MAKKAH — The 163rd Ministerial Council meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which concluded in Makkah on Thursday, reiterated the support of the GCC for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people to continue living on their (...)
A British man who was captured while fighting for Ukraine's armed forces has been jailed for 19 years by a Russian military court.
James Scott Rhys Anderson was reportedly captured in Russia's Kursk region last November, where Ukraine had launched a (...)
Strong winds from a recent storm in the south sent a US Customs and Border Protection surveillance blimp flying nearly 600 miles across Texas.
The blimp – resembling a while-hot air balloon - was dislodged from its base in South Padre Island, a (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Abdulmohsen bin Khothaila, reiterated the Kingdom's unwavering support for Sudan and its people in overcoming the ongoing (...)
Israel has systematically targeted Palestinian healthcare workers in Gaza, arbitrarily detaining them without charge or access to legal counsel, and submitting them to torture and abuse, according to a new report by Physicians for Human Rights (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia emphasized the importance of doubling attention to the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories, in light of the unfortunate events taking place in Palestine. Addressing a high-level segment of (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia unveiled an artistic painting at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, reinforcing its commitment to promoting the Arabic language on a global scale.
The ceremony was (...)
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.
UN human rights investigators accused (...)
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO).
"Oooh, that's a big one," the newly inaugurated US president said as he approved the document after arriving (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is willing to hand over the two captured North Korean soldiers back to Pyongyang in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia.
"For those North Korean soldiers who do not wish to return, there (...)
Israel has confirmed it is holding Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya after earlier telling a local NGO that it was unaware of his case, sparking concern for his well being.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement said he was "currently (...)
The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli attacks on and around hospitals have pushed Gaza's healthcare system to "the brink of total collapse" and raised serious concerns about war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A new report describes a pattern (...)
Israel must stop targeting Palestinian medical facilities, the World Health Organization's (WHO) director-general has said, a few days after Israeli forces raided one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army detained more (...)
Sophie Hediger, a Swiss snowboarder who competed in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort in Switzerland, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a confidence vote in parliament, paving the way for its dissolution and fresh national elections.
Scholz gained 207 votes in the 733-seat parliament to his name, nowhere near the 367 majority he needed to hold (...)
The prime minister of Syria's new transitional government has said it is time for people to "enjoy stability and calm" after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
Mohammed al-Bashir, the former head of the rebel administration in the (...)
The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday as opposition forces launched a swift and decisive offensive that captured the capital, Damascus, ending the Assad family's 50-year rule.
Jubilant crowds filled the streets to celebrate what many viewed (...)
Insurgents in Syria advanced to the suburbs of Damascus on Saturday, marking a major escalation in their offensive and prompting the government to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad had fled the country.
The advances, led by the Hayat Tahrir (...)
Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviors.
But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the infections they cause.
These antibiotic-resistant (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia has exhibited an unprecedented openness to different races and cultures by hosting more than 13 million foreigners of some 60 nationalities, who enjoy their rights guaranteed by the Kingdom's laws and international conventions, (...)
Swiss voters took to the polls on Sunday to vote no to bigger motorways, no to easier evictions and tighter subletting rules and yes to a new healthcare financing model.
The Swiss government's proposal to allocate €5.3 million for expanding (...)
The mpox virus continues to pose a public health emergency of international concern, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday.
Following a meeting of the WHO Emergency Committee, Tedros (...)
The year 2024 has already become the deadliest on record for humanitarian aid workers, with 281 killed globally so far, surpassing last year's toll of 280, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday.
"We have (...)
A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International Children's Peace Prize on Tuesday, an award that has (...)
A convoy of 109 UN aid lorries carrying food was violently looted in Gaza on Saturday, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) says.
Ninety-seven of the lorries were lost and their drivers were forced at gunpoint to unload their aid after (...)
