RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia's condemnation and denunciation of the approval by the Security Ministerial Council of the Israeli occupation authorities to expand blatant settlement activity in the West Bank.
The (...)
WASHINGTON — The Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawah, met on Friday in Washington with the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo.
The meeting was attended by Princess Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan, (...)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology (IT) Eng. Abdullah Al-Sawah met with White House officials to enhance and expand the strategic partnership between the two countries and stimulate innovation in the Kingdom's (...)
ASIR — The Emir of Asir Region and Chairman of its Development Authority, Prince Turki bin Talal, announced the launch of this year's Asir summer season activities as a part of the Saudi Summer 2024 program.
The program will start in early July (...)
RIYADH — Ibrahim Al-Qasim, Secretary-General of the Saudi Football Federation, signed an agreement at the federation's headquarters in Riyadh with Spanish coach Michel Salgado.
Under the agreement, Salgado will coach the Saudi U-15 national team and (...)
RIYADH — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has updated the rules for public auctions to better organize auction procedures at all its land, sea, and air customs points.
The updates include improvements to the procedures for announcing (...)
RIYADH — The National Center of Meteorology has announced that temperatures across Saudi Arabia are expected to remain high until the end of this current week.
Starting from Sunday, June 30, until next Friday, July 5, 2024, the Eastern Region and (...)
US President Joe Biden responded to critiques about his age in a spirited speech, affirming his determination to secure re-election in November following concerns over his performance in a recent debate with Republican rival Donald Trump.
Addressing (...)
Iran will proceed to a run-off election after neither hardline candidate Saeed Jalili nor reformist contender Massoud Pezeshkian secured a majority in the presidential race.
Pezeshkian, slightly ahead in initial results, faces Jalili in the second (...)
A backbench MP from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party has become the first sitting member to publicly call for his resignation following a disastrous by-election loss.
Wayne Long, representing a riding in New Brunswick, made his (...)
Faisal Abbas, Editor-in-Chief of Arab News, launched his new book "Anecdotes of an Arab Anglophile" at the Society of Authors headquarters in London recently.
The event, hosted by Chris Doyle of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU), (...)
A Serbian police officer was injured in a crossbow attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, with Interior Minister Ivica Dacic confirming that the officer subsequently shot and killed the assailant.
The attacker, who has not yet been (...)
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, during a tour of the southern region, urged Israel on Saturday to halt its "repeated attacks" on Lebanon and to cease its ongoing military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
"We consistently advocate for peace, and our (...)
Cases of racism in France saw a significant rise of 32% in 2023, as highlighted in a report by the French National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) released on Thursday.
The report noted a decline in tolerance towards minority groups (...)
Nearly 5 billion people worldwide endured extreme heat from June 16 to June 24, a consequence of climate change exacerbated by emissions from fossil fuels, according to a report from Climate Central, a US-based nonprofit news organization focused on (...)
Spain's parliament rejected a proposal on Thursday brought forth by Catalan separatist party Junts, seeking recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation. The motion was defeated by a wide margin, with a vote tally of 293 against, 25 in favor, and (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese strongly criticized social media giant Meta on Saturday, accusing the company of being "arrogant and out of touch."
His comments were prompted by remarks from Meta's head of global safety, Antigone Davis, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Lebanon is closely monitoring the developments in southern Lebanon and reiterates its previous call for all Saudi citizens to adhere to the travel ban to Lebanon.
The embassy urged Saudi citizens currently in (...)
A snap election was called after a deadly helicopter crash. A candidate promising a different approach both at home and abroad. And suddenly there's an element of suspense and unpredictability in Iran, as voters go to the polls to choose a new (...)
Georgia's path to EU membership is being blocked by the passing of a controversial foreign influence law, European leaders have said at a summit in Brussels.
The passing of the law represented "backsliding" on steps laid out to enable the country to (...)
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died.
Hu Youping was working as a school bus attendant in Suzhou province when a man attacked a Japanese woman and her child at a bus stop outside a Japanese (...)
The three girls started making metal music at high school, but they never thought they could make history for Indonesia at Glastonbury.
The band they formed — Voice of Baceprot — are playing at the festival this year and when they found out they'd (...)
EU leaders have nominated current European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen for a second five-year term in the bloc's top job at a summit in Brussels.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas was picked as the EU's next foreign affairs chief and (...)