There was a small protest of Afghan citizens in Oslo ahead of the Taliban's visit to the Norwegian capital on Sunday.
They're against the delegation meeting with Norwegian authorities and representatives from the international community for (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are meeting for talks in Geneva amid mounting fears that Russia could be about to invade Ukraine.
"This is a critical moment," Blinken said in his opening remarks.
The (...)
Climate change, the digital transformation and security are the main challenges facing the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday, calling on member states to unite and come up with common positions.
Macron was in (...)
RIYADH — An international conference bringing together a number of Western and Gulf Arab countries has kicked off in Riyadh, aimed to see how Sudan could be helped to overcome its current crisis.
The Friends of the Sudan, hosted by the Saudi (...)
More women than men were murdered in Austria last year, a rare occurrence in European Union member states, as the country begins to grapple with its femicide problem.
Thirty-one women were killed across the small Alpine country of 8.9 million people (...)
Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour has been fined €10,000 (£8,350) by a Paris court for hate speech.
The case was launched over a TV appearance, where he described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "rapists" and (...)
The prestigious, energy and sustainability-focused global platform, World Future Energy Summit, hosted by Masdar as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, began Monday with five simultaneous thought leadership forums. The Solar & Clean Energy, (...)
Before Covid-19, Nicolas Rimoldi had never attended a protest.
But somewhere along the pandemic's long and tortuous road, which saw his native Switzerland imposing first one lockdown, then another, and finally introducing vaccination certificates, (...)
The French parliament approved a law Sunday that will ban unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues as part of government efforts to protect hospitals amid a record surge in infections driven by the highly contagious (...)
Around 560,000 coronavirus health passes are at risk of deactivation in France, the Health Ministry said, as new rules surrounding booster shots for all adults goes into effect.
Starting on Saturday, adults who got their second COVID-19 vaccination (...)
UN human rights officials have welcomed the "historic" conviction on Thursday by a German court of a former senior Syrian intelligence officer, for crimes against humanity.
The man, known as Anwar R, was charged with complicity in the torture of (...)
At least three-quarters of elementary school teachers in France were reported to be on strike and half of the elementary schools were closed Thursday in protest at the government's Covid-19 protocols, CNN reported.
At least 62% of high school and (...)
France on Thursday eased strict COVID travel restrictions for arrivals from the United Kingdom.
It means vaccinated travelers will no longer be required to self-isolate upon arrival.
Prime Minister Jean Castex's office said the easing was down to (...)
North Korea says it has conducted another hypersonic missile test, under the watch of its leader Kim Jong-un, BBC reported.
State news agency KCNA said the missile fired on Tuesday had "precisely hit" a target some 1,000km (621 miles) away.
It marks (...)
More than 32 ministers, government representatives and 9 international organizations from around the world are participating in the inaugural Ministerial Roundtable on Sustainable Future Minerals that is being held in Riyadh today.
The inaugural (...)
Millions of British students have returned to school following the Christmas and New Year holidays, amid a record surge in infections and hospitalizations. For teachers and parents, the situation has brought a grim sense of déjà vu.
Unlike last (...)
More than 32 ministers, government representatives and nine international organizations from around the world are participating in the inaugural Ministerial Roundtable on Sustainable Future Minerals that is being held in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The (...)
North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, less than a week after it launched what it claimed was a hypersonic missile, BBC reported.
South Korea said it detected the launch at 07:27 local time on Tuesday (22:27 GMT on Monday).
Japan's (...)
Amid record global displacement, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday urged European countries to prioritize the better protection of people fleeing war, conflict and persecution.
UNHCR made the appeal in recommendations to France, which holds (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) confirmed on Monday that the batches of instant noodles withdrawn by France did not enter the Saudi markets.
The French authorities started withdrawing the products following the detection of the (...)
Senegal's capital Dakar saw on Sunday the inauguration of the city's Regional Express Train, a major project co-financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Senegal's President Macky Sall and IsDB's (...)
The capital city of Dakar saw yesterday the inauguration of the city's Regional Express Train, a major project co-financed by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). The inauguration ceremony was attended by Senegal's President Macky Sall and IsDB's (...)
Europe is once again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases — here is our summary of the measures being taken across the continent.
Several nations have been reporting record numbers of new daily cases, the increase compounded by the emergence of the new (...)
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be 105 percent more transmissible than Delta, the latest research by French scientists has suggested.
Researchers used statistical models to assess the transmission of the Omicron variant in France using (...)
RIYADH — As many as 10 Saudi women jockeys have qualified from among a total of 38 female contestants in the first round of the sixth edition of King Abdulaziz Camel Festival on Saturday.
A large number of women fans were among the attendees to (...)
