HH the Deputy Amir Meets Saudi Minister of Energy

Doha, HH the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani met Sunday morning in his Amiri Diwan office, HRH Minister of Energy of the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who called to greet His Highness, on the occasion of his visit to the country to attend the 17th Annual GPCA Forum, which is being held at the Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC).

During the meeting, they discussed the strong fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to strengthen and develop them, in addition to several topics of mutual interest.

Source: Qatar News Agency

N. Korea’s Spy Satellite Operation Office Begins Mission

Pyongyang, The office in charge of operating North Korea’s military reconnaissance satellite has commenced its mission, the official news agency in North Korea said Sunday.

The North successfully placed the reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, into orbit on Nov. 21 after two failed attempts. The North has since said that a “fine-tuning” process on the satellite was under way and the Malligyong-1 would begin its official mission on Dec. 1.

“The reconnaissance satellite operation office, organized at the Pyongyang General Control Centre of the National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA), started to discharge its mission on December 2,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

The office will perform its mission as an independent military intelligence organization, it also said.

The KCNA said the information acquired through the mission will be reported to “the relevant permanent executive department of the Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea and … offered to major units regarded as war deterrence of the state and the General Reconnaissance Bureau of the Korean People’s Army.” The KCNA also quoted the country’s defense ministry as expressing “expectation that the war deterrence of the DPRK would assume more perfect military posture.”

Source: Qatar News Agency

1 Killed, 2 Injured in Attack in Central Paris

Paris, One person died and two others were injured after an assailant stabbed passers-by in central Paris on Saturday evening.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin confirmed the suspect attacked tourists, killing one and injuring two others.

“Police officers have just bravely arrested an attacker going after passers-by in Paris,” the minister wrote on social media platform X. “Please avoid the area,” he added.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the attacker is French, was born in 1997 and has been arrested in an investigation into murder and attempted murder.

Source: Qatar News Agency