RIYADH — The Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve has announced the discovery of a new bat species, Vansonia rueppellii (Rüppell's bat), marking its first recorded presence in Saudi Arabia.
This keystone species, known for its crucial role in (...)
Turkish air strikes in drought-struck north-east Syria have cut off access to electricity and water for more than a million people, in what experts say may be a violation of international law.
Turkey carried out more than 100 attacks between October (...)
The United Nations has accused Israel of "severe violations" of a 50-year-old agreement with Syria, saying it has engaged in "engineering groundwork activities" that encroach on a key buffer zone in the Golan Heights.
"Violations of the 1974 (...)
A federal jury on Tuesday awarded a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who endured torture at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison over two decades ago –– holding a US government contractor accountable for contributing to the abuse.
The ruling stems (...)
US President-elect Donald Trump has named Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host, author and military veteran, as his pick for defense secretary.
Hegseth, 44, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be responsible for the world's most powerful military in (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he and US President-elect Donald Trump see "eye to eye on the Iranian threat".
Netanyahu revealed that he had spoken with Trump three times in recent days, describing their discussions as (...)
RIYADH — The Extraordinary Arab-Islamic summit, which concluded in Riyadh on Monday, underlined the need to mobilize international support to freeze Israel's participation in the United Nations General Assembly and its affiliated bodies. It also (...)
King Charles III led the nation in a two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday in central London to honor fallen service personnel, with the Princess of Wales looking on.
This event marks a further return to public engagements for the royal family (...)
At the wheel of an ambulance, Samir El Chekieh drives with sirens wailing to the latest Israeli air strike in El Karak in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon.
The 32-year-old firefighter and paramedic with the Lebanese Civil Defense Force (CDF) only (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and seven other OPEC+ countries decided to extend additional voluntary cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) for one more month until the end of December 2024.
The OPEC Secretariat said in a statement that the eight OPEC+ (...)
Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, around Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek, the country's health ministry has said.
It came hours after tens of thousands of residents fled in response to evacuation orders issued by the (...)
The area of land surface affected by drought has trebled since the 1980s, a new report into the effects of climate change has revealed.
Forty-eight percent of the Earth's land surface had at least one month of extreme drought last year, according to (...)
In his first reaction following an Israeli airstrike on Iranian military sites, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated Sunday that the attack must "neither be exaggerated nor underestimated."
Speaking at an event in Tehran, Khamenei (...)
A group of prominent Muslim leaders joined Donald Trump on stage at a rally in the US state of Michigan to announce their support for the Republican candidate in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
The leaders cited the former president's commitment (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has implemented 15 projects totaling $39.114 million as part of its commitment to combating polio in less developed countries.
Ten of these projects were executed in nations such as Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi national football team has fallen three places in the latest FIFA monthly rankings, landing at 59th in the world after previously holding the 56th position.
This decline follows disappointing results in the World Cup 2026 (...)
Turkey's government says its military struck sites on Wednesday night in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people.
Various videos from the attack earlier on (...)
DOHA — Al Ahli Saudi FC continued their perfect start to the AFC Champions League Elite 2024/25 campaign, securing their third consecutive win by defeating Al Rayyan 2-1 at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Monday.
Goals from Gabri Veiga and Feras Al Brikan (...)
TUNIS — The King Abdullah International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) is launching the annual meeting of the Steering Committee of the Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation Platform (IPDC), on Tuesday in Tunisia.
The (...)
Slow, small and relatively cheap to make, drones have become a deadly headache for Israelis in this year-long war.
Hezbollah's attack on an army base near Binyamina in northern Israel on Sunday, which killed four men and injured dozens more, was the (...)
MBC Group has announced the return of Arabs Got Talent for its highly anticipated seventh season, premiering on October 16. For the first time, the show will be broadcast from MBC's new studios in Al Narjis, Riyadh.
Season 7 of AGT brings back (...)
"Experiences were by Philby's standards seldom great unless they could be counted as of the 'first-ever' quality." This is how Elizabeth Monroe described Harry Philby in her book Philby of Arabia. Harry St. John Bridger Philby (1885–1960),
The (...)
Lebanon's prime minister at the time of its last war with Israel in 2006 has said his country has been abandoned by the international community.
Fouad Siniora said it was unacceptable to leave Lebanon to fall, and there was a lack of initiative when (...)
Israel accused Hezbollah of launching approximately 230 projectiles from Lebanon into Israeli territory on Thursday.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, claimed to have carried out 32 varied attacks throughout the day, including rocket salvos on Israeli (...)
Lebanon's Hezbollah confirmed on Saturday that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday in Beirut.
In a statement, Hezbollah said Nasrallah "has joined his fellow martyrs" and vowed to (...)
