JERUSALEM: Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body for Gaza, the defense minister said Sunday, proposing a future beyond Hamas but giving no idea who those challengers might be. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s comments came at a time of new uncertainty in the eight-month war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under growing…
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Financial Services Authority, won first place in the World Summit on the Information Society Forum organised by the International Telecommunication Union, held in Geneva. Oman’s electronic disclosure platform (Bayanat) won the best digital platform in the ICT applications category (benefits all aspects of life – e-business category). The…
RIYADH: Frank Warren’s Queensberry fighters accomplished a 10-0 clean sweep over Matchroom’s boxers in a team boxing format in Riyadh on Sunday. Queensberry’s Daniel Dubois put on the performance of his career to stop Filip Hrgovic, after a nasty cut to the Croatian forced a stoppage. Dubois, who continues to progress up the boxing ladder,…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Public Security has began imposing penalties on pilgrims violating Hajj regulations and instructions by undertaking a pilgrimage without a permit. The areas covered by the no-permit, no-Hajj policy include the city of Makkah, the central area, the holy sites, the Haramain train station, security checkpoints, screening centers and temporary security checkpoints, according…
RIYADH: Houthi forces launched anti-ballistic missiles and armed drones targeting a US aircraft carrier, a US destroyer and three vessels in the Red Sea, the Iran-backed Yemeni militia’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said on Saturday. The US military confirmed the attacks but said no injuries or damage were reported by US, coalition or commercial ships….
Plan presented by Biden says the offer would begin with a six-week phase that would see Israeli forces withdraw from all populated areas of Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday insisted on Hamas’s destruction as part of a plan presented by US President Joe Biden to end the Gaza war. “Israel’s conditions for…
LONDON: Cricket’s culture of drinking alcohol is alienating British Muslims, whistleblower Azeem Rafiq said at a literature festival this week. Pakistan-born former off-spinner Rafiq, who first raised allegations of racism and bullying in September 2020 related to his two spells at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, was speaking at the Hay Festival on Thursday. He said…
HOUSTON/BEIJING: Oil prices fell in Asia on Friday as comments from a Federal Reserve official bolstered expectations of rates staying higher for longer, a view that will be tested later in the day with a keenly-awaited US inflation report, according to Reuters. The market, which is waiting on a weekend OPEC+ decision on production cuts,…
RIYADH: A total of 45 young men and women have enrolled in the Heritage Commission’s training and development program to be conducted over 12 months at the House of Artisans at the Al-Ramis project in Qatif, the Saudi Press Agency reported.The program aims to preserve heritage and equip young individuals with the skills to work…
STOCKHOLM: Iran’s Embassy in Stockholm has denied accusations it was recruiting criminal gang members, some of them children, as proxies to commit “acts of violence” against Israeli interests in Sweden.“Paying attention to the source of this information clearly shows that it is false,” the embassy said in a statement on its website, adding that media…
