Friday December 26, 2025 / 06 , Rajab , 1447
Header Logo
Leading The Way
search-icon
Footer Header
search-icon
SG
Saudi Arabia
Opinion
Discover Saudi
World
Sports
Business
Life
Advertisements
search-logo
  • Home
  • World
World
11 - 20 from 52931 . In "World"
Palestinian actors Saleh Bakri, left, and Mohammed Bakri, right, poses during the photocall for the film 'Wajib' at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, 05 August 2017. — EPA
Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72
JERUSALEM — Renowned actor and director Mohammad Bakri died Wednesday at the age of 72, according to his family. Bakri had been suffering from heart problems. His funeral was held the same day in his town of birth, al-Bi’neh, in northern Israel.“With profound sorrow and grief, we announce the passing of our beloved father, the actor Mohammed Bakri,” his son Saleh, also an actor, wrote on Instagram.Bakri, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, began his career in the 1980s, performing in both Arabic and Hebrew in Palestinian and Israeli theaters and productions. His first film, Hanna K. was directed by Academy Award-winning Greek-French director Costa-Gavras.Since then, Bakri performed in dozens of films, including the 1984 Israeli film ‘Beyond the Walls’ directed by Uri Barbash. The...
December 25, 2025

Renowned Palestinian actor and director Mohammed Bakri dies at 72

Princess Charlotte and Catherine, The Princess of Wales, sit smiling at a piano as they perform at for a Christmas Carol service
Princess of Wales and daughter perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert
LONDON — Catherine, Princess of Wales, and her daughter Charlotte played a festive piano duet that aired Wednesday as part of an annual Christmas service celebrating “love in all its forms,” according to Kensington Palace.The mother and daughter did not appear live at the Together at Christmas event at Westminster Abbey earlier this month. But their performance of a piece of music by Scottish composer Erland Cooper was pre-recorded at Windsor Castle last week specifically for the event's Christmas Eve broadcast on ITV1.British television viewers saw the “special musical moment” between Catherine and Princess Charlotte on Christmas Eve, the palace said in a statement.The royal mother and daughter performed “Holm Sound” by the Scottish producer Erland Cooper, a composition...
December 25, 2025

Princess of Wales and daughter perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert

Jeffrey Epstein
US officials uncover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein
WASHINGTON — US authorities have uncovered more than a million additional documents potentially tied to Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in 2019 while awaiting trial for trafficking minors. The trove was found by the FBI and federal prosecutors in New York and reported to the Department of Justice (DoJ), which said it is working "around the clock" to review and redact sensitive information before public release."We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible," the DoJ said on Wednesday.The department said it could take "a few more weeks" before all the files are released. The DoJ has been under scrutiny after not releasing all Epstein files by 19...
December 25, 2025

US officials uncover a million more documents potentially related to Epstein

Conservative Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla speaks during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 24 December 2025.  — EPA
Right-leaning Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduran presidential election amid allegations of fraud
TEGUCIGALPA — A conservative politician backed by US President Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the Honduran presidential election, narrowly edging out right-leaning opponent in a contest marked by allegations of foreign intervention and voting irregularities.Nasry “Tito” Asfura, a member of the National Party, was declared the winner of the race with over 40% of the vote, while Salvador Nasralla won over 39%, the electoral authority said Wednesday. The ruling party’s leftist candidate Rixi Moncada trailed in a distant third place with 19%.Asfura is a right-wing businessman and former mayor of the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa. The construction magnate ran on a free-market platform with a focus on foreign investment for economic development. He has promised to strengthen...
December 25, 2025

Right-leaning Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduran presidential election amid allegations of fraud

The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing the Trump administration over the loss of federal funding
American pediatricians sue Trump administration to halt cut in federal grants
WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing the Trump administration for terminating nearly $12 million in long-running federal grants, according to CNN.The group argues that the US Department of Health and Human Services last week ended seven grants in retaliation for the academy speaking out against the administration’s actions that the group feels threaten children’s health, including advocating for evidence-based vaccine policy. The academy’s efforts have been “met with targeted smears from HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other senior officials looking to discredit one of the agency’s most prominent critics,” according to the complaint, which was filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.The suit is asking the court to...
December 25, 2025

