Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejecting reports that Israel had agreed to a "path toward Palestinian statehood" as part of efforts to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia.
Veteran Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who was recently seen in ‘Singham Again’, attended the Red Sea Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Describing Saudi Arabia as an important factor of stability in the region, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the continuing conflict in Gaza and called for an early ceasefire.
Notably, the timing of the auction coincides with the third and fourth days of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth.
Coco Gauff, currently ranked world number three, has expressed hope that the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia could “open doors” and pave the way for women’s progress and positive change in the conservative kingdom.
The bottom line is that US support for West Asian autocracies allegedly in the interest of stability and security is likely to provide neither.
Given China’s commitment to “win-win cooperation” and the broad engagements of its mega Belt and Road global infrastructure program, the Asian giant can help accelerate the rollout of advanced technologies in the Middle East region, they said.
Biden not only highlighted the progress in moving relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel towards normalization and said the US and Saudi Arabia agreed to partner on a "far-reaching" green energy initiative.
To understand why the world’s only Jewish state would be keen on ties with a Sunni Muslim theocratic kingdom is important to make sense of US diplomacy in the region.
Israeli airlines had been banned by Saudi Arabia from flying over the kingdom's airspace, making flights between Israel and Asia longer and costlier.
