Airport workers went on strike at Paris' main international airport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle on Friday, forcing the cancellation of about 10% of flights and bringing more disruption to early summer travel.
Scores of ground staff protested in front (...)
Semi-automated offside technology will be used at this year's World Cup, promising decisions that are more accurate and a lot quicker, world soccer's governing body FIFA said on Friday.
In what can be considered an extraordinary development in the (...)
Top retail professionals of the Middle East were recognized for their tremendous contribution to the industry at the annual RetailME Summit 2022 held at Dubai Wednesday.
The event saw some of biggest retailers from around the world coming together (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources issued 80 new mining licenses last May, including 64 building materials and quarry licenses, nine exploration licenses, six surplus mineral ore licenses and an exploitation license, according to (...)
RIYADH – Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture announced on Thursday the launch of grants aimed at boosting knowledge production and research focusing on the founding of the first Saudi state. The grants titled "the 1139 Research Grants for the (...)
Saudi Arabia assumed the presidency of the OCHA Donor Support Group after the Netherlands from July 2022 to June 2023.
Head of Saudi Arabia's team to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group and Assistant (...)
JEDDAH — The four keys of Saudi Arabia's national priorities for research, development and innovation, announced by Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, will be a compass to guide future projects and initiatives. Health and wellness sits at the top of (...)
Ruja Ignatova, also known as the "missing Cryptoqueen", has been placed on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list.
The Bulgarian woman, believed to be in her 40s, is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin.
Federal (...)
The European Union has agreed on landmark rules for regulating the cryptocurrency industry, whose meltdown has been wiping out fortunes and sparking calls for tighter scrutiny worldwide.
EU negotiators hammered out the final details for a (...)
Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to three per cent of their annual GDP, and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year-olds globally, the UN General Assembly President told a High-level Meeting (...)
The ruling by the United States Supreme Court against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, is "a setback in our fight against climate change", said the UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
He was responding to a question at the (...)
Despite diplomatic engagements, restoring the so-called Iran nuclear agreement continues to be hindered by political and technical differences, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
In the landmark accord, (...)
The southern ocean border of Kenya and Tanzania is dotted with thick hedges of mangroves – indispensable carbon sinks and spectacular ecosystems teeming with life – that appear to float dreamlike over creek beds and mudflats. These hardy trees and (...)
Increasing scientific knowledge, developing research capacity and making the most of new marine technology, are essential to sustainable ocean management, the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, heard on Thursday.
The Conference's fourth day, (...)
A new UN-led financing tool to strengthen weather and climate forecasting, improve life-saving early warning systems, safeguard jobs, and underpin climate adaptation for long-term resilience, officially opened for business on Thursday.
The (...)
UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they've launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in Ethiopia's Oromia region.
Kaari Betty Murungi, chair of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on (...)
The Secretary-General of the International Islamic Fiqh (Jurisprudence) Academy (IIFA), Dr Koutoub Moustapha Sano, has met with the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt and her accompanying delegation at (...)
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, in strategic cooperation with the General Authority for Awqaf, has launched a unique awareness initiative for the pilgrims coming to perform Hajj from all over the world, as part of a series of awareness-building and (...)
Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade died at the age of 23 following a year-long battle with cancer, his family announced Friday.
In a YouTube video entitled "so long nerds," the content creator's father shared a final message from his son with his (...)
The UN migration agency on Friday deplored the deaths of at least 20 migrants in the Libyan desert and renewed its call for stronger migrant protection along the Chad-Libya border.
"The death of twenty people in the Libyan desert yesterday is yet (...)
Veteran UN aid coordinator Najat Rochdi on Friday signaled grave concerns about rising humanitarian needs across Lebanon linked to the global food and fuel crisis, which are affecting "everyone, everywhere".
Since last year, the number of people in (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia continued the down trend in new COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 625 cases recorded over the past 24 hours.
New COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom were fluctuating between 600 and 1000 during the past weeks.
According to a (...)
The European Commission Friday proposed a new one billion euro (USD 1.04 billion) long-term loan for Ukraine as the first part financial assistance package of up to 9 billion euro (USD 9.3 billion) announced on 18 May.
Under the proposal, the funds (...)
The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization.
The U.N. health agency said in its latest weekly report on the pandemic that the (...)
RIYADH — Prince Khalid bin Salman, Deputy Minister of Defense, announced on Thursday that Saudi Arabia would implement several development projects worth $600 million in Yemen.
Prince Khalid made the remarks while meeting with the head of the Yemeni (...)
