Ten foreign airlines canceled their flights to Israel on Sunday amid escalating cross-border tensions with the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, major carriers, including Air France and the Dutch airline (...)
Voters in most EU countries began casting their ballots Sunday to elect their representatives in the European Parliament (EP) for a five-year term.
On the final stretch of four days of voting that began this week, EU voters in Austria, Belgium, (...)
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 United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine's rights within the organization and called for it to be accepted as a member.
Palestine has had non-member observer state status since 2012, which allows some rights short of a full (...)
European Union countries willing to recognize the State of Palestine should move in tandem in order to "trigger significant progress" in building peace in the war-torn region, European Council President Charles Michel has said.
Speaking to (...)
The Indian Navy's rescue of a commercial ship from pirates off Somalia's coast last weekend shows how Delhi's military has developed special forces capabilities on par with some of the world's best, analysts say.
The navy rescued 17 crew members of (...)
Australia has axed its so-called "golden visa", which granted wealthy overseas investors the right to live in the country.
Designed to attract foreign business, it was cut in an immigration overhaul after the government found it was "delivering poor (...)
A Malta-flagged, Greek-owned vessel has been hit with a missile in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey has said.
It is thought to be the third incident involving the bulk carrier, believed to be named Zografia, in 24 (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi passport advanced its global ranking to 61st during the current year of 2024 from 65 during the year 2023.
The ranking was made among passports of more than 200 countries in the world, in terms of the number of countries that its (...)
Ireland's Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says the European Union has "lost credibility" because of its "inability to take a stronger and more united position on Israel and Palestine."
Speaking at the start of a EU summit in Brussels focusing more on (...)
In one corner: Pope Francis, who insists on a merciful Catholic Church open to everyone, a "field hospital" ready to bind up the wounds of a suffering humanity. In the other corner: a small but vocal minority that has set itself against the Pontiff (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Eng. Waleed El-Khereiji met in Riyadh with the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, Christopher Cutajar.
During the meeting, the two sides signed an (...)
Pope Francis is evicting US Cardinal Raymond Burke, an outspoken critic, from his Vatican apartment and revoking his salary.
Cardinal Burke is part of a group of American conservatives who have long opposed the Pope's plans for reforming the (...)
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 (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has welcomed the Security Council resolution that holds parties to the Gaza conflict accountable for not adhering to the international law. The resolution called for the immediate implementation of a humanitarian truce spanning (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Sunday made phone calls with his counterparts in France, Spain, Iran, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Malta. During the phone calls, the foreign ministers emphasized the importance of a (...)
RIYADH — In a series of diplomatic calls, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan called on UN Security Council members to uphold their responsibility in maintaining international peace and security by pushing for an immediate cessation of (...)
China's top diplomat Wang Yi is visiting Russia for security talks, as Moscow seeks continued support for its war on Ukraine.
A close ally of Moscow, Beijing is accused of supporting Russia indirectly during the war, which it denies.
His visit comes (...)
A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe's most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily's largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, canceled and diverted.
Sicily's Catania international airport, known as (...)
Researchers have revealed why British people are dying younger than their European counterparts.
A damning report has offered an explanation behind why the United Kingdom (UK) has one of the lowest life expectancies among rich nations.
It found that (...)
Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union's migration and asylum policy.
Ursula von der Leyen, who, upon becoming president of the European Commission, made the overhaul one of (...)
Five countries have been elected as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council following a vote in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia will join the premier body for maintaining (...)
As the EU Transport Commission says it won't be curbing private jet use, campaigners call on countries and airports to step up.
A ban on private jets has been ruled out by the EU Transport Commission, in what campaigners say is "another missed (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has evacuated more than 6000 people of 105 nationalities from war-torn Sudan as of Thursday.
The Kingdom's Foreign Ministry said 208 people evacuated by Saudi Arabia from Sudan arrived in Jeddah on Thursday aboard HMS Taif.
The (...)
A report by the New Economics Foundation looks into the challenge of reconciling the European Green Deal with the bloc's fiscal rules.
Only nine out of the 27 member states of the European Union will be able to have enough leeway to accommodate the (...)
