RIYADH — Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmed Al-Rajhi signed two cooperation agreements with Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Somalia Yusuf Mohamed Adan in Riyadh on Wednesday.
The agreements focused on the employment of (...)
Somalia's parliament on Saturday passed a bill introducing universal suffrage, replacing the decades-old clan-based voting system with a one-person-one-vote framework.
The bill, which received overwhelming support with 169 lawmakers in favor, two (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met on Sunday with Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somalia.
The two ministers reviewed the relations between their countries and (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has implemented 15 projects totaling $39.114 million as part of its commitment to combating polio in less developed countries.
Ten of these projects were executed in nations such as Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, (...)
The Italian government has been criticized for praising fascist soldiers who fought in El Alamein, on the 82nd anniversary of the World War Two battle.
In a social media post, the defense ministry said that the troops who took part "sacrificed their (...)
At least 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say.
The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board before sinking in the Red Sea off the east African nation on Tuesday, (...)
NEW YORK — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) and the World Food Programme (WFP) signed a cooperation agreement on Sunday to address acute malnutrition in drought-affected areas of Somalia.
This initiative, unveiled on the (...)
Many within the Italian far-right populist Lega party called it "a summer fling", but the center-right Forza Italia's ambition to introduce a new citizenship reform based on years spent studying in Italy seems to be gaining momentum.
Speaking on the (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia's condemnation and denunciation of the terrorist attack that took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, resulting in the death and injury of dozens.
In a statement, the ministry (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan concluded his participation in the OPEC Fund Development Forum and Ministerial Meeting, which was held in Vienna, capital of Austria, on June 25-26.
Addressing the meeting, Al-Jadaan highlighted (...)
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 (...)
GENEVA — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed five agreements with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on Saturday. This is to provide $19.5 million in funding to WHO programs in three countries: Yemen ($9.5 (...)
When Kenyan President William Ruto touched down in Beijing seven months ago, he was welcomed on the tarmac with a red carpet and cordons of Chinese troops standing at attention. Among the goals of his three-day state visit in October: securing (...)
MANAMA — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the Israeli occupation forces' ongoing aggression and violation of all international laws and norms in the Gaza Strip has exacerbated the scale of the humanitarian (...)
BANJUL, Gambia — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's call for restructuring, developing, and reforming the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to tackle regional and international challenges.
Representing (...)
Dangerous levels of acute hunger affected a staggering 281.6 million people last year – the fifth year in a row that food insecurity has worsened – heightening growing fears of famine and "widespread death" from Gaza to Sudan and beyond, UN agencies (...)
More than a quarter of all UK overseas aid was spent on asylum costs at home last year, new figures show.
The Foreign Office statistics reveal £4.3bn of its foreign aid budget went on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
That represents (...)
MAKKAH — In a development marking the ties between Saudi Arabia and the Federal Republic of Somalia, a joint statement was issued on Sunday at the end of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's official visit to the Kingdom, underscoring the mutual (...)
MAKKAH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed Bin Salman arrived in Makkah from Jeddah on Saturday to spend the remainder of the blessed month of Ramadan near the Grand Mosque.
Accompanying the Crown Prince were several high-profile (...)
The Indian Navy's rescue of a commercial ship from pirates off Somalia's coast last weekend shows how Delhi's military has developed special forces capabilities on par with some of the world's best, analysts say.
The navy rescued 17 crew members of (...)
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition.
An account on X, called "Government of East Africa", complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in Riyadh, examined the recent endeavors carried out by the Kingdom in the economic, cultural, and social domains, and expressed pride in the large international presence (...)
A military court in Somalia has sentenced six Islamic State fighters from Morocco to death.
The men will be executed by a firing squad if their appeal, which they have one month to file, is unsuccessful.
"They came to Somalia to support Isis [IS} (...)
DONETSK, eastern Ukraine — Maj Oleh Kravchenko has the sort of chuckle that's hard to resist — deep and treacly and mischievous.
"I'm still alive," he said, tilting his head to one side in his wheelchair, like a spectator marvelling at someone (...)
ABU DHABI/RIYADH/MANAMA — Five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have lost their lives in a terrorist attack on a military base in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
The attack also resulted in injuries to two other members of (...)
