At least one person has been killed and several embassies have been damaged in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
The Kyiv City Military Administration confirmed the death in a post on Telegram, adding that 12 others (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfig Al-Rabiah recently completed a tour of the Balkans. The visit took him to Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro.
The tour aimed to discuss improvements in the Umrah experience for pilgrims from (...)
Sweden's gang violence has escalated to the point where its homicide rate linked to gang warfare is now one of the highest in Europe, with shooters often being minors.
There is an average of one shooting per day for every 10 million inhabitants, and (...)
Albania will open its first chapter of accession talks with the European Union on Tuesday in Luxembourg, as it aims to make headway in its decade-long bid to join the 27-country bloc.
Tuesday's accession conference will be the second held between (...)
Heavy flooding and landslides in Bosnia and Herzegovina killed at least 15 people on Friday after a severe rainstorm ravaged the country overnight.
Authorities say several people are still missing, and the army and local volunteers have been called (...)
Four Balkan countries suffered simultaneous power cuts lasting several hours on Friday as the region sweltered in a summer heatwave.
Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and large areas of the Croatian coast were hit by the afternoon blackouts, brought on by (...)
TIRANA —Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tirana, Albania, has announced the conditions for temporarily exempting Saudi citizens from entry visas to Montenegro.
The conditions include the duration of stay should be 30 days or less during the period between (...)
RIYADH — The Albanian government issued a decision on Wednesday to allow Saudi citizens, who are holders of a valid passport, to enter Albanian territory without a visa during the period from March 6, 2024 to December 31, 2024. This was revealed by (...)
Portugal's center-right has claimed a narrow election victory, but has little chance of forming a majority government.
Democratic Alliance leader Luís Montenegro told supporters that the Portuguese had voted for change, although the margin of (...)
Portugal has gone to the polls, in a vote that will either keep the center-left in power or shift the country to the right.
Opinion polls suggest neither the Socialists nor the opposition center-right is likely to win outright.
This could leave the (...)
The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the fundamental need to honor the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion by Russia of the country marks its (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, praised the outcome of the second meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), which was held in (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday, lauded the selection of the Saudi minister of finance to chair the IMF International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC).
It also praised the Kingdom's (...)
The long fractious ties between Kosovo and Serbia are once again on edge after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years.
The trigger for the latest flare-up was the killing of a Kosovar police officer and an ensuing shootout at a monastery (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman on Tuesday in Jeddah, established the "International Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Ethics", to be based in Riyadh, with legal personality and financial and (...)
JEDDAH — Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Sheikh emphasized that Saudi Arabia does not interfere in the internal affairs of any country.
"On the other hand, the Kingdom is keen to extend a helping hand to all and (...)
Two people have been killed after a man opened fire at Chisinau International Airport, the Moldovan Interior Ministry has said.
The gunman was wounded and has been detained, said police. Officials said the shooting had taken place after a foreign (...)
Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn (£31.3bn) collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been sentenced to four months of jail in Montenegro.
Kwon was found guilty of forging official documents.
He was arrested in March as he tried (...)
Montenegro's Europe Now Movement (PES) has won a snap election, according to preliminary results. But the recently formed pro-EU, centrist party doesn't have enough support to form a government on its own.
Elections in Montenegro are the first in (...)
TIRANA — Saudi Arabia's embassy in Tirana has revealed the countries that Saudis can currently enter without the need to obtain a visa until the end of 2023.
The embassy stated that Saudis can enter Albania without visa until the end of Dec. 31 of (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to Jakov Milatovic on the occasion of his victory in the presidential elections in Montenegro.
HRH the Crown (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has sent a cable of congratulation to Jakov Milatovic on the occasion of his victory in the presidential elections in Montenegro.
The King expressed his best congratulations (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to Jakov Milatovic on the occasion of his victory in the presidential elections in Montenegro.
The King expressed his best congratulations and wishes to His Excellency (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance, represented by the Religious Attaché at the Saudi Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has launched the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Gift Program for Distributing Dates in the Holy (...)
South Korea police say that Do Kwon, the fugitive cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn (£32.5bn) collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been arrested in Montenegro.
He has since been charged with fraud by prosecutors in the US.
Earlier this (...)
