Brazil's Federal Police arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a former Cabinet member and 2022 running mate of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, on Saturday in connection with an alleged plot to overturn the results of the 2022 presidential election.
The (...)
The European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, announced on Friday the completion of a landmark free trade agreement, ending 25 years of negotiations.
If ratified, the deal will create one of the world's largest free trade zones, (...)
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.
Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals -- an area bigger than the (...)
A left-wing former history teacher, Yamandú Orsi, has won the presidential election in Uruguay.
Orsi beat Álvaro Delgado, the candidate for the governing conservative coalition, by more than three percentage points in Sunday's run-off.
Delgado (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO —The Saudi delegation, led by Fahd Al-Rasheed, advisor to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and head of the Saudi Delegation to the Urban Communities Engagement Group, participated in a number of dialogue sessions (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Eng. Abdulrahman Alfadley confirmed that Saudi Arabia's participation in the G20 Summit in Brazil comes from its regional and international role in development and environmental (...)
Sir Keir Starmer has met President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit and emphasized the importance of a "strong UK-China relationship" for both countries.
The meeting was the first time a UK prime minister has met the Chinese president in person since (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia's investments in innovative technologies have enabled it to achieve one of the lowest emission intensity rates from oil and gas operations in the world.
He (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral (...)
RIO DE JANIERO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Tuesday.
During the meeting, they discussed (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan emphasized that the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon has caused unprecedented levels of human suffering, pushing the region to the brink of a wider war and (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — On behalf of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, arrived in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday to lead the Saudi delegation at the G20 summit, chaired by Brazil.
The Saudi delegation includes (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan emphasized Saudi Arabia's dedication to fostering multilateral cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs), leveraging its membership in the G20.
In a statement to the Saudi Press (...)
Chinese President Xi Jinping declared on Friday that attempts to block economic cooperation and disrupt global interdependence are nothing more than "backpedaling."
Xi made these comments during his speech at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (...)
CARTAGENA — Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb emphasized the growing importance of tourism as a vital driver of global economic growth during the Kingdom's presidency of the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Museums Commission has launched the inaugural traveling exhibition of contemporary Saudi art, titled "Art of the Kingdom," at the Imperial Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This groundbreaking exhibition provides a platform for (...)
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto called for collaboration, rather than confrontation, with China, emphasizing peace and prosperity following the signing of $10 billion in new deals at a business forum in Beijing on Sunday.
Subianto, in his (...)
SALVADOR — Saudi Arabia's commitment to cultural collaboration and sustainable development was highlighted at the 5th G20 Culture Ministers' Meeting.
The ministerial meeting, held in Salvador, Brazil, under the theme "Building a just world and a (...)
RIYADH — Brazilian star Neymar Jr. was forced to exit Al Hilal's AFC Champions League match against Iran's Esteghlal due to a muscle injury, a setback that left him visibly frustrated.
Neymar, who was introduced as a substitute for Abdullah Al (...)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Saudi Minister of Health Fahd Al-Jalajel participated in the Group of Twenty (G20) joint finance and health ministerial meeting in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He also attended the high-level meeting on "One Health," held alongside the (...)
BRICS leaders emphasized the need for increased financial resources and stronger partnerships to combat land degradation, desertification, and drought, ahead of the upcoming UN environment conference in Saudi Arabia this December.
The leaders from (...)
NATAL, Brazil — Mazin Al-Kahmous, President of the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), urged all G20 countries to contribute to the development of the GlobE Network.
Representing Saudi Arabia at the third anti-corruption ministerial (...)
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro was welcomed as a guest by Vladimir Putin — but he left empty-handed
CARACAS — Venezuela has criticized Brazil's decision to veto its admission to the Brics group of emerging economies.
Venezuela's foreign ministry (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi national football team has fallen three places in the latest FIFA monthly rankings, landing at 59th in the world after previously holding the 56th position.
This decline follows disappointing results in the World Cup 2026 (...)
An expanded meeting of emerging economies taking place in Kazan, Russia, is sending jitters among EU policymakers.
The club formed in 2009 now includes not just Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa – original members whose acronym gave it (...)
