Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China on the anniversary of his country's National Day.
The King wished the president constant good health and (...)
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades told UN member states on Friday that he is determined "to set the negotiation process" with Turkey "back on track", on the basis of the UN framework and the agreement reached in 2019.
Cyprus has been divided for (...)
Europe is battling a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household incomes and even tarnish the nascent green transition.
A series of market, geographic and political factors (...)
On behalf of Chief of the General Staff, the Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Mutair, attended, at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, the final session of the joint exercises titled Bright Star 2021.
Egyptian (...)
Saudi Arabia has joined 20 countries in the 'Bright Star' military drill maneuvers at Mohamed Naguib Military Base in the Mediterranean Sea.
The "Bright Star 2021" drill sees the participation of 21 countries, most notably Saudi Arabia, Egypt, (...)
Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record.
The blaze, fanned by strong winds, affected at least 10 communities over an area of 50 square (...)
The European Union Thursday announced that France has mobilized two Canadair-type firefighting planes to help Algeria fight forest fires in the north and northeast of the country, following a request for assistance submitted to the EU civil (...)
Criticism against the Greek government is growing as the country continues to battle raging wildfires that have forced thousands to flee.
Authorities on Evia, Greece's second-largest island, have in recent days denounced "insufficient" means to (...)
The European Union has announced that its Civil Protection Mechanism continues to channel support to help combat unprecedented forest fires in Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean.
Following requests from Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Italy (...)
Fires of "biblical catastrophe" continue to burn through Greek forests, forcing the evacuations of thousands of people as a political storm brews in Turkey over the worst wildfires in recent history.
Three large wildfires churned across Greece on (...)
A weaving project is helping to close the decades-long divide between the two communities in Cyprus, with assistance from the UN mission in the country, UNFICYP.
Hande Toycan, who is Turkish-Cypriot, and Flora Hadjigeorgiou, a Greek-Cypriot, are (...)
RIYADH — As of Aug. 1, Saudi Arabia opened its doors to tourists from 49 countries from around the world. All the procedures have been simplified for obtaining multiple-entry electronic visa for a period of one year, allowing tourists to spend up to (...)
JEDDAH — The European Union on Tuesday strongly condemned Turkey's unilateral steps to reopen the fenced-off town of Varosha.
The EU called the announcements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to justify the move "unacceptable".
In a (...)
The UN Security Council has demanded "the immediate reversal" of a unilateral decision by Turkey and Turkish Cypriot leaders to reopen the island's abandoned suburb of Varosha.
Once a tourism hub, Varosha has lain empty and mostly fenced-off since (...)
France will impose COVID-19 tests taken within 24 hours of departure for unvaccinated travelers from the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and the Netherlands, the Prime Minister's office said on Saturday.
So far tests had to be (...)
Leading figures from government, business and civil society are preparing to take part in this year's High Level Political Forum on sustainable development (HLPF), where they will discuss ways to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (...)
Cyprus search crews discovered the bodies of four people outside a fire-swept mountain village on Sunday in what a government minister called the "most destructive" blaze in the east Mediterranean island nation's history.
Nicos Nouris said that (...)
Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious Delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling up again with patients fighting for their (...)
British and American F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike Fighters flew anti-Daesh (the so-called IS) strike missions from the UK Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) — a first for the UK in a decade, US defense officials said on (...)
RIYADH — The Tawakkalna application is now available globally and its services can be accessed in 75 countries, representing the first phase of the countries in which the application is operational and users can benefit from it.
Tawakkalna revealed (...)
The European Commission wants to reform one of the EU's most palpable achievements: the passport-free Schengen Area.
Established in 1995, space encompasses more than 400 million citizens who are allowed to cross borders without being subject to (...)
A majority of Europeans believe the health benefits from restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic outweigh the economic damage they have caused.
The latest Eurobarometer survey, more than a year into the health crisis that has damaged (...)
Hamed Al-Wahaibi makes a dramatic return to international motor sport competition when he joins forces with young Abdullah Al-Rawahi to form a two-car Oman Rally Team at this weekend's Jordan Rally.
The second round of the 2021 FIA Middle East Rally (...)
The Secretary-General of Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, who is currently visiting Cairo.
During the meeting, developments on the regional and (...)
Portugal and the Netherlands are the latest European countries to ease travel restrictions as COVID infections recede and the summer season approaches.
Dutch citizens and residents can, from Saturday, visit Portugal, Malta, Ireland, Thailand, (...)
