A direct flight from the Saudi capital Riyadh will land on Monday evening at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel’s main airport, Israeli media have reported. The aircraft is a Boeing Business jet – which can seat 46 people – owned by the Emirati company Royal J…
Sudan Coup: EU demands ‘immediate release’ of PM, ministers
The European Unioncondemned the detention of Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other cabinet members on Monday and urged for their immediate release after the country’s military chief dissolved the transitional government. “We call on the secur…
Kuwait’s women are dying in silence as femicide cases soar
Cases of femicide in Kuwait are rising relentlessly, and, more often than not, a close relative or spouse is the perpetrator. This is galvanising feminist and women’s rights activists to mount protests demanding that the National Assembly impose strict…
‘Nearly a hundred’ footballers evacuated from Afghanistan: FIFA
Around one hundred footballers and coaches including female players have been evacuated from Afghanistan to Doha on a Qatar Airways flight, FIFA announced on Friday. The game’s world body expressed “sincere thanks” to Qatar, host country of the 2022 Wo…
Saudi fund’s Newcastle buy puts Khashoggi murder in rearview
A consortium led by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has acquired ownership of Newcastle United in the English Premier League after an 18-month long controversy over whether the Saudi state, rather than its sovereign wealth fund, would exerci…