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 (...)
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 (...)
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. (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
The Dominican Republic's minister of environment and natural resources has been shot and killed in his office by a close personal friend, officials say.
Orlando Jorge Mera, 55, was holding a meeting at the time of the attack. At least six shots were (...)
The latest deadly prison violence in Ecuador has again highlighted the urgent need for a comprehensive reform of the country's criminal justice system, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
More than 44 people died, and over a dozen (...)
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Ecuador on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported according to TASS News Agency.
According to the center, the epicenter of the tremors was pegged at 131 km northwest of the city (...)
President Danilo Medina of the Dominican Republic received here today Faisal bin Muslet Al-Mandeel, Saudi ambassador accredited to Cuba, who presented a copy of his credentials as Saudi Non-resident Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
During the (...)
COPA Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and Turkish Airlines, both members of Star Alliance, the leading global airline network, signed a Codeshare Agreement which will offer passengers more flight options with seamless connections through (...)
Latin America's oldest colonial city is aiming for a rebound, pouring tens of millions of dollars into repairing streets, cleaning up trash, installing streetlights and renovating centuries-old buildings in hopes of getting more of the Dominican (...)
Authorities in the Dominican Republic are evacuating thousands of people amid heavy rains that have caused widespread flooding and destroyed dozens of homes.
According to AP, emergency operations coordinator Jose Manuel Mendez says 131 rural towns (...)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Tuesday for a referendum that could force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office amid the OPEC nation's deepening economic and political crisis, Reuters reported.
Venezuela is suffering a (...)
Venezuela and the United States will immediately start talks to ease tensions between the two countries and does not support its ouster from a regional diplomatic bloc, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday after meeting his counterpart (...)
Early morning explosions rocked an LPG distribution station in a densely populated neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital on Tuesday, destroying several homes and injuring at least 40 people, officials said, according to AP.
Soldiers and (...)
The Dominican Republic issued arrest warrants on Monday against a member of the European Parliament and two other French nationals for helping a pair of French pilots convicted on cocaine trafficking charges flee the Caribbean nation by speedboat, (...)
AlHijjah 30, 1436, October 14, 2015, SPA -- The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic have pledged to work toward "better harmonization" regarding a thorny citizenship dispute and ease a trade squabble between the two neighbors, AP (...)
AlHijjah 25, 1436, October 09, 2015, SPA -- Authorities in the Dominican Republic say three Haitian migrants have died in a bus crash and another 27 were injured, according to AP.
A traffic division spokesman says the accident occurred Thursday in a (...)
AlHijjah 06, 1436, September 20, 2015, SPA -- Health officials in the Dominican Republic have issued an alert as the number of dengue cases and deaths continue to rise in the Caribbean country, according to AP.
The Ministry of Health says there have (...)
AlQa'dah 19, 1436, September 03, 2015, SPA -- An Insel Air flight en route to Miami was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday in the Dominican Republic when a warning light indicated a problem with one of the jet's engines, officials at the (...)
AlQa'dah 14, 1436, Aug 29, 2015, SPA -- Tropical Storm Erika was losing its punch as it drenched Haiti and the Dominican Republic early Saturday, but it left devastation in its path, killing at least 20 people and leaving another 31 missing on the (...)
AlQa'dah 13, 1436, Aug 28, 2015, SPA -- New tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas as Tropical Storm Erika approaches, AP reported.
The deadly storm, which has been lashing Puerto Rico with heavy (...)
AlQa'dah 09, 1436, August 24, 2015, SPA -- Tropical Storm Danny weakened Sunday and was poised to bring winds and rainfall to parts of the Caribbean, according to AP.
Sunday evening, the center of the storm was located about 165 miles (270 (...)
Authorities are prepared to resume deporting non-citizens without legal residency in the Dominican Republic after largely putting the practice on hold for a year, the head of the country's immigration agency said Tuesday, according to AP.
Army Gen. (...)
Haitians and other non-citizens stood in long lines across the Dominican Republic on Monday in last-minute bids to secure legal residency, hurrying to beat a looming paperwork deadline along with the threat of possible quick deportation, according (...)
