The French military completed its withdrawal from Senegal on Thursday, the last West African country with a permanent troop presence, amid Paris' waning regional influence.
France has faced opposition from leaders of some of its former colonies in (...)
Germany's Foreign Office said on Tuesday that it has summoned the Chinese ambassador to protest after a Chinese warship used a laser against a German military aircraft in the Red Sea.
"The endangerment of German personnel" and the "disruption of the (...)
The US Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport to South Sudan a group of migrants who have been held for weeks on a military base in Djibouti.
The high court's unsigned order came days after a majority of (...)
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland.
By 6-3, the justices reversed a lower court order requiring the government to give (...)
CAIRO — Twenty Arab and Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, affirmed their condemnation and rejection of the Israeli attacks on Iran. In a joint statement released by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, foreign ministers of these countries (...)
JEDDAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman has directed all relevant authorities to operate with utmost efficiency and excellence in implementing security, preventive, and organizational plans to serve the Hajj pilgrims in Makkah, (...)
JEDDAH — The Council of Ministers discussed on Tuesday measures to balance Riyadh's real estate sector and reaffirmed the government's commitment to addressing rising land prices and rents witnessed in the capital city of Riyadh in recent years. (...)
France formally began its military withdrawal from Senegal on Friday, transferring control of two key facilities to the West African nation as part of a broader shift in its regional strategy.
"The French side handed over to the Senegalese side the (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's support for Syria and Lebanon and their peoples. The Cabinet session, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, pledged its backing for the (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Education has begun receiving applications from teachers to be nominated to send abroad, specifically to13 countries around the world, to teach specialized subjects in Saudi schools in those countries.
The countries to where (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reaffirmed that Syria must be free from terrorism and any aggression on its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman chaired the Cabinet session in Riyadh on (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources signed a series of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and cooperation agreements with six countries during the fourth Ministerial Roundtable, the flagship opening meeting of the Future Minerals (...)
RIYADH — The bilateral technical meetings of the Saudi-Djibouti Joint Committee kicked off its sixth session in Riyadh on Sunday..
The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Djibouti to Saudi Arabia, Diaa Eddine Bamakhrama, and the Undersecretary (...)
At least 45 people have died and many others are missing after two migrant boats capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials say.
The boats left Yemen with 310 people on board before sinking in the Red Sea off the east African nation on Tuesday, (...)
RIYADH — Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed El-Khereiji participated on Wednesday in the second consultative meeting on enhancing coordination of peace initiatives and efforts in Sudan held in Djibouti.
El-Khereiji delivered a speech (...)
DJIBOUTI — A consortium of Saudi investors signed a contract for establishing Saudi Logistics City in the free zone of Djibouti port. The logistics free zone will be located on an area spreading over 120,000 square meters in the inaugural phase. The (...)
JEDDAH — The mixed naval exercise "Red Wave-7" has commenced at King Faisal Naval Base in the Western Fleet, with the participation of countries on the Red Sea, including Jordan, Egypt, Djibouti, and Yemen, alongside the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, (...)
A Conservative MP says he was deported during a trip to Djibouti because of the east African country's close ties to China.
Tim Loughton, the MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, said he was detained for more than seven hours and barred from entry to (...)
At least 33 Ethiopian migrants — including an eight-year-old boy — have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Djibouti, officials have told the BBC.
They were among 77 people crossing the Red Sea from Yemen to Ethiopia, the UN's migration (...)
Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
The crew of a Belize-flagged, British-registered cargo vessel have abandoned ship off Yemen after it was hit by missiles fired by the Houthi movement.
The Rubymar was in the Gulf of Aden and nearing the Bab al-Mandab Strait when it was struck, (...)
RIYADH — Prince Khalid bin Salman, minister of defense and chairman of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), announced Saudi Arabia's commitment of SR100 million ($26.6 million) in support of (...)
Despite the US, UK and 10 other states issuing a joint statement, warning the Houthis against attacking shipping vessels in the Red Sea, Grant Shapps said the rebel group "chose to ignore it".
"And enough was enough," he told defense officials, MPs (...)
Ethiopia has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain access to the sea, its government says.
It has signed what is known as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the self-declared republic of (...)
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has said British forces are ready to act against Houthi rebels that target cargo ships in the Red Sea.
In a newspaper article, he said the UK was "willing to take direct action" to protect the key shipping (...)
