Al-AHSA — Hassawi Rice, or rice produced in the Al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, is one of our natural remedies. This red rice, known for its high nutritional content, has the distinction of being produced in the driest rice-bearing area (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman have sent separate cables of congratulation to President of Malta George Vella and President Armen Sarkissian of Armenia on the Independence Day of their (...)
The Trump administration declared Saturday that all UN sanctions against Iran have been restored, a move most of the rest of the world rejects as illegal and sets the stage for an ugly showdown at the world body ahead of its annual General (...)
RIYADH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), the charitable arm of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, donated 400 tents and shelter aid packages to help support those affected by the deadly floods in Sudan, the organization said (...)
The overall infections of the coronavirus in Oman have climbed to 93,475, an increase of 1,722 cases against the country's last tally announced on Thursday.
The health ministry put the country's total deaths from COVID-19 at 846, showing 28 more (...)
Authorities in the UAE arrested eight individuals for organizing wedding parties in different locations across the country, where large numbers of people who were not first-degree relatives attended without adhering to coronavirus-related (...)
More than 100 Ugandan migrant workers stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19-induced economic downturn and travel restrictions have been assisted to return home voluntarily by the International Organization for Migration, in (...)
MANILA —The Kingdom's Embassy in the Philippines is scheduled to start receiving work visa applications, as of Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, through labor export offices only, the embassy announced on Saturday.
As to recruitment, the embassy warned (...)
The Speaker of the Arab Parliament Mishaal Bin Fahm Al-Salami highly valued the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's announcement supporting the UN Response to Coronavirus pandemic plan, as it donated $100 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) and an (...)
After six months of lockdown, the Namibian government ended travel restrictions and curfews on Friday, in light of a drop in new COVID-19 cases. But Namibia's economy, which depends heavily on wildlife tourism, has taken a major hit during the (...)
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC), part of ADQ, has acquired the International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience (ISNR Abu Dhabi). The leading conference in the MENA region that covers the security equipment sector, (...)
Dr. Nazar Bukamal, general secretary of the Bahrain Medical Society (BMS), stressed the importance of the "Health Worker Safety Charter" issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the occasion of "World Patient Safety Day", and its objects of (...)
Tadej Pogacar pulled off one of the most astonishing rides of Tour de France history in the penultimate time trial stage, virtually clinching this year's Tour in a shock defeat of the long-time race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) at La Planche (...)
RIYADH — Five civilians were injured by shrapnel of a projectile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia from Yemen toward a bordering village in Jazan, the General Directorate of Civil Defense said in a statement on Saturday carried by Saudi (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic has largely put a freeze on migration. But will the movement of people recover once the current crisis is over? In an interview with UN News, Gary Rynhart, a senior official at the UN labor agency, ILO, explains why a return to (...)
The Global Goals represent the future for millions of girls who want education, women who fight for equality, and youth fighting for clean air, UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai said on Friday, at a side event of the General Assembly, (...)
RIYADH — An additional 28 people in Saudi Arabia have died of COVID-19-related conditions, authorities announced on Saturday.
The total number of deaths now stands at 4,458, Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdel Ali, spokesman of the health ministry, was quoted by (...)
The Belarus government should end "violent crackdowns" and "increasing repression" against protesters who are still contesting the result of last month's Presidential elections, UN deputy rights chief Nada Al Nashif told the Human Rights Council on (...)
Ambassadors, senior UN officials, representatives of global sports organizations, and managers of some of the world's top athletes met virtually on Friday to underline the role that sport can play in combating violent extremism and (...)
Kingdom's funding underlines importance of global collective action against pandemic
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has announced supporting a UN response plan to fight the coronavirus with $100 million.
The money is offered to the World Health Organization (...)
Despite efforts to break the global cycle of panic and neglect seen throughout multiple disease outbreaks, the UN health agency chief said on Friday that the new coronavirus has shown that the world was "woefully under prepared".
Although the World (...)
While deep distrust persists among warring parties in Syria, a "faint but real ray of hope" emerged with the convening in Geneva of the Constitutional Committee after a nine-month hiatus, the top UN envoy helping chart a path out of the near (...)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Turkey to launch an immediate independent investigation into violations and abuses committed in parts of north, northwest and northeast Syria, which are under the control of its forces and (...)
Sharjah Islamic Bank's (SIB) $500 million Sukuk received the ‘Sukuk Deal of the Year 2020', at the 10th Global Islamic Finance Awards (GIFA). The bank was acknowledged with the award, during a virtual ceremony held on Sept. 14.
SIB, which enjoys (...)
Resurgent coronavirus cases in Turkey are fueling tensions between doctors who say the official figures underplay the scale of the outbreak and politicians who accuse the country's medical association of undermining efforts to contain it.
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