ARAR — The Jadidat Arar Border Crossing received on Thursday the first group of pilgrims arriving from Iraq on board 192 buses.
Pilgrims were greeted with streamlined organizational procedures to ensure their smooth entry and ease of transit, (...)
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said on Monday it would dissolve itself, in what would be a historic move after decades of conflict with Turkey that have killed tens of thousands of people.
The militant group said in a statement Monday that "all (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Export Development Authority organized a trade mission in cooperation with the Saudi-American Business Council, with the participation of the Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, and the Saudi Export-Import Bank. The (...)
The Trump administration will admit more than two dozen white South Africans as refugees next week, despite the ongoing suspension of most U.S. refugee resettlement programs, officials and documents confirmed Friday.
According to a document obtained (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has received on Sunday an invitation from Iraqi President Dr. Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid to attend the 34th Summit of the Council of the Arab League and the 5th Session of the Arab Economic and (...)
RIYADH — The OPEC+ countries have agreed on Saturday to an oil output hike for a second month in a row in June with 411,000 barrels per day.
Last month, the eight OPEC+ countries made a larger-than-planned production increase for May, also of (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports recorded a high performance in 2024 with a total value of SR515 billion, the highest in its history.
Exports grew by 13% compared to the previous year, in addition to an increase of more than 113% since the (...)
Jordan has announced a sweeping ban on the Muslim Brotherhood that could include shutting down the country's largest opposition party, after accusing the Islamist group of planning attacks.
The Islamic Action Front, a political party linked to the (...)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat, this one on his personal phone and including his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Ministry of Defense hosted the eighth meeting of the Chiefs of Staff of the Dragon Group member states in Riyadh on Sunday.
The Saudi Chief of the General Staff Gen. Fayyadh Al-Ruwaili inaugurated the meeting, which discussed topics (...)
RIYADH — King Abdulaziz Public Library (KAPL) revealed that it had acquired 400 rare copies of the Holy Qur'an from various Islamic eras, especially between the 10th and 13th centuries AH, which a treasury embracing the radiance of Arab Islamic art (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, represented by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), has spent a total of $241,167,000 to implement de-mining projects in Yemen, Azerbaijan, and Iraq. This is part of the Kingdom's keenness on (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other OPEC+ countries, agreed on Thursday to boost oil supply in May 2025. The OPEC+ countries, which also include Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman, agreed to raise (...)
Denmark strongly criticized US Vice President JD Vance on Saturday following his controversial comments accusing Copenhagen of neglecting Greenland during a visit to the US Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars (...)
There are few US presidential actions more sensitive, more fraught with peril, than when and where to use American military force.
If such information were obtained by American adversaries in advance, it could put lives – and national foreign policy (...)
A US court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting a Georgetown University researcher who was detained by immigration authorities earlier this week.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, is a postdoctoral fellow studying and teaching at (...)
Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shuttered in the early phase of Syria's civil war.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to the Syrian capital, her second trip to the country since (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi women's national football team will take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers for the first time in its history, marking a major milestone in the Kingdom's ongoing efforts to develop women's football.
The 2026 edition of (...)
The US vice president has sparked a row with his comments about a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
UK opposition politicians accused JD Vance of disrespecting British forces after he said a US stake in Ukraine's economy was a "better (...)
RIYADH — The meeting of OPEC+ alliance has decided on Monday to proceed with a planned April oil output increase. "This gradual increase may be paused or reversed subject to market conditions and this flexibility will allow the group to continue to (...)
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) declared a ceasefire on Saturday, following a call from its imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms, marking a potential turning point in the decades-long conflict with Turkey.
The announcement, (...)
Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay down arms and dissolve the group, potentially ending a decades-long conflict with Turkey that is estimated to have killed at least 40,000 (...)
Saudi Arabia has welcomed the call by Abdullah Ocalan, the founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), for the group to dissolve and lay down arms.
In a statement released on Friday, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated the Kingdom's (...)
The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah took place on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks (...)
BEIJING — The Saudi U-20 national team clinched qualification for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup after a dramatic 1-0 victory over China in the quarterfinals of the AFC U-20 Championship.
With the match heading toward extra time, Ammar Al-Yahibi (...)
