Middle East and North Africa

Khashoggi’s funeral prayers to be held in grand mosques of Makkah and Madinah on Friday

Jeddah - Saudi slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi's absentia funeral prayers will be held in Prophet's Mosque in Madina and Grand mosque of Makkah after...

JUSTICE: Saudi Arabia declares death penalty against five Khashoggi killers

Riyadh – The autonomous Saudi Public Prosecution committee on Thursday called for death penalty against the five of the 11 people involved in the...

Saudi Arabia denies banning Palestinians from Hajj, calls Israeli and UK news ‘illogical’

Jakarta – A Saudi envoy in Jakarta on Tuesday denied the Israeli and UK news reports of banning Palestinians from Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage...

Israel praises $15M Qatari funds to Hamas, while Palestine calls it “Sale of Palestinian Blood”

Tel Aviv – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the $15 million Qatari funds to Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian...

Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen occupy 51,000 tons of grains to cause famine

Hodeidah – Yemen’s military under Saudi leadership recovered 51,000 tons of grains on Monday which was illegally occupied by the Iran-backed Houthi militias to...

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