Ireland's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel's decision to close its embassy in Dublin "deeply regrettable" but said his government would not change its position on how the war in Gaza is being fought.
Israel announced on Sunday it would (...)
The European Commission has urged Israel to repeal its recently adopted legislation that bans the UN's Palestine aid agency from operating in the country and forbids Israeli officials from engaging with it.
The ban, the Commission said, is (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia has reiterated its condemnation of Israel's grave violations against international laws, warning that the absence of accountability encourages further escalation and poses serious risks to regional security.
In a speech (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan reaffirmed that the legal and moral responsibility to put an end to the crisis in Palestine lies with the United Nations Security Council. "The Council's discussions have been (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan underscored the need for responsible international leadership after getting rid of narrow political interests. "To get out of the cycle of violence and crises, we must empower (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron has nominated outgoing foreign minister Stéphane Séjourné to become the country's next European Commissioner, after Thierry Breton abruptly resigned from his post and withdrew his bid for a second term earlier on (...)
In a significant gathering held on Friday in Madrid, representatives from the Ministerial Joint Contact Group of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), including the Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, (...)
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met on Friday with members of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit.
The committee, chaired by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, included the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) will host the first international edition of the International AI Olympiad (IAIO) from September 8 to 12, with participation expected from around 25 countries.
The event is being (...)
Norway and Israel have been in a diplomatic dispute for months following Oslo's decision to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that provoked a strong reaction from Tel Aviv. In response, Israel has taken several measures against Norway and the (...)
Three Americans including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who were freed in a prisoner swap deal with Russia, have arrived back on US soil.
Gershkovich, 32, was one of 16 prisoners swapped for eight Russian prisoners in what has been (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia welcomed on Wednesday the ratification by the Slovenian parliament of the government's decision to recognize the State of Palestine.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Saudi Arabia reiterated its call to (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan thanked the European countries of Spain, Norway, Ireland and Slovenia for their decision to recognize the State of Palestine, describing this step as a correct decision at the right (...)
The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine's rights within the organization and called for it to be accepted as a member.
Palestine has had non-member observer state status since 2012, which allows some rights short of a full (...)
RIYADH — The coordination meeting of the Arab and European countries to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip, which concluded in Riyadh on Monday, called for the establishment of a single Palestinian government in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, (...)
RIYADH — A coordination meeting of the Arab and European countries was held in Riyadh on Monday to support efforts to implement the two-state solution and recognition of the State of Palestine. The meeting, convened by Saudi Arabia and Norway, was (...)
Almost two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.
The findings stem from the latest edition of the Eurobarometer, the parliament's official survey, which collected the opinions of (...)
European Union countries willing to recognize the State of Palestine should move in tandem in order to "trigger significant progress" in building peace in the war-torn region, European Council President Charles Michel has said.
Speaking to (...)
The European Commission has recommended opening EU accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina, eight years after the Western Balkan country applied to be a member of the bloc.
Announcing her executive's decision on Tuesday morning in a speech to (...)
The European Left on Saturday elected Austrian Walter Baier as their spitzenkandidat or pick to lead the European Commission following the elections in June.
Baier, 70, who hails from the Austrian communist party, has been the group's president (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday expressed immense pride over the brilliant journey of the Saudi state and its rich legacy extending for nearly three centuries, featuring remarkable accomplishments in terms of unity, security, and (...)
Rescuers are hoping to pull five people from a cave in Slovenia on Monday, two days after the group went missing.
Two guides and three tourists entered the cave, named Križna Jama (or "Cross Cave"), in southern Slovenia on Saturday morning, after a (...)
Saudi Arabia and a number of European nations on Thursday joined the United States in condemning comments by far-right Israeli officials calling for the resettlement of Gazans outside of Gaza.
In recent days, Israeli National Security Minister (...)
How do we bridge the digital divide? The chairman of the frontrunner to acquire Orange-MásMóvil merger remediesexplains how, and why his market is drawing in GCC investors
Amid untrammelled commercial activity in pursuit of Vision 2030, telecoms (...)
Some of the world's richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to new data published by UNICEF.
The Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth report card showed shocking results, with some of the richest (...)
