AL-MUKALLA: Power outages in Yemen’s southern city of Aden worsened on Thursday as private electricity generators turned off supplies in protest over unpaid bills. Amid sweltering summer temperatures, the city’s state-run electricity company reported that many of the private firms that supplied the city with electricity had progressively withdrawn their services in a bid to …
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Army fire kills 14-year-old Palestinian as Israeli minister visits flashpoint mosque
DUBAI: On Monday, despite months of massive pro-democracy protests across the country, Israeli lawmakers voted to implement a key element of what proponents have long called “judicial overhaul.” While the decision met with immediate backlash from various segments of Israeli society, political analysts say that these new limitations on judicial power may serve to eliminate …
North Korea’s Kim gives Russia defense minister tour of arms expo
صحيفة حائل- متابعات عالمية: SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday, state media KCNA reported, giving him a tour of a defense expo featuring Pyongyang’s banned ballistic missiles as both sides pledged to boost ties. Shoigu handed Kim a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the …
Saudi tourism minister sees promising future in Asir
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s International Chemistry Olympiad team have arrived with four medals won at the 55th session of the event held in Switzerland from July 16 to 25. At the end of the Olympiad, the IChO flag was handed over by the president of this year’s event, Gunther Dissertori, to Saudi Arabia, which will be the …
Saudi vice foreign affairs minister meets with Comoros ambassador
How museum partnerships are enriching Saudi Arabia’s art and culture scene, boosting its creative economy ROME: Saudi Arabia is expanding its cultural horizons, and encouraging its own artistic renaissance, by opening new exhibition spaces and establishing partnerships with some of the world’s most prestigious galleries and museums. The Kingdom’s upcoming Contemporary Art Museum in AlUla, …
A familiar face for the US as China’s Wang returns as foreign minister
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: LONDON: Britain has “underplayed and underestimated” the threat posed by the Russian Wagner mercenary group and should ban it as a terrorist organization, a powerful committee of UK lawmakers said Wednesday.The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee said the sanctions imposed by Britain on Wagner are “underwhelming” and UK authorities have …
UK foreign minister kicks off Middle East tour
صحيفة حائل- متابعات عالمية: AMMAN: UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly began a three-day tour to the Middle East on Tuesday to boost ties with the region, Jordan News Agency reported. The trip — to Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan — comes after the UK government announced that citizens of Gulf countries and Jordan will benefit from …
UAE Foreign Minister meets Japan Prime Minister, seeks stronger ties
صحيفة حائل الإخبارية- متابعات: DUBAI: In the early years of the 21st century, humanity finds itself confronted with an unparalleled environmental predicament: an intensified greenhouse effect fueling global warming and precipitous alterations in the delicate fabric of the climate system. Undeniably, this phenomenon stands as one of the most formidable challenges ever faced by our …
Pakistan prime minister says those involved in violence of Khan detention will face terrorism trials
صحيفة حائل- متابعات عالمية: ‘No alternative to Ukraine joining NATO,’ Estonian President Alar Karis tells Arab News TALLINN, Estonia: There is no alternative to Ukraine joining NATO, Alar Karis, the president of Estonia, told Arab News in an exclusive interview at the presidential palace in the capital Tallinn on the margins of the annual Lennart Meri …
Saudi foreign minister reiterates call for de-escalation during meeting with Sudan envoy
Saudi vegan chef Ola Kayal is out to start a food revolution — one scoop at a time JEDDAH: Vegan chef Ola Kayal, a trilingual Saudi national with two degrees, has trained at a three Michelin star restaurant in Europe and successfully launched a plant-based ice cream business in the US — all before the …