Hundreds of events set to wow audiences at Jazan’s winter festival
RIYADH, 9 November: Audiences will be spoilt for choice at the Jazan Winter Festival, with 300 fantastic events on the program, reported the Saudi Press Agency. General supervisor Yahya bin Jaber Al-Ghazwani told a press conference that the festival, under the patronage of Jazan Governor Prince Mohammed bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz, included 200 diverse events […]
Saudi Arabia advocates for global cooperation to end hunger, ensure food security
RIYADH, 9 November: The Kingdom sees agriculture as a cornerstone for achieving sustainable development and supporting economic growth, Saudi Deputy Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Mansour bin Hilal Al-Mushaiti said this week. Al-Mushaiti led the Saudi delegation to the three-day “A World Without Hunger” conference that began on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the […]
KSrelief delivers winter aid and dates to Yemen’s vulnerable
RIYADH, 9 November: The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief has delivered dates and winter shelter to vulnerable people in Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency reported late Thursday. KSrelief’s volunteers distributed 100 winter bags in Thamud district, Hadhramaut governorate, for 600 individuals from 100 vulnerable families. The aid is a part of the agency’s emergency shelter project […]
KSrelief continues international relief efforts in Chad, Pakistan
RIYADH, 9 November: Saudi aid agency KSrelief has delivered aid to people most in need in Chad and Pakistan, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Some 201 food parcels, benefiting 1,206 people, were distributed in the village of Sharkaya, in Hajar Lamis province, as part of the 2024 Food Security Support Project in the Republic of […]
Saudi agency KSrelief delivers food, hygiene kits in Syria
RIYADH, 9 November: The Kingdom’s aid agency KSrelief has distributed food and hygiene kits to thousands of vulnerable people across Syria, the Saudi Press Agency reported late Thursday. The agency’s volunteers delivered 750 food parcels and 750 hygiene kits in Al-Hasakah, Syria, benefiting 4,500 people. Meanwhile 745 Syrian families, comprising 2,652 people, in Al-Dana, Idlib […]
Sudhanshu Trivedi snubs Pak at UN, says J&K ‘will remain integral part of India’
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Taking a firm stand in the United Nations on the matter of India’s territorial integrity, the senior BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi asserted in no uncertain terms that “Jammu & Kashmir will remain an integral part of India.” During the discussion on UN Peacekeeping operations, the representative from Pakistan mentioned that […]
Duma Boko inaugurated as President of Botswana
Gaborone, Nov 9 (IANS) Multitudes of people thronged the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city, to witness the inauguration of Duma Boko as the southern African country’s sixth President. Boko promised that his government would create a brighter tomorrow with support from the citizens during the ceremony. “We will create the Botswana we all […]
Israeli PM appoints new Ambassador to US
Jerusalem, Nov 9 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to appoint Yechiel Leiter as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, according to a statement issued by Netanyahu’s office. Leiter, 65, has served in senior public service positions in Israel, including the deputy director-general of the Education Ministry, chief-of-staff in the Finance Ministry, and […]
Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Israeli airbase, downing of US MQ-9 drone
Sanaa, Nov 9 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi group said that it has launched a “ballistic missile” toward Nevatim Airbase in Israel, and has shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen’s Al-Jawf province. “In support of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, we carried out a qualitative military operation targeting the Nevatim […]
Hezbollah fires five rockets at central, northern Israel: sources
Jerusalem, Nov 8 (IANS) Hezbollah fired about five rockets toward central and northern Israel on Friday, setting off air raid sirens in 53 Israeli cities and communities, according to Israeli sources. The Israeli military said in a statement that most rockets were intercepted, though one struck the Upper Galilee. The state-owned Kan TV news reported […]
