Grand Mosque authority designates doors for Umrah pilgrims

MAKKAH: The General Authority for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has assigned specific doors in the Grand Mosque to receive Umrah pilgrims during the holy month of Ramadan this year. The doors administration, working together with the security authorities at the mosque, has opened 210 doors to prevent suffocation and … Read more

New Zealand designates entirety of Hamas a ‘terrorist entity’

WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Thursday became one of the last Western countries to designate all of Hamas as a “terrorist entity,” saying the attacks of October 7 had shattered the notion its political and military wings could be separated. “The organization as a whole bears responsibility for these horrific terrorist attacks,” the government said, announcing … Read more

Saudi media minister presents new media strategy, designates 2024 ‘Year of Media Transformation

LONDON: US-based pro-Israeli group SKDK has been targeting Washington Post’s foreign correspondent Louisa Loveluck over her coverage of the Gaza conflict, news outlet Semafor reported on Sunday. SKDK, a Washington DC public relations firm with close ties to the White House, is managing the communications of the 10/7 Project, an initiative established last year to … Read more