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The Supreme Council for Media Regulation, chaired by engineer Khaled Abdel Aziz, announced that it will refer musician Hani Muhanna to the Federation of Arts Syndicates (chaired by director Omar Abdel Aziz) for necessary measures against the background of comments made by musician Hani Muhanna on a television program, which the council considered to contain insults and attacks on many symbols of Egyptian art.Media appearances will be temporarily suspended.The decision included obliging all media outlets to ban Hani Muhanna from hosting or appearing in the media until the Federation of Arts Syndicates has investigated the incident and completed formal procedures,…

Silver prices experienced significant declines in just two sessions, resulting in one of the most severe price movements for the white metal, with a sharp decline that erased all the gains recorded since the beginning of 2026.Silver hit a historic high of $121.71 per ounce (equivalent to SAR 14,673 per kilogram of silver) in the previous session (Thursday), but the price continued to fall sharply and today reached $71.15 per ounce (equivalent to SAR 8,578 per kilogram).Silver therefore lost $50.56 per ounce in just two sessions, marking a massive 41.54% decline.Calculations in Saudi riyals show that one kilogram of silver…

SINGAPORE – Kuwait’s Al Zour refinery increased its fuel oil exports to a record high in January after recovering from an outage, with most of its cargo heading to Southeast Asia, ship tracking data showed on Monday. A surge in supplies from Kuwait, a major fuel oil exporter, will increase availability in fuel supply hubs such as Singapore, putting pressure on prices in Asia, traders and analysts said. Kuwait’s very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) exports exceeded 1 million tonnes (205,000 barrels per day) in January, the highest monthly volume on record, according to Kupler and LSEG data. The recovery…

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah issued an Emirati Decree on Sunday ordering a cabinet reshuffle affecting eight ministerial posts, mainly in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Information. Based on this decree, Osama Khaled Abdullah Budai was appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs. Abdullah Subaih Abdullah Bukhtein is appointed Minister of Information and Culture. Yaqub Al-Sayed Yousef Al-Sayed Hashem Al-Refaee is appointed Minister of Finance. The Decree also amends the appointment of Omar Saud Abdulaziz Al-Omar, Minister…

TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has warned that any attack on Iran will lead to a “regional war” as US President Donald Trump looks forward to reaching a deal with Tehran. “You should know that the next time you start a war, it will be a regional war,” the 86-year-old supreme leader told a crowd of supporters gathered at an event in downtown Tehran on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Ruhollah Khomeini’s return to Iran from French exile in 1979, which led to the Iranian revolution and the flight of U.S.-backed ruler Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.Khamenei said…

US private equity firm Carlyle has begun exploratory talks with UAE investors to bring in a partner if an initial deal to buy Russian company Lukoil’s international assets goes ahead, Reuters reported, citing three sources familiar with the process. Carlyle and Lukoil recently announced a preliminary agreement to transfer a wide range of assets, including oil fields in Iraq and refineries in Eastern Europe, to American companies, pending approval from American authorities, which have placed the Russian producer under sanctions. Three sources said Abu Dhabi’s state-backed investors Mubadala, XRG and IHC had held talks with Carlyle about taking a stake…

RIYADH – The Saudi Surveillance and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazara) announced on Sunday the arrest of several suspects in a criminal corruption case involving employees of the government and private companies, and said legal proceedings to hold them accountable are underway.In a statement, authorities said they had worked with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) to arrest a non-Saudi resident working as a project director for a PIF-affiliated company for allegedly receiving R2,175,000 from two Saudi nationals who were also detained, as well as another non-Saudi resident who was the CEO of a commercial organization.The payments were allegedly made in exchange for…

Real Madrid announced that their star midfielder Jude Bellingham was diagnosed with an injury sustained during yesterday’s (Sunday) Round 22 match of the Spanish league (La Liga) against Rayo Vallecano.Injury details”Real Madrid FC’s medical services have carried out tests on our player Jude Bellingham and diagnosed him with an injury to the semitendinosus muscle in his left foot,” the club said in a statement on its website. Expected length of absenceAccording to Spanish newspaper As, Bellingham will be out for about a month, during which he will miss at least four Spanish league matches against Valencia, Real Sociedad, Osasuna and…

Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture announced achieving self-sufficiency in more than 48 agricultural products and banning imports from abroad, underscoring the continued growth of the agricultural sector despite climate change and drought.”Despite water revenue shortfalls, climate change and drought, the growth of Iraq’s agricultural sector continues at an upward pace,” said Mahdi Al-Jubouri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.realize abundanceAl Jubri added: “The ministry is working to supply agricultural crops, including summer and winter vegetables, by following modern agricultural techniques such as plastic-protected farming and drip irrigation methods during the winter season, as well as summer crops using traditional irrigation methods.”As…

Dr Amna Dahak, Minister of Climate Change and Environment and Chairman of the Board of the National Agriculture Center, has launched a sustainable products initiative aimed at increasing the share of locally produced agricultural and livestock products used across the UAE’s restaurant and hotel sector to 25 per cent. The launch was announced as she participated in the signing ceremony of six strategic memorandums of understanding between the National Agriculture Center and the UAE’s leading hospitality industry and industry players, WAM reported. The agreement forms part of the initiative’s initial executive framework and establishes a clear and commercially sustainable pathway…