JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli sports delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to participate in a world weightlifting competition, according to Israeli media. The Saudi-hosted World Weightlifting Championship 2023 will qualify Israel to reserve a ticket for next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday thanked Saudi Arabia for hospitality towards Israeli passengers after their plane made an emergency landing in the kingdom. A plane traveling from Seychelles to Israel was forced to land in Jeddah late Monday due to technical difficulties. Some 130 Israelis were aboard th...
ANKARA (AA) – Riyadh on Thursday denied allegations that Saudi border guards assaulted Ethiopians who attempted to enter the kingdom from Yemen. The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) quoted an official source who asserted that such reports are “unfounded and based on unreliable sources.” The source “denounced the raising of false allegations b...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwait’s foreign minister has welcomed the results of the visit of his Iranian counterpart to Saudi Arabia, expressing his hope that it would be “the beginning of a bright page in the history of Gulf and Tehran relations.” On Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Saudi Arabi...
