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France will honor its commitment to help protect Saudi infrastructure against Houthi attacks, French lawmaker Amal Amelia Lakrafi said in Jeddah on Thursday.

A Saudi father who lost one daughter in the Oct. 10 attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh is holding on to hope for the recovery of his younger daughter, who remains under medical care.

A Saudi worker died after helping colleagues contain a fire at King Fahd International Airport in Dammam caused by a Houthi attack on Oct. 21. Sultan Al-Qahtani was on duty when the fire broke out between Gates 19 and 20 following the strike.

UFC CEO Dana White joined four of the sport’s biggest stars at Etihad Arena on Thursday for the official UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev press conference, as the final countdown began to Saturday’s sold-out event on Yas Island’s Etihad Arena.

Energy traders have long had a recurring nightmare. It starts with a narrow strait between Iran and Oman, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, and ends with tankers anchored, insurers raising their rates and the price of a barrel…

Al-Baha Green Initiative, implemented by Al-Baha Region Municipality, which has generated more than SR25 million ($6.7 million), has taken first place at the the sixth Gulf Cooperation Council Municipal Work Award.

Indonesian food companies are planning to expand their businesses with new outlets in Saudi Arabia, their representatives told Arab News, as they seek to widen the global reach of Indonesia’s diverse culinary offerings.

While the war in the Middle East has disrupted supply chains across the Gulf this year, Future Pipe Industries says its factories never stopped and not a single contract was canceled.

Saudi Arabia’s consumer spending stayed above $3 billion in the week ending Oct. 17, but fell sharply from the previous week as education-related transactions roughly halved, official data showed.

Saudi Arabia has postponed the sixth UN World Data Forum and the second Saudi Statistics Forum, both due in Riyadh next month, until 2027. The General Authority for Statistics said new dates will be announced later through official channels.

Oil prices were little changed in early Asian trade on Friday, after rising 4 percent to a five-month high in the previous session due to concern of further energy supply disruption after Houthi attacks on top exporter Saudi Arabia.

The Saudi medical charity Al-Balsam Association conducted 112 heart-related surgeries, including 28 open-heart and 84 catheterization procedures, in Abuja, Nigeria, from October 13-18.