Palestine to Seek UN Protection from Israeli Attacks

RAMALLAH, April 21 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative at UN to request protection for the Palestinians, a senior official said Saturday. Saeb Erekat, the PLO Secretary General, told reporters at his Ramallah office in the West Bank that Abbas has issued the aforementioned directives to the […]
Read More →Palestinians to request int’l protection: senior official

RAMALLAH, April 21 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has demanded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative at UN to request protection for the Palestinians, a senior official said Saturday. Saeb Erekat, the PLO Secretary General, told reporters at his Ramallah office in the West Bank that Abbas has issued the aforementioned directives to the […]
Read More →Saudi Arabia’s air defense intercepts Houthi ballistic missile fired towards Jazan

Saudi air defense forces managed to intercept a ballistic missile fired by Houthi militias from Yemen headed in the direction of Saudi Arabia’s border province of Jazan on Friday. Earlier this week, Saudi air defenses shot down a previous ballistic missile attack by the Houthis. Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, the coalition’s spokesman, said the missile was […]
Read More →Islam forbids incitement: Makkah Grand Mosque imam

MAKKAH: The imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Sheikh Saud bin Ibrahim Al-Shouraim, has asked Muslims to cooperate because Allah encourages and blesses unity, stressing the importance of working together to develop human societies. Al-Shouraim said in a Friday sermon that no matter how much people and societies developed scientifically and materially, they would […]
Read More →Spring festival brings Indian color to Saudi Arabia

JEDDAH: A two-day Holi festival is bringing the colorful Indian and Nepali spring tradition to Saudi Arabia for the first time. The Festival of Colors at Benchmark in Jeddah offers participants a chance to drench each other with Holi colors in a symbolic celebration of spring. The delightful festival is celebrated across the Indian subcontinent […]
Read More →Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief distributes assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon

JEDDAH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) distributed humanitarian aid including birth kits, personal bags and baby blankets to Syrian female refugees staying in Osman Hospital and Central Hospital in Kattermaya, Kharoub province of Lebanon on Friday. This distribution is within the framework of the assistance provided by the center for displaced […]
Read More →No new cases of avian flu recorded, says Saudi ministry

JEDDAH: The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced on Friday that no cases of H5N8 avian flu had been recorded in Saudi Arabia in the previous 24 hours. The ministry said 13,923 samples had been collected from the Saudi regions since the beginning of the spread of the disease. The results revealed that 182 […]
Read More →Where We Are Going Today: Gailah Hub, Jeddah’s moving cafe

Gailah Hub is a pop-up cafe that moves around the city of Jeddah serving masoub — a banana bread pudding, and Chai Adani — black tea mixed with milk, cardamom, cloves and ginger. Gailah is a colloquial word that means “hanging out” and “being around friends.” The hub was created by six men who came […]
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