GENEVA — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned and denounced the brutal Israeli aggression on the State of Qatar and the blatant violation of its sovereignty.
Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Saudi Permanent Representative to the United (...)
Noorul Amin last spoke to his brother on 9 May. The call was brief, but the news was devastating.
He learned that his brother, Kairul, and four other relatives were among 40 Rohingya refugees allegedly deported by the Indian government to Myanmar, a (...)
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
The triggering of the so-called snapback sanctions, a move that the United States welcomed on Thursday, comes as diplomatic (...)
Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.
The (...)
Israel is facing fierce condemnation after a pair of strikes on a Gaza hospital killed five journalists as well as medical workers and others on Monday.
At least 20 people were killed in the attack, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, (...)
Global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution have once again failed.
The UN negotiations, the sixth round of talks in just under three years, were due to end on Thursday but countries continued to negotiate into the night in (...)
American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday's summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options (...)
European leaders have reaffirmed that any peace talks with Russia must include Ukraine, issuing a joint statement ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
The statement, (...)
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities across Europe on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, calling for an immediate end to Israeli attacks and unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave.
In (...)
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Alaska to discuss ending Russia's war in Ukraine, though the Kremlin has not yet confirmed the details.
The Aug. 15 meeting would mark the first (...)
A court in Belgium has ordered the Flemish government to stop the transit of military equipment to Israel, following the discovery of hardware in the port of Antwerp earlier this year.
The Court of First Instance in Brussels ordered the regional (...)
Plastic production has exploded in the last century – to some it has been a miracle product while to others it is a pollution nightmare.
Scientists have estimated that there are nearly 200 trillion pieces floating in the world's oceans, and this (...)
GENEVA — The Saudi Consulate General in Geneva announced that it is handling the case of a Saudi citizen who died after drowning in Lake Geneva.
In a statement posted on its X account, the consulate said it is working in coordination with the (...)
At least 1,054 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to access food aid in Gaza, the United Nations' human rights office said in a statement Tuesday.
"Palestinians in Gaza are starving to death," the statement (...)
Israel has demolished thousands of buildings across Gaza since it withdrew from a ceasefire with Hamas in March, with entire towns and suburbs — once home to tens of thousands of people — levelled in the past few weeks.
Satellite images show massive (...)
More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.
For months, Tehran has (...)
GENEVA — Deputy Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Acting Governor of the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) Haytham AlOhali highlighted, while attending the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in (...)
GENEVA — Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha affirmed that Saudi Arabia has launched a series of initiatives aimed at addressing the global challenges in computing, data, and algorithms for the benefit of humanity. (...)
GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) unanimously adopted the draft resolution on Child Protection in Cyberspace presented by Saudi Arabia. The resolution was based on the global initiative titled "Child Protection in Cyberspace" (...)
Germany wants to negotiate a direct agreement with the Taliban to take back Afghan nationals set for deportation, according to Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt.
"My idea is that we make agreements directly with Afghanistan to enable (...)
ROME — Saudi Arabia has concluded its presidency of the International Year of Camelids 2024, an initiative launched by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). A ceremony was held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy on Tuesday, (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia called on developed countries to honor their international commitments, particularly in financing climate action and building capacities in developing nations. Attending the Human Rights Council's annual panel discussion on the (...)
A World Health Organization (WHO) expert group tasked with investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic has released its final report, concluding that the origins of the virus remain inconclusive despite more than three years of scientific (...)
GENEVA — The Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations in Geneva organized an event on enhancing capacity building to protect children in cyberspace as a shared global responsibility.
This was part of the global initiative titled (...)
At least 46 people waiting for aid have been killed by Israeli fire in two incidents in central and southern Gaza, according to rescuers and hospitals.
UN agencies have condemned the US and Israel-backed food distribution system, with one official (...)
