RIYADH — Riyadh will host the "GREAT FUTURES" trade exhibition on May 14 and 15. The governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom are organizing the expo, which will focus on business, tourism, and cultural exchange.
British Deputy Prime (...)
The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for their claims to be considered by the East African nation.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's efforts had been stuck between (...)
Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves — a new normal which countries must adapt to as a priority, the UN weather agency said on Monday.
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RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has announced that the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine is now available in Saudi Arabia to everyone aged 60 and above.
Dr. Abdullah Asiri, Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventive Health and Infectious (...)
Spain's cabinet has approved measures to scrap the country's so-called golden visa scheme.
It was introduced in 2013 in the wake of a housing market crash and euro currency crisis in a bid to revitalize the property sector and granted residency (...)
Protesters once again took to the streets of Tel Aviv, Caesarea and Haifa on Saturday, demanding the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and early elections.
Demonstrators also called for the release of all Israeli hostages held (...)
The humanitarian group, International Rescue Committee (IRC), says the killing of international charity workers this week by an Israeli air strike highlights that Gaza is the "most lethal place in the world to be an aid worker."
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RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a cooperation program between the Prince Saud Al-Faisal Institute for Diplomatic Studies and the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
This was during a virtual meeting (...)
The two young men are bloodied, their feet clamped in wooden stocks.
"What is the PDF (People's Defense Force)?" their tormentors yell. "Dogs," they reply.
Humiliated and dehumanized, the men are hogtied and dragged across the rough ground by their (...)
Beijing has lashed out at the United States and the United Kingdom for imposing sanctions over alleged Chinese government-backed cyberattacks, calling the Western allies' move an act of "political manipulation."
The US and the UK announced Monday a (...)
Intermittent fasting is one of the many trendy ways people try to lose or maintain their weight.
Also known as time-restricted eating, the practice is a method of weight loss that confines a person's eating window to set times — typically eight (...)
McDonald's has been hit by a system failure that closed stores and disrupted online and app orders in countries as far apart as the United States, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
"We are aware of a technology outage, which (...)
India has said it joined the world's top nuclear powers by mastering the ability to put multiple warheads atop a single intercontinental ballistic missile.
The successful test of multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) technology on (...)
A Ramadan ceasefire for Gaza must be implemented immediately, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, the first day of the Muslim holy month.
"Even though Ramadan has begun, the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue in Gaza...My (...)
There was little mention of politics at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, but there were multiple calls for global peace.
Upon winning the Academy Award for best international feature for the Auschwitz-set drama "The Zone of Interest," filmmaker Jonathan (...)
An international maritime aid corridor to Gaza could be in operation as early as Sunday, according to the head of the European Commission, working closely with the UN's Senior Humanitarian Coordinator and other international partners.
In a joint (...)
The European Union is backing a long-awaited maritime corridor allowing aid to be shipped from Cyprus to the coast of Gaza, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen confirmed during a visit to the port of Larnaca on Friday.
The Cyprus-led (...)
Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, marking the first fatal attack by the Iran-backed militant group in its ongoing assaults in the Red Sea.
At least three crew (...)
Some crew are abandoning a Barbados-flagged ship and others are reported missing after it was damaged in an apparent attack off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said.
A US official told Reuters smoke was seen coming off the True Confidence and a (...)
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of the war-torn enclave, UN health agency chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
These are "children (...)
Chelsea striker and Matildas captain Sam Kerr is set to face trial after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a London police officer.
The 30-year-old Australia international pleaded not guilty to the offense at a court hearing on (...)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) must continue to receive "adequate funding" to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Gaza, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, has said.
His warning comes as uncertainty mounts (...)
Amid geopolitical divides, arms competition, increasingly dangerous new technologies and an elevated nuclear risk, the Secretary-General on Monday highlighted his concern that the UN Conference on Disarmament is consistently failing to deliver.
The (...)
The UN Secretary-General addressed the Security Council on Friday, underscoring the fundamental need to honor the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion by Russia of the country marks its (...)
A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship.
Shamima Begum flew to Syria in 2015 with two school friends to join the terror group. While (...)