RIYADH — Al Hilal has announced the signing of 20-year-old Brazilian winger Kaio César from Portuguese club Vitória Guimarães.
The deal fills the club's remaining slot for foreign-born players, further strengthening their attacking lineup.
The (...)
President Donald Trump has once again vowed to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement, the world's most important effort to tackle rising temperatures.
The first Trump administration made a similar move in 2017, but that step was promptly (...)
World leaders congratulated President Donald Trump on his inauguration Monday, with many urging stronger alliances or continued cooperation between their countries and the United States, in carefully crafted social media posts and (...)
Levels of the most significant planet-warming gas in our atmosphere rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year, scientists say, leaving a key global climate target hanging by a thread.
Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) are now (...)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation after the nation's flag carrier drew widespread criticism for putting out an advertisement that showed a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The ad was meant to promote (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met on Tuesday in Riyadh with Italian Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin to discuss enhanced collaboration in various energy sectors.
The meeting (...)
Six Algerian citizens living in France are being investigated for allegedly promoting hatred and violence against opponents of Algeria's government, inflaming tensions between Algiers and Paris.
Three Algerians were arrested by the French (...)
Germany's far right is in a buoyant mood.
On Saturday, while its conference was under way in the eastern city of Riesa, in Saxony, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) laid out ambitions to close Germany's borders, resume buying Russian gas and, in (...)
At least 10 people are believed to be dead as wildfires continue to scorch many cities in the Los Angeles County area.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna says the fires are some of the worst he's ever seen. "It looks as though an atomic bomb (...)
A fire official says a blaze that broke out in Hollywood Hills is "rapidly expanding" after a mandatory evacuation order was issued in the area following the spread of the wildfires in Los Angeles.
California fire chief David Acuna told the BBC (...)
The announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been delayed by two days because of the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.
It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, but the stars and films up for Academy Awards will now be (...)
Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area.
More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted (...)
The EU will not allow other countries to attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military action to seize Greenland.
Trump on Tuesday reiterated his (...)
Some 1,200 tourists were evacuated on Tuesday from the iconic Paris landmark, the Eiffel Tower, after reports of a fire in one of its elevator shafts between the first and second floor.
The fire, which was caused by one of the elevator cables (...)
France is to hold a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier this month.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the nationwide remembrance during his visit to the island last week — (...)
French military personnel brought food and water to the inhabitants of Mayotte as the French overseas territory continue to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Chido. Chido is the worst storm to hit the island in 90 years and brought with it wind (...)
France's highest court on Wednesday upheld an appeal court decision that found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling while in office.
Sarkozy, 69, faces a year in prison, but is set to request that he instead (...)
Dominique Pelicot has been found guilty on all charges after a historic rape trial that turned the victim, his wife Gisèle Pelicot, into a feminist hero. Pelicot pleaded guilty to drugging and raping his wife for nearly a decade, inviting other men (...)
Angelina Jolie is notoriously private.
But in a new interview with BBC News, the Hollywood star spoke candidly about her experience of working on set with her eldest sons, saying they saw "the pain" she usually hides from them.
The actress is (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Culture is organizing a Camel Festival in Riyadh on Dec. 26-28 to mark the conclusion of the Camel Year 2024 initiative. During the festival a presentation, featuring most remarkable achievements of the cultural year, (...)
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group in Syria is consolidating its power just 10 days after the country's long-time autocratic president, Bashar al-Assad was dramatically removed from power.
Key sectors of the country are slowly being dragged (...)
The woman who stowed away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris last month was taken into custody again, this time trying to sneak into Canada, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN.
Svetlana Dali managed to cut off her ankle monitor on (...)
Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that one resident likened to an atomic bomb, with hundreds and possibly even thousands of feared (...)
RIYADH — Brazilian star Neymar, currently playing for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, has expressed confidence in his decision to join the Riyadh-based club.
The former Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward also shared his excitement about returning to (...)
President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader François Bayrou as France's next prime minister, in a bid to end months of political turmoil.
A Macron ally, Bayrou is a mayor from the southwest and leads the MoDem party. Ahead of the (...)
