ALULA —The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has signed a new strategic partnership with the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, to display a collection of archaeological artifacts from Saudi Arabia and AlUla for the first time.
The museum is a (...)
Frederick II of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of German kings, who later became the Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, and King of Jerusalem, has enjoyed a reputation as one of the most remarkable monarchs in Europe.
The time of Frederick II covers the (...)
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Italy's Campi Flegrei super volcano Monday evening, causing mild damage in the town of Pozzuoli, the epicenter, and as far away as the city of Naples, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) away, according to Italy's (...)
US space agency NASA confirmed that an object that crashed into a home in Florida earlier this month was part of the International Space Station (ISS).
The metal object was jettisoned from the orbiting outpost in March 2021, NASA said on Monday (...)
A shot that lightly wounded a man at a New Year's Eve party has prompted an angry political response after it emerged it was fired from a gun owned by an Italian far-right MP.
Emanuele Pozzolo, a member of Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's Brothers of (...)
NATO will deploy additional forces to Kosovo in response to violent clashes that injured dozens of Serb protesters and international peacekeepers, sparking fears of a wider conflict in the Balkans nation.
The US-led military alliance said it had (...)
Blood-soaked parcels containing animals' eyes have been sent to Ukrainian embassies and consulates in seven European countries in recent days, it emerged on Friday.
The "bloody parcels" were received by the Ukrainian embassies in Hungary, the (...)
The death toll from a mudslide on the Italian island of Ischia has now risen to seven.
A wave of mud and debris caused by heavy rain devastated the small town of Casamicciola Terme in the north of the island — situated off the coast from Naples — (...)
Italy's government declared a state of emergency on Sunday for the island of Ischia, hit the day before by a large mudslide that left at least two dead and around a dozen missing.
Italian media reported that a second body had been recovered, noting (...)
Thirteen people are missing on the Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by heavy rain, according to the ANSA and AGI news agencies.
ANSA, citing the local police, said that buildings had been engulfed. Mud and water is said to (...)
An Italian drug trafficker, one of Europe's most-wanted criminals, has been arrested in Syria and extradited to Italy, according to Italian officials and a Syrian jihadist rebel group.
The last major drug trafficker from the Naples region still on (...)
Italian parties held their final rallies on Friday ahead of a snap general election on Sunday that is expected to be won by the Giorgia Meloni-led right-wing bloc.
A trio of center-left, populist and centrist groups held their closing meetings in (...)
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air, Europe's fastest growing and most sustainable airline, has announced an expansion to its network, entailing as many as 20 new routes from Europe to Saudi Arabia.
By next year, Wizz plans to offer more than one (...)
Wizz Air, Europe's fastest growing and most sustainable airline, is launching 20 exciting new routes with a capacity of one million new seats from Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Larnaca, Milan, Naples, Rome, Tirana, Varna, Venice and Vienna to (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi Heritage Commission announced that it would start implementing a plan to survey submerged antiquities in the area between Umluj and Ras Sheikh Humaid in the Red Sea. This is part of the commission's strategy in the field of survey (...)
While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is certain to dominate an upcoming NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance's new Strategic Concept — its main working document for the next decade — is having to contend with Russia and China's growing influence in (...)
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be one of Egypt's lost "sun temples," dating from the mid-25th century BCE, according to CNN.
The team uncovered the remains buried beneath another temple at Abu Ghurab, around 12 miles south of (...)
The granddaughter of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini looks set to win the most votes in municipal elections in Rome.
According to a near-final count on Wednesday, Rachele Mussolini of the far-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) party was (...)
Italy is staging local elections that are being seen as a gauge of the people's views when it comes to the national picture.
After the polls close on Monday afternoon observers say a clearer picture should emerge of which way the country is (...)
Mayoral elections take place in over 1,000 towns and cities in Italy on Sunday and Monday, in the first electoral test for Prime Minister Mario Draghi since he took office in February.
A low turn-out is expected on both days, but nonetheless the (...)
LONDON — Alok Sharma, the UK's COP26 president-designate, is arriving in Saudi Arabia on Thursday to discuss ramping up global action on climate change ahead of the vital UN Climate Change talks in Glasgow this November, the UK government said in a (...)
"The world urgently needs a clear and unambiguous commitment to the 1.5-degree goal of the Paris Agreement from all G20 nations," António Guterres said on Sunday after the Group failed to agree on the wording of key climate change commitments during (...)
Italy on Monday logged 318 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, putting its tally at 100,103 and making it the second country after the UK to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 fatalities from the disease.
New Prime Minister Mario Draghi (...)
AlUla, the Saudi region of great historical and archaeological wealth located in the northwest of Saudi Arabia, will present in Milan "AlUla — Journey Through Time", the photographic exhibition that highlights its main cultural sites through the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Heritage Authority is preparing to resume archaeological survey and excavation projects in various regions of the Kingdom after a hiatus of nearly one year following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The projects will (...)
