BAKU — Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed a joint executive program with the energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to enhance cooperation in the fields of developing and transferring renewable energy.
The (...)
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+ (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and 7 other OPEC+ countries have agreed on Thursday to extend their voluntary oil supply cuts until the end of November, 2024. In a virtual meeting, these countries decided to postpone a planned output increase amid falling (...)
Belarus and China kicked off 11-day joint military training exercises Monday, Belarus' defense ministry said – with activities taking place just miles from the border of Poland, a NATO and European Union member.
The joint anti-terrorist training (...)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing Monday, days after a controversial visit to Moscow and another to Kyiv that the far-right European leader described as a "peace mission."
Orban, who has been widely (...)
TABUK — Emir of the Tabuk region Prince Fahd bin Sultan received Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia Madiyar Menilbekov at his office in Tabuk on Tuesday.
Prince Fahd welcomed the Kazakh ambassador, who is currently visiting the region, and (...)
Armenia will leave a Russia-led military alliance, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed Wednesday, accusing members of the bloc of plotting with bitter rival Azerbaijan to start a war against them.
Pashinyan has for months accused the Kremlin's (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that it is better for OPEC+ countries to remain cautious, in the context of the different views on the market and the continuing state of economic uncertainty. "The group is moving hard (...)
The OPEC+ countries, which had announced additional voluntary cuts in April 2023 and November 2023, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, held a meeting in person in Riyadh on the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih underlined the need for exploiting the natural resources and reserves possessed by the countries of Central Asia to address the challenges facing countries of the world, especially in the (...)
A record quantity of bribes, including cash, booze, drugs and precious metals, has been seized by Indian election authorities in the run-up to mammoth nationwide polls that begin on Friday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday revealed (...)
Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two meters above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing.
The city's mayor urged many residents to leave home, as sirens sounded.
Levels in Orenburg are likely to (...)
Russia has said the situation is "very, very tense" as floodwaters continue to rise in the city of Orenburg and surrounding areas.
"Large amounts of water are coming to new regions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Wednesday.
Water levels (...)
The Russian city of Orenburg is braced for widespread flooding as rivers swell across regions bordering Kazakhstan.
The worse-than-usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow from the Ural Mountains, triggering evacuations throughout the (...)
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from 10 northern regions in Kazakhstan because of floods in the area, the authorities have said.
The worse than usual seasonal floods have been caused by melting snow.
Across the border in Russia, an (...)
Thousands are being evacuated in a region of south-western Russia because of floods made worse by a dam burst in Orsk city, officials say.
Heavy earth-moving machinery is on site trying to shore up the dam.
Earlier, an emergency was declared across (...)
RIYADH — The 53rd Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC), conducted via videoconference on Wednesday, reviewed crude oil production for January and February 2024.
The Committee noted the high level of conformity with the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and his Kazakh counterpart Almasadam Satqaliev signed an executive program for cooperation in the renewable energy and other energy sectors.
The signing ceremony was held in the presence (...)
At least three people died in Odesa last night after a Russian drone attack caused a fire in a shopping district.
Posting on Telegram, regional governor Oleh Kiper said that Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed nine of the ten drones launched (...)
One of the worst methane leaks ever recorded took place last year at a remote well in Kazakhstan, new analysis shared with BBC Verify has shown.
It is estimated that 127,000 tons of the gas escaped when a blowout started a fire that raged for over (...)
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China's far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, with multiple injuries reported by state media and in Central Asian countries hundreds of miles away.
The quake struck Wushi (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to Republic of Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
The US House of Representatives has voted to formalise its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Lawmakers voted along party lines to back a resolution that Republicans say will give them more power to gather evidence and enforce legal (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman held Tuesday in Riyadh, renewed the Kingdom's commitment, made during the G20 virtual meeting under India's presidency, to continuing its comprehensive efforts to address climate (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday in Riyadh, praised the positive outcome of the Saudi-African Summit in Riyadh, which will lead to a significant leap in cooperation and partnerships between Saudi (...)
