RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met with Azerbaijani Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mukhtar Babayev in Jeddah.
Babayev is also the president of the 29th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations (...)
MAKKAH — The Makkah Halal Forum, under the banner 'Innovation in the Halal Industry', has successfully convened hundreds of international exhibitors. Organized by the Makkah Chamber of Commerce from January 23 to 25, the event featured an exhibition (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been grounded in Switzerland after his plane had a "critical failure" due to an oxygen leak, officials said.
America's top diplomat was due to return from the World Economic Forum in Davos when the flight (...)
Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed — but will it really have an impact on climate change?
The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and (...)
Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed to a prisoner exchange, and to work towards normalizing ties and a peace deal to a decades-long conflict — a move the United States and European Union have welcomed.
Azerbaijan will release 32 prisoners of war to (...)
BAKU — Saudi Arabia's Control and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) and Azerbaijan's Public Prosecution have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of combating corruption and enhancing joint cooperation.
The MoU was signed in Baku (...)
Turkey's president has denounced Western states' "weakness" in the face of civilian deaths in Gaza and called on Muslim nations to unify against Israel.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a vocal critic of Israel's actions in Gaza, made the comments on Thursday (...)
RIYADH — The 7th edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII7) wrapped up on Thursday in Riyadh, showcasing the cutting-edge realms of investment and technology. The concluding day of FII7 shone a spotlight on the frontiers of space and (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Ilham Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan on his country's Independence Day.
Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has alos sent a cable of (...)
Priming cities to become drivers of economic growth and recovery in the aftermath of crises such as conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of World Habitat Day, observed on Monday.
Global economic growth is declining to about 2.5 percent (...)
Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Some 65,000 have already been registered at government-run centers where long (...)
More than 100,000 people have fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Armenia said.
It means that almost the entire population of the ethnic Armenian enclave has left since Azerbaijan seized the region last week.
Azerbaijan has said it wants to (...)
Every hour, the number of people fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh climbs even further. The official count of refugees is now close to half the population of the enclave.
The scenes at the border suggest the region is being emptied of ethnic Armenians. As (...)
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.
Some 19,000 refugees have reportedly left the Karabakh Economic Region of the (...)
An explosion at a fuel depot in Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local Armenian authorities say.
Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospitals, with dozens of them "still in critical condition".
It comes as the (...)
Armenia's prime minister has called his country's security relationships "ineffective," in a swipe at Russia after Azerbaijan claimed the breakaway province of Nagorno-Karabakh following a swift military campaign.
Armenia is part of the Collective (...)
A growing stream of ethnic Armenian refugees are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh following Azerbaijan's seizure of the disputed region last week.
More than 3,000 people have so far crossed into Armenia from the enclave, which is home to a majority of some (...)
The first group of ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, days after the enclave was seized by Azerbaijan.
They entered shortly after local officials announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting.
Azerbaijan (...)
It took just 24 hours for Azerbaijan's military to force the surrender of an enclave that is home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians.
What happens next to the men, women and children in this corner of the South Caucasus is a source of increasing (...)
Azerbaijan's president has declared that his country's sovereignty has been restored over Nagorno-Karabakh after a 24-hour military offensive against ethnic-Armenian forces.
Ilham Aliyev praised the heroism of Azerbaijan's army hours after Karabakh (...)
Twenty-four hours after Azerbaijan's army launched an offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic-Armenian forces have agreed Russian terms for a ceasefire.
One of the key demands that Karabakh forces have accepted is a proposal for complete (...)
Azerbaijan has launched "anti-terror" operations in Nagorno-Karabakh, and said it will not stop until ethnic-Armenian separatists surrender.
Tensions in the South Caucasus have been high for months around the breakaway enclave, recognized (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday in NEOM, considered the United Nations' announcement of the Kingdom hosting celebrations of World Environment Day 2024 as confirmation of its leading role both (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday in NEOM, praised the positive results of the official visit paid by the Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to India, where he met with Indian President (...)
They call it the Road of Life, as it is the only route connecting 120,000 ethnic Armenians living in Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region with the Republic of Armenia.
But for nearly nine months the Lachin Corridor has been blocked by Azerbaijani (...)