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GAZA CITY — Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Gaza City on Sunday to mourn 75 people, including women and children, whose remains were recovered from beneath the rubble of homes destroyed by Israeli forces during the early months of the war. The funeral procession began outside the Daraj Sports Club before the remains were laid to rest at Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in Gaza City. The remains, draped in Palestinian flags, had been placed at the sports club on Saturday evening, allowing grieving relatives to bid farewell to loved ones whose bodies had remained buried beneath the rubble for years. Abdullah…
Gulf International Bank (GIB) has strengthened its sustainability performance in S&P Global’s 2025 Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), achieving an above-industry-average result supported by strengths in governance and reporting and significant gains in sustainable finance and risk management. GIB’s overall score rose by nine points to 37 from the previous year, placing the Bank at approximately the 65th percentile among banking peers globally. GIB also recorded an 18-point increase in its Sustainable Finance score and a 38-point improvement in Risk Management, demonstrating progress in areas central to responsible banking and long-term resilience. S&P’s CSA is an industry-specific evaluation of a company’s…
RIYADH — Students in public schools across Saudi Arabia will enjoy their first extra school holiday of the current academic year next Sunday, Oct. 25. This holiday was approved by the education departments across the Kingdom but is not included in the academic calendar issued by the Ministry of Education. These include six extended school holidays during the current academic year. The departments have designated Sunday, October 25, and Sunday, November 29 of 2026, and Thursday, January 7 and Sunday, April 11of 2027 as additional holidays within the academic calendar. Meanwhile, the education departments in the regions of Makkah, Madinah,…
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has pumped 12,600 liters of drinking water for displaced and affected people in the Old Al-Ba’ararah area of Al-Muzaffar District, Taiz Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 840 individuals from 120 families. The assistance, delivered as part of the emergency response project to provide drinking water for displaced people in Taiz, reflects Saudi Arabia’s efforts, through KSrelief, to improve living conditions, provide safe drinking water, strengthen community resilience, and support recovery in Yemen. Source: Riyadh Daily
OTTAWA — Four people were killed and dozens seriously injured after a fast-moving fire swept through a Canadian military base in Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Sunday, describing the incident as one of the country’s worst peacetime military tragedies. The blaze broke out Saturday afternoon at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, approximately 200 kilometers southeast of Edmonton, spreading beyond a military training area as strong winds complicated firefighting operations. “Yesterday afternoon, a violent, fast-moving fire swept through Canadian Armed Forces base in Wainwright, Alberta,” Carney told reporters. “What followed was one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian…
MANAMA — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov in Manama on Sunday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the ninth Gulf Cooperation Council—Russia Joint Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue. Prince Faisal and Lavrov reviewed bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. The ministers discussed regional developments, notably the escalation in Yemen, ongoing threats to navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, and efforts to maintain regional security and stability. Source: Saudi Gazette
Official Spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that a UAV was intercepted and destroyed in the Riyadh Region. Source: Riyadh Daily
CAIRO — Egypt’s National Defense Council on Sunday pledged to provide Saudi Arabia with “all necessary and possible forms of support” to defend its security, sovereignty and stability amid escalating missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militia against the Kingdom. The decision came during a meeting chaired by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo, where senior political, military and security officials reviewed dangerous regional developments, particularly the escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. According to a statement issued by Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS), the council declared Egypt’s “full solidarity” with Saudi Arabia, emphasizing…
Hurricane Trudy strengthened to a Category 2 storm as it moved toward Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast, with a hurricane warning in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Saturday that the Category 2 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour. It was located about 280 kilometers south of Cabo Corrientes and 160 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at 17 kilometers per hour. Meanwhile, Typhoon Champi strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per…
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Chairman Dr. Muhammad Al Jasser met with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo on the sidelines of the 2026 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group in Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting focused on strengthening resilience and supporting recovery efforts in IsDB member countries affected by fragility or crises, as well as coordinating development interventions. The two sides also discussed expanding joint initiatives to support recovery and mobilize additional development financing through the IsDB’s Response, Recovery, and Resilience (3R) Facility. They further explored the use of artificial intelligence…