The Portuguese player is being paid hundreds of millions to be part of the gulf state’s modernisation plan. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Cristiano Ronaldo attends White House dinner alongside Saudi crown princeTag: Middle East
‘Things happen’ – Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The US president’s claims that the crown prince “knew nothing” contradict the CIA’s own assessment. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More ‘Things happen’ – Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killingLebanon says Israeli strike killed 13 people near Palestinian refugee camp
The Israeli military says it targeted Hamas members “operating in a training compound”, which Hamas rejected as “fabrication and lies”. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Lebanon says Israeli strike killed 13 people near Palestinian refugee campUS to sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, Trump says ahead of crown prince’s visit
Trump will welcome Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House for the first time since Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More US to sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia, Trump says ahead of crown prince’s visitAt least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges “systematic killings and cover-ups”. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group saysTrump’s plan for Gaza backed by UN Security Council
Included in the 20-point peace plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which would work to demilitarise the territory. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Trump’s plan for Gaza backed by UN Security CouncilUN Security Council to vote on Trump peace plan for Gaza
The US draft authorises decommissioning Hamas weapons – though the group has not said it will disarm. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More UN Security Council to vote on Trump peace plan for GazaDozens of Indian pilgrims killed in bus accident in Saudi Arabia
Forty-five people were killed in the accident, while one survivor is in hospital, an Indian official said. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Dozens of Indian pilgrims killed in bus accident in Saudi ArabiaIran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic drought
Iran’s largest lake has largely dried out and people are resorting to praying for rain in some areas Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Iran begins cloud seeding to induce rain amid historic droughtRecord settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within Israel
In October more than 260 settler attacks resulted in Palestinians casualties or property damage according to the UN. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Record settler attacks in West Bank opening up rifts within IsraelSouth Africa to investigate ‘mystery’ of planeload of Palestinians
It is not clear who chartered the plane carrying the Palestinians from Kenya to South Africa. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More South Africa to investigate ‘mystery’ of planeload of PalestiniansFreed British-Egyptian activist not allowed to fly to UK, family says
Alaa Abdel Fattah was Egypt’s best known political prisoner until seven weeks ago, when he was released from jail. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Freed British-Egyptian activist not allowed to fly to UK, family saysWho are the released hostages?
The Israeli military says 20 living hostages have been released by Hamas and have returned to Israel. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Who are the released hostages?Israel confirms identity of hostage body returned by Hamas as Meny Godard
Godard was 73 when he was killed during Hamas’s raid on kibbutz Be’eri on 7 October 2023. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Israel confirms identity of hostage body returned by Hamas as Meny GodardTrump urges Israel’s president to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu
President Herzog’s office says he holds Trump “in the highest regard”, but that anyone seeking a pardon has to submit a formal request. Read More | Source: BBC News…
View More Trump urges Israel’s president to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu