Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are meeting on Thursday in Abu Dhabi to discuss next steps in finalising the peace agreement, their offices confirmed.
This is the first formal bilateral meeting between (...)
JEDDAH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, held talks in Jeddah on Thursday with Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and UAE National Security Adviser, to review bilateral relations and (...)
Airlines have canceled or rerouted flights to and from the Middle East, as the conflict between Israel and Iran raged.
Qatar's Doha airport, a critical hub in the region, halted operations on Monday, after Iran fired missiles at a US military base (...)
RIYADH — Shortly after Iran launched missile attacks on US military bases in Qatar and Iraq on Monday, several nations including Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain have closed their air spaces while the United Arab Emirates imposed some restrictions on (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) on Monday issued its monthly report on the punctuality and performance of airports and national carriers during the last month of May. This is based on flights departing or arriving within 15 (...)
RIYADH — US President Donald Trump said that within a few years 50 percent of Saudi Arabia's income will come from non-oil sources. He made the remarks while commenting on his recent visit to Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf states in a television (...)
After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus, an unruly (...)
Riyadh — US President Donald Trump reiterated that no one can break the strong relationship between the United States of America and Saudi Arabia. "I have strong relationships with King Salman and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman," he (...)
Three energy-rich Gulf Arab nations are racing to turn their influence over Donald Trump into tangible gains with the president set to visit next week.
They have built personal ties with the president and collectively pledged trillions in US (...)
ABU DHABI — The Royal Saudi Air Force has concluded its participation in the Desert Flag 2025 exercise at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, following a series of joint air maneuvers conducted alongside forces from allied and partner (...)
Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company announced on Wednesday.
The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, already home to Formula One's Abu (...)
The biggest celebration of its kind lit up Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday night as The Walt Disney Company announced plans for its most advanced theme park resort to date, marking a historic milestone with a dazzling global spectacle.
In a (...)
The Walt Disney Company announced on Wednesday plans to open its seventh global theme park, and its first in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates.
The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, already a major tourism hub (...)
KONYA —The Saudi Air Force announced its participation in the "Anatolian Phoenix 2025" combat search and rescue exercise at Konya Air Base in Turkey, alongside forces from sister and friendly countries. The exercise, in which Saudi fighter jets are (...)
RIYADH — Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states will hold a summit meeting with US President Donald Trump during his visit to Riyadh in the middle of this month, according to the American news website Axios. "During his meeting with (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation (SCOT) successfully coordinated the recovery of organs from four brain-dead donors within 12 hours, resulting in life-saving transplants for eight patients suffering from organ failure.
The (...)
A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.
Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed 117 points (1.1 percent) higher at 11,194 points on Monday, the highest close since December 2024. Total turnover reached about SR 10.6 billion on Monday.
The Saudi stock (...)
The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeals' State Security Chamber has sentenced three individuals to death and a fourth to life imprisonment for the premeditated murder of Moldovan-Israeli national Zvi Kogan, in a crime motivated by terrorist (...)
US President Donald Trump, in a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal, made clear that Iran has a two-month deadline to reach an agreement, a source familiar with the letter's contents (...)
RIYADH — A friendly and fraternal meeting brought together the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jordan, and Egypt in the Saudi capital on Friday, underscoring their commitment to enhancing cooperation and coordination between their (...)
RIYADH — Johnson Controls Arabia has begun exporting Saudi-made HVAC products to the United States, with nearly 100 chillers recently shipped for use in American public schools.
The company's manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City (...)
ABU DHABI — The President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), Abdulaziz Al-Duailej, affirmed that Saudi Arabia supports the development of the civil aviation sector, its competitiveness and sustainability, and the promotion of (...)
The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world's most frequented museum.
Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
