half of the respondents of its survey who are exploring their expansion to the Saudi market are based outside the MENA region

Hamas said on Tuesday it had delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza, and the United States said it believed an agreement was possible.Details of Hamas’ response were not immediately revealed but Qatar, which helped mediate the proposal that was passed on to Hamas last week and would also involve the release of hostages held in Gaza, said the reply had made Doha “optimistic.”US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a lightning tour of the Middle East, said Washington was reviewing Hamas’ response and that he would discuss it with Israeli officials when he visits the country…