Ukraine's new government has approved plans to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country's weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday.
"We are transforming (...)
LONDON — A high-level Saudi delegation led by Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Swaha visited several leading British technology and research institutions as part of a series of official engagements in the United (...)
LONDON — Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah Al-Swaha met with a group of Saudi innovators and postgraduate researchers in the British capital as part of his visit to the United Kingdom.
The meeting, attended by (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the UK to stick close to its neighbors on Tuesday despite its exit from the European Union, saying both countries will "save Europe" by standing for democracy, law and international order in a dangerous (...)
Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of "Chinese blessing scams."
Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide (...)
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean Sea is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal early summer heat wave.
It's a pattern that's popping up frequently as the planet warms: The influence of Mediterranean (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom have signed a landmark aviation security agreement that eliminates the need for rescreening passengers at Saudi airports when arriving from the UK.
The "One-Stop Security Agreement" was formalized between (...)
RIYADH — The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced that Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), has joined its Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence, the (...)
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva has said diplomacy still have a chance if Israel stops its strikes but warned that Iran would target the United States if it chooses to come into the conflict.
"We (...)
As the weather in the Channel clears, the French police are struggling to halt a potentially record-breaking surge of people from reaching the UK in small boats organized by a growing network of smuggling gangs. Downing Street said on Tuesday the (...)
The young girl sits on the dusty floor, clutching her father's shoe close to her chest as she cries and screams in anger. Bisan Qwaider is inconsolable. Her father has just been killed while trying to get food for her and her 10 hungry (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia, alongside France and a broad coalition of international partners, announced the suspension of the UN conference on Palestine, scheduled to be held at the UN headquarters in New York on June 17-20.
In a joint statement issued (...)
The era of nuclear disarmament is coming to an end while new technologies push the risk of nuclear conflict higher, SIPRI warned on Monday.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) stressed in its annual assessment of the state (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received on Saturday a phone call from Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer.
During the call, they discussed the latest developments in the region, especially the (...)
Iran has warned it will ramp up its nuclear activities after the United Nations nuclear watchdog's 35-member board of governors adopted a resolution Thursday declaring it in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
Tehran retaliated by (...)
JERSEY — Senior representatives from donor countries and international humanitarian organizations attended the high-level meeting organized by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Pooled Fund Working Group (...)
LONDON— Saudi Minister of Investment, Eng. Khalid Al-Falih, is heading the Saudi delegation participating in the Saudi-UK Partnership and Investment Summit, which is being held on Wednesday at Mansion House in London.
The summit is organized by the (...)
A new program for getting desperately needed food into the hands of starving Palestinians in Gaza is only days old, but it's already mired in chaos and tragedy.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed over the past few days while on their way to (...)
British prosecutors confirmed on Wednesday that influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been criminally charged in the United Kingdom with multiple offenses, including rape, actual bodily harm, human trafficking, and controlling (...)
LONDON — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met with UK National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell at the British government headquarters in London on Wednesday.
The ministers reviewed the strong friendship and strategic partnership (...)
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has told CNN that a ceasefire-hostage deal for Gaza is currently on the table with a pathway to end the war, and urged Hamas to accept it.
The proposal would see the release of half of the living hostages and half of (...)
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier released during a ceasefire-hostage deal has said one of her biggest fears during captivity were strikes carried out by Israel.
Na'ama Levy, one of five IDF female soldiers released in January, made the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has attracted 25 international startups specializing in research, development, and innovation (RDI) as part of its Global Startup Attraction Program, a joint initiative by the Ministry of Investment and the Research, (...)
The premise that legal modernization requires dramatic reform is both overstated and misread. In many cases, the more enduring reforms are the quieter ones — the administrative, the procedural, and the contractual. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (...)
The British government's plans to hand control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius are set to be signed off on Thursday, after an 11th-hour legal injunction failed to stop an effort that has been intensely controversial in (...)
