Eng. Abdulrahman Alfadley, Saudi Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture and incoming President of UNCCD COP16, convened leading global experts and policymakers on land degradation, drought, and desertification for the first Advisory Council (...)
JEDDAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session held in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The Cabinet began by reviewing several periodic performance reports on the programs of the Saudi Vision 2030, noting numerous (...)
Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Sunday's disputed election result.
Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains (...)
JEDDAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman reassured the Saudi people about the well-being of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, who is undergoing treatment at Al-Salam Palace after being diagnosed on Sunday with lung (...)
JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has underscored the need to provide the best possible facilities and the finest services for the Hajj pilgrims so as to enable them perform their rituals in ease and comfort.
Chairing the weekly (...)
The British government hopes that its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be the law of the land before the week is out.
MPs will vote on it, again, later.
It follows the latest attempts by the House of Lords to change it, which are (...)
RIYADH — Roberto Mancini, the head coach of the Saudi national football team, has announced the squad for the upcoming preparatory camp to be held in Qatar from Dec. 31 to Jan. 11.
This camp is part of the fourth phase of preparation for the 2023 (...)
France has announced it is banning smoking on beaches as part of a wider campaign to help people quit.
By the first half of 2024, the four-year 'plan anti-tabac' will also see lighting up prohibited outside of schools and in government-owned forests (...)
SAN JOSE — Saudi Arabia and Costa Rica held on Wednesday a first round of political consultations.
The first round of the political consultations was held in the Costa Rican capital San Jose during a meeting between Saudi Arabia's Vice Foreign (...)
RIYADH — In a surprising move, Italian coach Roberto Mancini has introduced a Saudi national team lineup that shies away from some experienced players, making way for a wave of young talent.
Notably, Talal Hajji's inclusion stands out, potentially (...)
Costa Rica's president has ordered a state of emergency, citing a surge of migrants crossing through the country toward the United States.
"The people that arrive are passing across Costa Rica trying to get to the United States, basically," (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Daniel Ortega Saavedra of the Republic of Nicaragua on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.
The King also wished the presidents of Honduras, El (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian national football team is set to play two friendly matches against Nigeria and Mali in Portugal during the upcoming international break in October.
In an official statement released on Wednesday, the Saudi Arabian Football (...)
NEWCASTLE — The South Korean national team secured a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia in an international friendly held in Newcastle on Tuesday, as part of their preparations for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup in Qatar early next year.
Cho Guesung scored (...)
NEWCASTLE — In their first match under the guidance of Italian coach Roberto Mancini, the Saudi national football team faced a challenging test against Costa Rica.
The friendly match, held at St. James' Park in Newcastle on Friday concluded with (...)
NEWCASTLE — Italian coach Roberto Mancini, who previously led Italy's national team to victory in the European Championship, faces his first challenge since taking over as the coach of the Saudi national football team. The test comes in the form of (...)
NEWCASTLE — Roberto Mancini, the Italian head coach of the Saudi national football team, held a crucial meeting with the Saudi players amid their first training session under his leadership. During the meeting, Mancini outlined the current phase's (...)
RIYADH — Italian coach Roberto Mancini, the newly appointed head coach of the Saudi Arabian national team, has denied that his resignation from coaching the Italian national team was due to his contract with the Saudi team.
Mancini said in a post on (...)
RIYADH — In a much-anticipated revelation, Saudi Arabia is poised to unveil renowned Italian strategist Roberto Mancini as the newly appointed head coach of the Saudi national football team in a press conference scheduled for Monday.
Sources from (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) announced on Wednesday that the national team will undergo a preparatory camp in Newcastle, featuring two friendly matches against Costa Rica and South Korea.
In a statement published on its (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace here Tuesday, commended the Kingdom's decision, taken during the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih is heading a high-level Saudi Arabian delegation on an official tour of Latin American countries.
The delegation includes a number of government officials, executives of national companies, and (...)
Earlier this year, researchers raised eyebrows when Australia's traditionally conservative medicines regulator approved the use of psychedelics to assist therapy sessions.
The decision will see psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, used for (...)
More people globally are being affected by disasters than ever before, despite the adoption of a UN-backed international disaster reduction agreement in 2015.
Experts from around the world are gathering at UN Headquarters to speed up efforts to (...)
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet's Member, and Climate Affairs Envoy Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir made a telephone call on Friday to Arnoldo André-Tinoco, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica.
During the phone call, the (...)
