Hengyi Industries will continue its investment in phase two by expanding the petrochemical refinery in Brunei with an investment value of 5 billion U.S. dollars, a Brunei government minister said on Saturday.

Kuwait held a military funeral on Monday for two interior ministry officials who were killed while performing their duties. The state, which hosts U.S. military bases and has faced Iranian drone and missile attacks during Tehran’s war with Israel and the U.S., confirmed the deaths occurred early Sunday.

In a major verdict on Monday, the MP/MLA court in Rampur sentenced Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam to seven years in prison in a dual PAN card and birth certificate fraud case. Both were taken into judicial custody and sent to district jail shortly after the ruling.

King Abdullah II cautions against US-led deployment, says “peace enforcement” in Gaza would push countries away.

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and King Abdullah II of Jordan, during the latter's visit to Tashkent on Tuesday, discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and exchanged views on recent developments in the Middle East.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan at the international airport in the capital, Astana.

On August 11, King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of Jordan made a phone call to Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.

King Abdullah II of Jordan appointed nine new ministers on Wednesday in a government reshuffle, marking the first such change since Prime Minister Jaafar Al Hassan's government was formed last year.