Arab leaders are set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to US President Donald Trump's plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern (...)
RIYADH — A friendly and fraternal meeting brought together the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jordan, and Egypt in the Saudi capital on Friday, underscoring their commitment to enhancing cooperation and coordination between their (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman will hold an informal fraternal meeting with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Riyadh (...)
Hamas says it will hand over the bodies of four hostages on Thursday, including the two youngest people held by the Palestinian armed group.
The group's negotiator Khalil al-Hayya said the bodies to be released would include those of the Bibas (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said his country is developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing Palestinians out of the strip in a counter to President Donald Trump's proposal to depopulate the territory so the US can take it over. (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that five Saudi projects in the fields of renewable energy spanning solar and wind energy are going operational in Egypt.
Addressing the opening session of the 8th edition of Egypt (...)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to "finish the job" against Iran with the support of US President Donald Trump.
Netanyahu was speaking alongside US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is visiting Israel on his first (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel late Saturday, marking his first visit to the Middle East since assuming office.
Upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport, he was welcomed by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who (...)
Malaysia and Egypt have firmly rejected any plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza, stressing that such moves would undermine Palestinian statehood and violate fundamental rights.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday night that he (...)
RIYADH — Johnson Controls Arabia has begun exporting Saudi-made HVAC products to the United States, with nearly 100 chillers recently shipped for use in American public schools.
The company's manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (...)
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a US Navy spokesperson said Thursday.
It's not clear what caused the collision between (...)
Hamas has released the names of three hostages due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel, after days of fears over the future of the ceasefire.
They are Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov, Argentine-Israeli Yair (...)
The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the closest yet to totally falling apart.
A senior Egyptian source told the BBC that regional mediators Egypt and Qatar were (...)
Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding "positive" talks with mediators, following a dispute with Israel over the Gaza ceasefire deal.
The militant group had postponed the release of more hostages this weekend, (...)
US President Donald Trump has once again insisted the US will take control of the Gaza Strip, as he met Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday.
It was their first meeting since Trump announced his proposal to take over the enclave and (...)
Egypt has said it is working on a "comprehensive vision" for the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip that guarantees Palestinians the right to stay on their land, unlike the proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump.
The Egyptian (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced at the fourth edition of the LEAP 2025 Technology Conference that as many as 685 exceptional talents and researchers in the technology sector have obtained Premium (...)
JEDDAH — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which groups 57 Islamic nations, joined several organizations and nations in the Arab and Islamic world in strongly condemning Benjamin Netanyahu's unacceptable and irresponsible remarks (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Deputy Ambassador to Egypt Abdulrahman Al-Dahas delivered the shares of Saudi Aa's Project for Utilization of Hady and Adahi (sacrificial meat) to Egypt and Palestine.
The shares of 30,000 sacrificial animals were handed over to Egypt (...)
The Palestinian president has said he strongly rejects President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over Gaza and permanently resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living there.
"We will not allow the rights of our people... to be infringed (...)
For most Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip there is already a painful history of forced displacement that is at the heart of their response to US President Donald Trump's plan to take over the war-torn territory.
Speaking to the BBC, residents (...)
Some of US President Donald Trump's top aides have sought to soften parts of his proposal to take over Gaza and permanently relocate Palestinians from the war-stricken enclave, following backlash at home and abroad and questions over the plan's (...)
RIYADH — A new Saudi convoy of 25 trucks, laden with medical supplies provided by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), arrived in southern Gaza to support hospitals and health centers.
The latest delivery of medical aid is (...)
Life in northern Gaza is desperate – there is no water, no electricity and so much rubble that there's barely enough space to put up tents.
Yet more than half a million Palestinians have returned to the area over the past week, according to the (...)
LONDON — Donald Trump's plan for the US to "take over" and "own" Gaza, resettling its population in the process, is not going to happen. It requires the co-operation of Arab states that have rejected it.
They include Jordan and Egypt — countries (...)
