Around 50 women lose their lives to domestic violence every week, and 75 percent of women within a professional setting have experienced sexual harassment, according to a report by the European Parliament Thursday.
The report called for targeted (...)
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday announced an increase of 100 million euro ($118 million) humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, which will be part of a new, wider Afghan Support Package.
"We must continue supporting (...)
In the presence of the President of the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah Al-Duailej, the Saudi Academy of Civil Aviation (SACA), a GACA affiliate, signed Tuesday at the headquarters of the Authority, partnership (...)
The European Union Monday announced that it has deployed an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the legislative elections scheduled in Iraq for Oct. 10.
The core team of the EU EOM consists of 12 election experts who arrived in Baghdad and (...)
Armin Laschet unleashed a salvo of attacks against frontrunner Olaf Scholz as candidates to replace Angela Merkel as Germany's leader debated for the second time.
Scholz of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), currently Germany's finance (...)
Uber drivers in the Netherlands are entitled to the same employment benefits as taxi drivers, a court has ruled.
Judges in Amsterdam said drivers working for the ride-hailing app fall under the Dutch taxi drivers' collective labor agreement.
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Minister of Investment Eng. Khalid Al-Falih Friday outlined the unparalleled Saudi investment opportunities that are available to German businesses.
In an event hosted by the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA), the North Africa Middle (...)
The European Union on Wednesday criticized the interim government formed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as neither "inclusive" nor "representative" of the country's ethnic and religious diversity.
"It does not look like the inclusive and (...)
A historic trial began on Wednesday in Paris, over the terror attacks that took place in the French capital in 2015, killing more than 130 persons, and leaving 350 others wounded.
French local media affirmed that over the next nine months, there (...)
With food aid running out, Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services, said UN agencies on Tuesday, releasing a flash appeal for more than $600 million to support around 11 million across the crisis-wracked country to the end of the (...)
The UN atomic watchdog said on Tuesday that Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons in contravention of a 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain Tehran's (...)
RIYADH — Sattam Al-Balawi, chairman of the Saudi Tour Guides Association, said that the prices of housing units and services provided for domestic tourism in the Kingdom are very much affordable to all segments of the society.
"Personally I had two (...)
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said that his military estimate is that "the conditions are likely to develop of a civil war" in Afghanistan.
Milley said he believed it was "likely" that conditions for a future civil war could (...)
Nuclear reactors generated a total 2553 TWh of electricity in 2020, down from 2657 TWh in 2019, according to the latest World Nuclear Performance Report released by the World Nuclear Association (WNA).
Despite the small decline, the Association's (...)
British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on Thursday did not rule out a rise in coronavirus infections being caused by children going back to classrooms, as hundreds of thousands of pupils in England and Wales are returning to classrooms this (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is participating in the 2021 International Hospitality Investment Forum being held in the InterContinental Berlin, Germany, between Sept. 1 and 3.
The forum, which is hosting more than 170 speakers and participants from (...)
The Heritage Commission Wednesday announced the most recent archaeological discoveries made in the north of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, revealing evidence of early human migrations from Africa to Arabia beginning about 400,000 years ago.
The (...)
A new center in Berlin, Germany, launched on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help countries better assess and respond to global disease threats in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
The WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic (...)
The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late on Monday, ending America's longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost (...)
Rockets struck a neighbourhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The rocket attack was claimed by Daesh (ISIS-K).
The US defence department said they employed measures to thwart the attack (...)
At a time when the Western, Arab and Asian worlds are watching the astonishing repercussions in Afghanistan and the horrific images from Kabul International Airport, some may overlook the events of the same gravity that's taking place in Iran, the (...)
Another 33,196 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6,731,423, according to official figures released Sunday.
The daily infection count has now been above 30,000 for 12 (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's overall merchandise exports increased by 91.8% in June 2021 compared to June 2020, when international trade was impacted BY COVID-related lockdowns and travel bans in numerous countries.
The value of exports amounted to (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday visited Iraq's northern city of Mosul, which suffered widespread destruction during the war to defeat the Islamic State group in 2017.
Macron began his visit to Mosul by touring the Our Lady of the Hour (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's overall merchandise exports increased by 99.4% in Q2 2021 compared to Q2 2020, when international trade was impacted by COVID-related lockdowns and travel bans in numerous countries.
The value of exports amounted to (...)
