Daily Post

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia —( Daily Post)- FIFA, the worldwide governing body of men's football, has announced that Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 tournament, with Spain, Portugal, and Morocco sharing the hosting responsibilities for the 2030 tournament.  The report said that to celebrate the competition's 100th anniversary, the 2030 tournament shall include matches in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay.  The hosts of both World Cups were confirmed after a vote during Wednesday's Special Fifa Session.  Before the approval, Fifa Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom said that "almost all member associations have effectively cast their vote before the conference" and that there was only one voting option for each of the three decisions.   Switzerland's Football Association (FA) said on Tuesday that it will approve Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2034 World Cup, but that FIFA and the International Labour Organization must observe human rights. Norway decided not to par...

MIDDLE EAST NEWS  — (Daily Post) -  Lieutenant-General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, the chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces, arrived in Iran along with a high-level military delegation.  The Saudi army's general chief of staff, Fayyad al-Ruwaili, was scheduled to visit Tehran to meet his Iranian counterpart and discuss collaborating in the defense sector. Saudi military chief of Staff Fayyad Al Ruwaili paid a visit to his Iranian counterpart "General Mohammad on Sunday at the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff Headquarters" in the capital, according to the official news agency IRNA. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili and Iranian Major General Mohammad discussed strategies that would strengthen defense and military cooperation between the two countries. They also discussed how two countries could cooperate to enhance peace, security, and stability in the region.  Major General Mohammad Hossein, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, had a telephonic conversat...

Muhammad bin Salman al Saud, the King and Crown Prince  of Saudi Arabia  congratulated Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian on getting elected President of Iran. "I reiterate my dedication to growing and deepening the relations between Islamic countries and people and serve our mutual interests," Irna News Agency noted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying. The crown prince, MBS, conveyed his "genuine congratulations and best wishes for success and further progress and progress for your country and brotherly people," offering his "desire to develop and deepen relations that unite our two countries and peoples and serve our common interests,".  MBS emphasized the close links between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia.