COVID-19 rates are on the rise in the Americas, where new infections and fatalities have been steadily increasing over the past four weeks, the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
More than 918,000 cases were (...)
Kicking off a three-day meeting on Friday on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its wider impact on food and energy prices, the head of the UN agriculture agency outlined key ways for governments to help safeguard global food (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked first in the evaluation of people's optimism for the future of their countries. The Ipsos survey "What worries the world" showed that 92 percent of Saudis see their country moving in the right direction, followed (...)
Brazil and Argentina lost their appeals to FIFA on Monday and will have to play the World Cup qualifying game that was abandoned last year in Sao Paulo amid chaos on the field caused by pandemic rule breaches.
In one of the most bizarre scenes (...)
JEDDAH — Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb announced that Argentine football star Lionel Messi has become the official brand ambassador of Saudi tourism.
Upon arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah on Monday, Messi was accorded (...)
Colombia has sent an additional 2,000 troops and police to help contain a gang that has burned cars and threatened people as reprisal for the extradition of its leader to the US.
President Iván Duque said Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as (...)
ALICANTE — The Saudi football national team has started its preparations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 with two preparatory camps at Alicante city in Spain during the upcoming months of June and September.
The preparations of the Green Falcons (...)
ZURICH — Tickets applications for the match between Saudi Arabia and Argentina in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022are proving a big draw among the fans.
The tickets are among the most sought-after matches that have attracted fans, FIFA said in a (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, in cooperation with the Kingdom's embassies, has completed the implementation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques program to distribute food baskets in 34 countries across the world, with more (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, in cooperation with the Kingdom's embassies, has completed the implementation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques program to distribute food baskets in 34 countries across the world. More than (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance has continued since the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan to implement Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's program for Ramadan Iftar in various countries of the world.
The number (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, has continued since the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan to implement the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's program for Ramadan Iftar in various (...)
One of the Russian Navy's most important warships is either floating abandoned or at the bottom of the Black Sea, a massive blow to a military struggling against Ukrainian resistance 50 days into Vladimir Putin's invasion of his neighbor.
Russian (...)
Former Colombia soccer captain Freddy Rincón has died after being involved in a car crash in Cali, the hospital treating him said in a statement.
The 55-year-old Rincón was admitted to hospital on Monday following a car accident in the early hours (...)
When people took to the streets in Egypt in 2011, protesters chanted about freedom and social justice — but also bread. The cost of pantry staples had jumped because of the skyrocketing price of goods like wheat, stoking fury with President Hosni (...)
Global food prices have reached "a new all-time high," the head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday, "hitting the poorest the hardest."
"It is now more than two years that the COVID-19 pandemic continues to negatively impact (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the King Fahd Cultural Center in Argentina, inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's program for iftar for the 1443 Hijri year, which targets around 15,000 (...)
The Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the King Fahad Cultural Center in Argentina, inaugurated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's program for iftar for the 1443 Hijri year, (...)
Saudi Arabia will face Argentina, Mexico and Poland at the Qatar World Cup later this year after FIFA carried out the draw for football's most famous tournament in Doha on Friday.
The Green Falcons will open their World Cup account against Argentina (...)
JEDDAH — Every year, Mother's Day is celebrated worldwide including Arab countries to honor motherhood, to strengthen the mother-child bond, demonstrate children's appreciation for their mothers, and shed light on mothers' role in raising children (...)
Poor countries in northern Africa, Asia and the Middle East that depend heavily on wheat imports risk suffering significant food security because of Russia's war in Ukraine, the UN food agency warned on Friday.
The Rome-based Food and Agriculture (...)
The global failure to deliver enough COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries "is prolonging the pandemic" and causing tens of thousands of preventable deaths every week, senior UN figures told the Human Rights Council on Thursday.
To date, more (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), will host, virtually, tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, the meeting of the General Secretariat of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP) and leaders of (...)
"Slave" tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of objects and physical abuses deployed by human traffickers to control, torture, and brand their victims, and which are crucial to securing a (...)
The Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Guillermo Nielsen, honored the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi Polo Federation, Eng. Amr Zedan, for organizing the second edition of the Desert Polo (...)
