Two jets from US-based airlines were struck by bullets on Monday while flying over Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince as Haitian authorities suspended all flights in and out of the capital amid escalating gang violence.
A Spirit Airlines plane was hit (...)
Deputizing for Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed El-Khereiji attended the inauguration ceremony of Dominican Republic President Luis (...)
Security forces in Venezuela have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting Sunday's disputed election result.
Thousands of people descended on central Caracas on Monday evening, some walking for miles from slums on the mountains (...)
The 2024 Olympics kick off today with the first games in football and rugby sevens, two days before the official ceremony scheduled for Friday.
The anticipation is huge as Paris 2024 has already set a record by selling 8.6 million tickets, the (...)
Hurricane Beryl, now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, has set its sights on Jamaica's shoreline after leaving at least one person dead and inflicting ruin across entire islands in the Caribbean on Monday.
Beryl is marching away from the (...)
Hurricane Beryl, a powerful Category 3 storm, is expected to slam into the Caribbean on Monday, endangering several island communities with life-threatening storm surge, violent winds and flash flooding.
The hurricane's core is most at risk of (...)
JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chaired the virtual session of the Council of Ministers held on Tuesday.
At the outset of the session, the King was reassured that preparations and arrangements for this year's Hajj season are (...)
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader declared himself the winner of the weekend's presidential election in a race where crime and safety were among voters' biggest concerns.
Official results are still pending, but the election website shows (...)
An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an agent for Cuba.
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, secretly passed information to the Cuban government for more than 40 years, (...)
Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation.
He was detained on his arrival in Madrid from the Dominican Republic.
He is suspected of receiving illegal (...)
CAP-HATIEN — Sarah Molin's life reflects the depth of Haiti's problems.
A year ago, the 20-year-old was a computer science student living in a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
But the failed state that Haiti is rapidly becoming has failed its (...)
A container carrying essential items for newborn babies and their mothers – including resuscitators and other critical supplies – was looted in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, aid agency UNICEF said in a statement, as gang violence and a humanitarian (...)
Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol bombs.
It comes after a sustained attack on the (...)
The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a "civil war" if Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.
Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier made the threat as members of his gang tried to seize the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued good health (...)
It sounded like the perfect festive break: a cruise around the sunny Caribbean, before flying back to the cold and wet UK just in time for Christmas.
But the idyllic vacation turned into something of a nightmare for the 225 British passengers on P&O (...)
"They can smell us," said Dr. Clare Strode.
She is carefully carrying a mesh cage of mosquitoes across her lab in Lancashire, north-west England. To be more precise, these are Aedes aegypti, one of two species known to carry and transmit the dengue (...)
SANTO DOMINGO — The first round of political consultations between the foreign ministries of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Dominican Republic was held in Santo Domingo.
The meeting was chaired by the Saudi Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. (...)
Police have arrested a man accused of helping to distribute drugs found in a New York nursery where a one-year-old died after being exposed to fentanyl.
Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, is the third person arrested following the death of Nicholas (...)
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry again appealed for international support to combat rampant gang violence – one element of the multi-dimensional crisis affecting his country.
Armed groups control areas (...)
As sweltering conditions continue to grip large parts of Europe, temperatures have "reached new heights" in Switzerland, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday.
Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a (...)
At least 12 people died and 65 more were injured in an explosion in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican Red Cross said in a statement.
Some 55 people are also missing after the incident on Monday, which occurred in Villa Valdez, San Cristobal (...)
Saudi Arabia chaired the 118th Session of the Executive Council of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.
The Kingdom was elected as chair of the 34-member Executive Council of the UNWTO for 2023 during (...)
Dominican Republic joined the ranks of countries around the world expressing their support for Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 2030 World Expo, showing interest in developing economic, trade, and investment bilateral ties.
The decision was announced (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader on anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Dominican president continued (...)
