King, Crown Prince congratulate DRC president on Independence Day
JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Felix Tshisekedi…
Eight-year election ban for Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Brazil — Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court has voted to bar ex-president Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years.…
Finland’s economy minister resigns after 10 days over Nazi references
HELSINKI — Finland’s new economy minister has resigned after just 10 days in office over remarks he made at a…
S. Korea, US hold air drills with B-52H strategic bomber
SEOUL — South Korea and the US on Friday conducted combined air drills, involving at least one US B-52H strategic…
UN rights office calls on France to address ‘deep issues’ of racism in policing
GENEVA — Following a third night of riots and protests across France over the police shooting of a teenager of…
UN space agency vigilant over threat posed by ‘near-Earth objects’
GENEVA — With over 18,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) lurking beyond the stratosphere, 2,000 of which are classified as potentially hazardous,…
Most pilgrims leave Mina after performing Hajj rituals.
Saudi Gazette report MINA — Hundreds of thousands of pThe ilgrims started leaving the tent city of Mina on Friday…
Adahi slaughters 600,000 heads of sheep on behalf of pilgrims
MINA — The Saudi Project for Utilization of Hady and Adahi (Adahi) has assisted pilgrims in sacrificing animals for this…
Hajj 2023: Over 68,000 tons of waste generated in 12 days
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — The Holy Makkah Municipality has said that the cleaning contracts for this year’s Hajj included…
Tourist who carved name in Colosseum identified by Italian police
ROME — Italian police say they believe the man filmed while engraving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend…