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Riyadh : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today met with the President of the State of Palestine, HE Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting took place on the sidelines of HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s visit to Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His Royal Highness led the Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation, on behalf of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and in response to the invitation extended to His Majesty by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to the exceptional…

Manama : On behalf of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today attended and participated in the exceptional Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit, held in Riyadh. The Summit was chaired by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, to discuss the Gaza conflict and the resulting catastrophic humanitarian situation. On behalf of His Majesty the King, HRH the Crown Prince delivered an address in which he expressed Arab countries’ solidarity…

Riyadh : On behalf of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and in response to the invitation received by His Majesty from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today departed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Kingdom of Bahrain, after leading the Kingdom of Bahrain’s delegation at the exceptional Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit held in Riyadh, which focused on developments in the Gaza Strip.

New Delhi has appealed against the death sentences handed down on eight former Indian Navy employees by a court in Qatar, India’s External Affairs Ministry has said. The eight men, including decorated officers, were working in Doha for Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services, an Oman-based private company that provided training and related services to Qatar’s armed forces. They were arrested by Qatari authorities in August last year and were sentenced last month after a trial that began in March. The charges against them have not been made public by Qatari or Indian authorities. New Delhi expressed “deep shock” when the men were sentenced…

Manama : Maryam Adnan Al Ansari, Assistant Undersecretary of Projects at the Prime Minister’s Office, Chairperson of the Government Land Investment Committee, has affirmed keenness to expand cooperation with the private sector and involve it in advancing various development fields, by creating more promising and qualitative opportunities for investors and real estate developers, as well as providing them with all supportive facilities, in a way that contributes to stimulating vital sectors to continue achieving economic growth to reach the forecast goals. Al Ansari made the statements following the signing of an agreement between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and…

Riyadh : Shaikh Ali bin Abdulrahman bin Ali Al Khalifa, Bahrain’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and its Representative to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), participated in the Preparatory Senior Officials Meeting of the eighth Extraordinary Islamic Summit, set to take place in Riyadh on Saturday.   The participants discussed a number of topics, including the draft final statement to be submitted to the Extraordinary Islamic Summit regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip and the developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Paris : Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Political Affairs Undersecretary at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has reiterated the stance of the Kingdom of Bahrain, under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, in support of adopting an immediate humanitarian truce that leads to the cessation of hostilities, the protection of Palestinian and Israeli civilians, and facilitating the delivery of medical aid, food, water, fuel and electricity to the residents of the Gaza Strip, in accordance with International Humanitarian Law. The undersecretary made the statements while representing the Kingdom of Bahrain at the International Humanitarian Conference…

Riyadh : The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Officer, Sultan Al-Marshad, has signed 14 new development loan agreements with 12 African ministers, worth over $580 million to fund projects in healthcare, water, education, and transportation sectors in Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. The signing ceremony took place in the Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  In conjunction with the loan agreements signing, the SFD CEO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Finance Corporation’s CEO, Samaila Zubairu. This MoU will enable…

Mexico City : Authorities found 123 Central and South American migrants trapped in a trailer in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico’s immigration agency said Thursday. Officials from the state attorney general’s office found the migrants in Matehuala, a city on the border of Nuevo Leon, on Wednesday after a local reported hearing cries for help from a locked trailer box. The majority of migrants rescued were from the Central American nations of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as four from Ecuador and one Cuban, according to Mexico’s National Immigration Institute. Among them were…

Riyadh, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, received a phone call from Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki. According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), they reviewed relations between the two countries and discussed ways to enhance prospects for bilateral cooperation in various fields. Regional and international developments were also reviewed and a number of issues of common interest were discussed.