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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has strongly condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran, calling them a violation of international law. In a phone conversation with Iran’s newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday. The crown prince said the attacks undermined Iran’s sovereignty and national security, according to the Saudi Press Agency. He warned that the Israeli military action had …

NEW DELHI: The Mumbai consumer commission has directed Flynas, a Saudi-based budget airline, to pay over Rs 1.25 lakh in compensation to a passenger for losing her baggage.The commission termed the airline’s conduct as “mala fide negligence” and said it had “purposely avoided all the logical actions to find the lost bag,” as stated in a recent ruling by the …

US President Donald Trump on Thursday closes a Middle East tour in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he focuses squarely on seeking deals after billions of dollars of pledges from Saudi Arabia and Qatar.The first major trip of his second term had been scheduled to end on Thursday but Trump, always ready with surprises, did not rule out continuing …

US President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the oil power rolled out the red carpet for him at the start of a tour of Gulf states. Trump punched the air as he emerged from Air Force One to be greeted by Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who …

United States President Donald Trump reached Saudi Arabia on Tuesday on the first leg of a Gulf tour that will also take him to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, eyeing business deals even as accords on the Middle East’s hotspots will likely be harder to reach. The trip marks the US president’s first major visit abroad of his second …

The Trump administration is considering a deal that could send hundreds of thousands of U.S.-designed artificial intelligence chips to G42, an Emirati A.I. firm that the U.S. government has scrutinized in the past for its ties to China, three people familiar with the discussions said. The negotiations, which are ongoing, highlight a major shift in U.S. tech policy ahead of …

Saudi Arabia has imposed a temporary visa ban on 14 countries, including Pakistan, ahead of the Hajj 2025 season. The sources say that the visa ban will apply to Umrah, business and family visas, with the restrictions likely to end in mid-June. With the diplomatic sources saying that the Umrah visa holders can enter Saudi Arabia until April 13, other …

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the kingdom supports “all initiatives” to end the Ukraine war, a statement said on Friday, after US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah proposed a 30-day ceasefire. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s “commitment to facilitating dialogue and supporting all initiatives aimed at achieving a political resolution” in a phone call …

Ukrainian and US officials met behind closed doors for hours of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to find a path towards ending the war with Russia, after Kyiv’s forces launched their largest drone attack on Moscow of the war overnight. Ukrainians and anxious allies watched for any signs of an improvement — or further deterioration — in Kyiv’s troubled …

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine was “fully committed” to having a constructive dialogue with the United States representatives in Saudi Arabia next week over ways to end the war with Russia. Since taking office in January, US President Donald Trump has paused US military aid to Ukraine as well as intelligence-sharing with Kyiv. He has accused Zelensky of …