RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif received Deputy Head of Syrian Intelligence Mouaffaq Doukhi and Director of Syria's Counter-Narcotics Administration Khaled Eid at his office in Riyadh.
During the meeting, both (...)
RIYADH — Riyadh Public Transport announced the daily operating hours of the Riyadh Metro and public transport buses during the holy month of Ramadan. Riyadh Metro will operate until 2:00 after midnight on all days except Friday while public (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Abdulmohsen bin Khothaila, reiterated the Kingdom's unwavering support for Sudan and its people in overcoming the ongoing (...)
MAKKAH — The Makkah Halal Forum concluded on Thursday after being held from February 25 to 27 at the Makkah Chamber for Exhibitions and Events Center under the theme "Sustainable Development through Halal."
The forum highlighted Saudi Arabia's role (...)
RIYADH — Red Sea Global (RSG), a Public Investment Fund (PIF)-owned company, announced the introduction of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to the Kingdom on Wednesday.
The adoption of SAF will reduce the environmental impacts of air travel in the (...)
US President Donald Trump has said he has a "lot of respect" for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of their talks at the White House.
Asked by the BBC if he would apologize for recently calling him a "dictator", he said he could not (...)
Mexico has extradited notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other fugitive cartel members to the United States, according to the US Department of Justice.
Caro Quintero, considered by Mexican authorities to be the founder of the (...)
Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that is estimated to have killed at least 40,000 (...)
Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor who endured both German and Japanese oppression but lived for eight decades beyond the end of World War II, has died at age 113. The death was confirmed by her daughter, Reha Bennicasa.
She was the (...)
A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that have sued to stop the Trump (...)
Qatar Airways says an internal review has found that its crew "acted quickly, appropriately and professionally" when they placed the body of a woman who died mid-flight next to an Australian couple.
The airline issued the statement to the BBC on (...)
Roughly a quarter of the world's population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers' dawn-to-sunset abstinence from food and liquids.
Muslims tentatively know when it's coming up, (...)
RIYADH — Denis Hickey, chief development officer of NEOM, unveiled new details on how The LINE will function as a fully integrated, high-density, car-free city, emphasizing its livability, transport network, and groundbreaking design.
NEOM shared a (...)
At least 41 road workers have been trapped after a massive avalanche struck a remote border area in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials say.
Police spokesperson IG Nilesh Anand Bharne told ANI news agency that 16 workers had been (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) announced the issuance of a royal decree approving the reconstitution of its Board of Directors for the fourth term, set to serve until February 2028.
The newly appointed board includes a (...)
RIYADH — The Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) has initiated multiple criminal and administrative cases during February 2025 as part of its ongoing efforts to combat corruption in Saudi Arabia.
According to a statement released by the (...)
The owners of a New Zealand volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 people, have had their conviction over the disaster thrown out by the country's High Court.
Whakaari Management Limited (WML) was found guilty in 2023 of failing to keep visitors (...)
RIYADH — The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority thwarted four smuggling attempts at King Abdulaziz Port and Al-Wadiah Border Crossing, seizing a total of 483,585 Pregabalin pills and 37,368 Xanax pills, both classified as controlled substances.
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Former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is facing serious charges and potential prison time after Polish prosecutors charged him over his involvement in attempting to organize presidential elections by mail during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The current (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Hellenic Round Table Meeting, held in Riyadh on Wednesday, agreed to bolster the commercial and investment partnership between Saudi Arabia and Greece. The meeting explored investment opportunities in the construction sector (...)
A Chinese student who was kidnapped by a gang, which killed his driver and cut off the student's finger in a bid to force his parents to pay a huge ransom, was rescued by Philippine police, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
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A small group of protesters demonstrated inside a building at Barnard College's campus in Manhattan Wednesday in support of two students who were reportedly expelled for disrupting an Israeli history class last month, according to student activists (...)
An Indian man has been awarded damages in a legal case against the country's biggest movie theater chain after he complained that it showed too many commercials before a movie.
Abhishek M R, a 31-year-old lawyer from the southern city of Bangalore, (...)