Author: Al Miqdamarra

The interior ministry said on Saturday it has busted a network of two people involved in vote-buying activities in favor of three candidates running in the June 6 National Assembly elections. The ministry added in a statement that security men seized cash and lists of names of voters. The two suspects admitted they were buying votes for three candidates in the first, second and fourth constituencies. The statement said the ministry will refer the two suspects to the public prosecution for further investigations. Last week, the ministry arrested 10 citizens and expats suspected of buying votes for candidates. The public…

Several Palestinian football players and fans suffered from choking and breathlessness after Israeli forces fired tear gas during a cup final match in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) said. On Thursday evening, Israeli forces fired tear gas inside Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in Dahiat al-Barid street in al-Ram, a town in East Jerusalem. Several Palestinian football players and dozens of fans, including children, suffered from gas inhalation and were treated on the pitch, while three people were taken to the hospital. Turkey’s General Consul to Palestine Ahmet Riza Demirer, and Jibril al-Rajoub, the president of the PFA, were attending the final…

Two years after recording its worst performance since the first Gulf War, Kuwait’s economy rebounded and then some in 2022, reaping the benefit of a surge in oil prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The economic windfall provided a boon for the country’s lenders, which recorded their strongest credit growth since 2015, alongside healthy deposit rises and strong profitability. Activity is set to cool slightly for 2023 on the back of lower oil revenues following cuts to production agreed by OPEC+ (a group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, along with 10 other major oil producing countries — notably…

President Isaac Herzog issued a statement calling for political rhetoric to be toned down after MK Tzvika Fogel called for Opposition MKs Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz, Yair Golan, and Moshe Ya’alon to be arrested for “treason” and opposition MKs warned of a brewing “civil war.” “The values of the Declaration of Independence are the compass of our country – I will not allow them to be harmed. This is a sensitive and explosive period for the Israeli public. I am awake to the voices heard here and there, and to all the pains, worries and anxieties. It keeps me busy…