RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign, International Cooperation and External Trade Matai Seremaiah Nawalu in Riyadh on Sunday.
During the meeting, they discussed (...)
A man attempting to row across the Pacific Ocean in a homemade boat has been rescued by a cruise ship after his boat capsized.
Tom Robinson, 24, hoped to become the youngest person to complete the feat.
He was found sitting on top of his boat with (...)
Three men on board an inflatable catamaran were pulled from the sea in the early hours of Wednesday after "several shark attacks" left their vessel partially sunken off the Australian northeastern coast.
Two Russians and one French national, ages 28 (...)
Singapore police have seized about S$1bn ($735m; £578m), including luxury homes, cars and watches, in one of its biggest anti-money laundering probes.
Gold bars, designer handbags, liquor and S$23m in cash were among the items seized in the (...)
Minister of State, Cabinet's Member and Acting Minister of Energy Dr. Essam bin Saad bin Saeed met here today with Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, Bob Loughman Weibur, and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they reviewed the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Vanuatu signed on Monday a draft protocol for establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The protocol was signed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Minister of Foreign Affairs of (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace, was briefed on the outcomes of the visits of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to Egypt, Jordan and Türkiye, and discussions with the (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held on Tuesday afternoon at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques spoke about Allah's (...)
Schools in 23 countries, with 405 million pupils, are still partially or fully closed because of Covid, the United Nations Children's Fund says.
The charity, UNICEF, estimates 147 million children have missed at least half of their in-person (...)
The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.
Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, (...)
The US and Japan have advised people on their Pacific coastlines to get away from the shore as a precaution against tsunami waves caused by a volcano eruption in the South Pacific.
Japan has warned of waves as high as three meters, and waves of 1.2 (...)
From rising sea temperatures to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report published on Wednesday.
The State of the Climate in (...)
Pacific Island leaders speaking in the UN General Assembly on Saturday underlined the need for global solidarity, commitment and action to tackle COVID-19 and climate change, two crises which threaten sustainable development.
Referring to the recent (...)
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from possible (...)
JEDDAH — France has added Saudi Arabia to its travel "green list," allowing travelers from Saudi Arabia to have unrestricted entry into the European country.
France Ambassador to Saudi Arabia made the announcement on his Twitter handle on Thursday, (...)
Swarm grids, an innovative technology designed to work with renewable energy sources, are bringing reliable electricity to some of the world's poorest and remote regions for the first time, providing a major boost to the livelihoods of those who (...)
The Saudi Embassy in Australia, the Republic of Fiji and the Solomon Islands, in cooperation with the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, has distributed food baskets in Australia, the Republic of Fiji and Solomon Islands, as well as the (...)
The Republic of Vanuatu is one of the few countries in the world without a single woman representative in parliament, but two determined activists are committed to ending that situation, and ensuring that women's voices are heard by the island (...)
Kausea Natano
Taneti Maamau
James Marape
Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa
NEW YORK — Facing constant threats from climate change and wary of the possible spread of COVID-19 to their shores, Pacific Island leaders on Friday touted their own environmental action (...)
Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Hamad bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, severally met here today with a number of Ministers of Education and senior officials from a range of countries; Sudan, Pakistan, Sweden, Comoros, Iceland, (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aims to draw up a global plan to fight a rising tide of hate speech, he said on Tuesday, during a visit to a New Zealand mosque where dozens of worshippers were killed in a mass shooting in (...)
Fugitive billionaire jeweler Nirav Modi was denied bail in a London court on Friday, following his arrest last week by British authorities on charges over his alleged involvement in a $2 billion fraud at India's state-run Punjab National Bank.
The (...)
Australia will direct more foreign aid to develop the sport of rugby league in the Pacific, officials say, bolstering a soft power offensive against China's growing influence in the region.
The plan, backed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, aims to (...)
From its inception in 1971 up to December 2018, Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), the leading national entity for international development aid, has financed hundreds of development projects in the renewable energy sector around the world worth (...)
A powerful earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.
The magnitude-6.7 quake struck north of Ambrym island at a depth of around 30 kilometers. There were no immediate reports of damage or (...)