American pediatricians sue Trump administration to halt cut in federal grants

The company logo on a Pfizer factory. (EPA)
Pfizer says patient in hemophilia drug study died after serious side effects
NEW YORK — A patient enrolled in a long-term study of Pfizer’s hemophilia drug Hympavzi has died after experiencing serious side effects, the company said. Pfizer confirmed the patient died on Dec. 14 after suffering a stroke followed by a brain hemorrhage, according to the European Haemophilia Consortium, a patient advocacy group. The individual was participating in a clinical study evaluating Hympavzi in patients with hemophilia A or B, with or without inhibitors. In a statement, Pfizer said it is working with the study investigator and an independent external Data Monitoring Committee to gather more information. The company described the incident as involving “complex, multi-factorial circumstances.” Hympavzi, a once-weekly injectable therapy, was approved in the United States...
December 24, 2025

Pfizer says patient in hemophilia drug study died after serious side effects

An Israeli settlers outpost is on area next to the town of As Samu, near Hebron
IsraelI minister backtracks on pledge to build Gaza settlements
JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz backtracked on a pledge on Tuesday that Israel would establish settlements in Gaza, following criticism the statement goes against the US-led peace plan for the Strip.Speaking at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Katz said that "with God's help," Israel would establish pioneer groups in northern Gaza “in place of the settlements that were evacuated."“We will do this in the right way, at the appropriate time,” he added. The video spread on social media and became widely criticised.Hours later, Katz's office released a statement clarifying that his comment was made in a "security context," reiterating that Israel "has no intention to establish settlements in the Gaza Strip.Katz's statement clashes with US President...
December 24, 2025

IsraelI minister backtracks on pledge to build Gaza settlements

Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine and US agree on most points of peace plan, Zelensky says
KYIV — The US and Ukraine have reached a consensus on several key issues aimed at ending Russia's nearly four-year war, but territorial control in Ukraine’s eastern regions and the management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remain unresolved, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Zelensky spoke as the US shared the latest 20-point plan with Russian negotiators. A response is expected from Moscow on Wednesday.The future of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, known together as the Donbas, remains at the heart of the talks, in what Zelensky described as “the most difficult point”.Russia continues to assert maximalist demands, insisting that Ukraine relinquish the remaining territory in Donbas that it has not captured — an ultimatum that Kyiv...
December 24, 2025

Ukraine and US agree on most points of peace plan, Zelensky says

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
European leaders voice support for Denmark after Trump’s latest Greenland threat
BRUSSELS — President Donald Trump has revived his ambitions to incorporate Greenland into US territory citing national security, prompting European leaders to voice support for Denmark.The US president has appointed Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, as the new US special envoy for Greenland with the stated objective of “integrating Greenland into the United States” and repeated the US needs the territory for its national security.His comments have been taken seriously by EU heads of state and government, who are presenting a united front against what they describe as American expansionist ambitions towards the autonomous territory, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.France's President Emmanuel Macron and his Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, both...
December 24, 2025

European leaders voice support for Denmark after Trump’s latest Greenland threat

Thierry Breton
US visa ban targets former EU Commissioner, four others over alleged social media censorship
WASHINGTON — The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former top European Union official and four employees of organizations that combat disinformation, accusing them of forcing American social media platforms to censor users and their viewpoints.In a statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused the five sanctioned people of leading “organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.”"These radical activists and weaponised NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states – in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," Rubio said in a statement.Rubio did not initially name those targeted, but US Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers identified them on...
December 24, 2025

US visa ban targets former EU Commissioner, four others over alleged social media censorship

< Previous Next >
footer logo
COPYRIGHT © 2025 WWW.SAUDIGAZETTE.COM.SA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Powered by NewsPress
NEWS CATEGORY
saudi arabia world opinion business sports esports life
COMPANY
advertisements about us Epaper contact us Archive privacy policy