JERUSALEM: Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi was arrested during a raid in the West Bank on Monday for allegedly ‘inciting terrorism’ the Israeli army has confirmed. The prominent 22-year-old Palestinian activist was previously detained in 2017 accused of aggravated assault and 11 other charges when she was 16, after a video showing her kicking two Israeli soldiers…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “horrified” by a strike from Israeli forces on a convoy of ambulances in Gaza on Friday, he said in a statement. The conflict “must stop,” he added. “I am horrified by the reported attack in Gaza on an ambulance convoy outside Al Shifa hospital. The images of bodies strewn on…
Muscat: The Council of Arab Health Ministers warned of the catastrophic humanitarian and health repercussions of the continuation of the genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the continuation of attacks targeting them in the vicinity of treatment centers and hospitals, the targeting of medical teams, shelters and residential buildings, and the destruction…
JEDDAH: The Saudi Ministry of Culture is to stage the Tarafa bin Al-Abd Festival from Nov. 16 to 24 in Al-Ahsa. The event aims to highlight the life, career, and works of the poet and is part of the Arab Poetry Path initiative launched by the ministry to celebrate the symbols of Arabic poetry and the…
RIYADH: The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance is participating in the Algiers International Book Fair — running until Nov. 4 — as part of the Kingdom’s pavilion. Through its dedicated corner, the ministry will be showcasing publications from the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an, including copies of…
RIYADH: The Kingdom’s Literature, Publishing, and Translation Commission has launched its Saudi Cultural Exhibition in Paris, which runs for two weeks until Nov. 10 and features participation from Ministry of Culture-affiliated entities and organizations. The 14-day event offers diverse attractions and activities which showcase facets of Saudi culture, the Saudi Press Agency reported. With the…
LONDON: About 200 British citizens have informed UK authorities that they are in Gaza, and Border Force officials have been dispatched to Egypt to assist them in leaving. Downing Street clarified that the figure is only for those who have registered their whereabouts, and that the actual number of UK nationals in Gaza remains uncertain,…
TEHRAN: Iran’s ground forces on Friday launched two days of exercises to test the flight readiness of more than 200 helicopters, state television reported.The drills, which had been planned earlier, are aimed at “confronting possible threats” facing the Islamic Republic, spokesperson Brig. Gen. Amir Cheshak told the TV. He did not elaborate.He said troops and…
The US launched airstrikes on two sites in eastern Syria linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday. “The precision self-defense strikes are a response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups that began on October 17,”…
MUSCAT: The innumerable and consistent campaign by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to brand the Palestinian Resistance Movement of Hamas as cruel and illegitimate was exposed to the world on Tuesday when one of the freed hostages spoke of Hamas’ “caring” and “sensitive” approach. The words of the 85-year-old Israeli woman Yocheved Lifshitz, who along with…
