RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that it has included three new countries to the list of countries that are eligible to obtain electronic visit visas. The new additions are the Commonwealth Caribbean countries of the Bahamas, Barbados, (...)
Indian naval forces have rescued 19 Pakistani sailors after their fishing vessel was hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast.
This was the second rescue operation in 36 hours by the Indian warship INS Sumitra.
Hours earlier, the ship had rescued the (...)
Escalating attacks on US troops and commercial shipping and incidents often involving Iran and its proxies are causing new concerns that Israel's war in Gaza could widen into a regional conflagration with grave political and economic (...)
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday announced a new US-led operation focusing on the "security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden" following recent attacks by Houthi forces on commercial marine traffic in the (...)
Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan issued a state of emergency Thursday after a blast at an explosives store injured scores of people and brought the country to a standstill.
It is unclear if there were any casualties following the (...)
Blue whales, the largest known animals on Earth, are making their home in a part of the Indian Ocean where they were wiped out by whaling decades ago.
Researchers and filmmakers in the Seychelles captured footage of the whales in 2020 and 2021. It (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan has signed a number of General Cooperation Agreements and Memorandum of Understandings on political consultations with his counterparts from Seychelles, Sierra Leone and Rwanda during (...)
An offshore firm helped create companies used by members of Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including one hiding the late mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's yacht, the BBC can reveal.
Seychelles-based Alpha Consulting also helped to form more than (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has announced the extension of its e-visa system to encompass six additional countries.
The Ministry of Tourism revealed that visitors from Türkiye, Thailand, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, and Mauritius can now (...)
JEDDAH — An Air Seychelles plane had to make an emergency landing at King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah after encountering a technical fault on Monday. The plane landed successfully, and all the passengers and crew are safe.
The (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, has stated that a government entities, upon contracting with a carrier, are obliged to verify the availability of operating cards issued by (...)
RIYADH — Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Sylvestre Radegonde has confirmed his country's support for Saudi Arabia's bid to host the World Expo 2030 in Riyadh.
Radegonde made the remarks during a press conference after a meeting (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Wavel Ramkalawan of the Republic of Seychelles on his country's Constitution Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the president of Seychelles (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian Women's Football National Team advanced one spot in the official FIFA World Ranking, rising to 170th place. FIFA released its latest rankings on June 9.
This was after the Green Falcons drew with its Palestinian (...)
The Saudi Arabian Women's Football National Team has been included in the official FIFA World Ranking for the very first time on Friday.
The historic sporting achievement for the country has been celebrated widely across Saudi with a dedicated event (...)
Something is stirring among women of all ages in Saudi Arabia and it has been palpable this past month on the streets, in cafes, and on university campuses.
Everywhere you go, there is only one topic on many of their lips - the football World (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, approved the mandatory cooperative insurance against medical errors should include health practitioners working in these (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh.
At the outset the session, the Cabinet was briefed on the meetings and talks that took (...)
South Africa's government insists it will allow a Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town, despite calls from the city's mayor to bar it.
The vessel, which is on its way from Hong Kong, belongs to Alexei Mordashov, an ally of Russia's (...)
Presided over by its Deputy Speaker Dr. Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, the Shura Council held virtually today its 50th ordinary session.
During the meeting, the Shura Council discussed a number of reports presented by the Human Resources and Social (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.
At the outset of the session, the Cabinet touched upon the overall accomplishments of the (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace here, applauded Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman's announcement regarding the launch of the infrastructure works and the master plan for (...)
President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of United Arab Emirates (UAE) has discussed with President of the Republic of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan the various aspects of bilateral relations and the means to strengthen and develop them in light (...)
Healthy life expectancy among Africans living in mainly high and upper middle-income countries on the continent, has increased by almost 10 years, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Thursday.
The World Health Organization announced the good news (...)
With the livelihoods of about 40 percent of the world's population living at or near a coast, the second day of the UN Ocean Conference underway in Lisbon focused on strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, managing coastal ecosystems.
The (...)
