A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 65 migrants has been found in Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said.
The IOM said the circumstances of their deaths and their nationalities are still unknown but they (...)
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.3 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
European Commission (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has welcomed the outcomes of a significant meeting orchestrated by the League of Arab States, aimed at uniting Libyan leadership figures, including the President of the Presidential Council, the Speaker of the House of (...)
Tunisia's coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking the latest disaster for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The coast guard also retrieved 45 people from the boat (...)
RIYADH — Saudi non-oil exports to the African continent surpassed SR128 billion over the last five years (2019-2023), marking a significant milestone in the Kingdom's trade expansion, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The chemicals and polymers (...)
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia and Egypt roundly rejected the collective punishment of the Palestinian people and urged Israel to stop the aggression on unarmed civilians in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint press conference after the Egyptian-Saudi consultations in (...)
TRIPOLI — Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Tripoli, Libya.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government, conveyed his appreciation to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin (...)
RIYADH — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday outlined Saudi Arabia's comprehensive internal and external policies in his speech at the opening of the fourth year of the eighth session of the Shoura Council. The key points of the royal (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Libyan Presidential Council President Dr. Mohamed Yunis Al-Menfi on his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished Al-Menfi continued good (...)
Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a "tragic shipwreck" off the coast of Libya, said the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Citing survivor accounts, the IOM's Libya office said in a post on X (...)
Coup leaders in Niger have overturned an eight-year-old law criminalising migrant smuggling in the country.
The legislation allowed authorities to take action against smugglers who transported migrants through Niger's vast desert on to Libya and (...)
In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the (...)
The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found.
On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels.
Staying below (...)
The Northern Hemisphere may be transitioning into fall, but there has been no let up from extreme heat. New data shows last month was the hottest September – the fourth consecutive month of such unprecedented heat – putting 2023 firmly on track to (...)
It's 6.30 a.m. on a late summer morning in Paris. Amid the rumbling coming from the Stalingrad Métro station, in the northeast of the French capital, hundreds of migrants, mostly men, sleep crammed under an overpass. Some rest on pieces of cardboard (...)
"Are we going to be too late for the SDGs?" Mia Mottley asked world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Friday, challenging them to "summon the determination to make the fundamental governance changes" that will turn the vision of sustainable (...)
Sudan's leader has warned the United Nations his country's war could spill over into neighboring African nations.
In a speech, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan also urged the international community to designate his opponents, the Rapid Support Forces (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday in NEOM, considered the United Nations' announcement of the Kingdom hosting celebrations of World Environment Day 2024 as confirmation of its leading role both (...)
A fifth Saudi relief plane carrying 90 tons of food assistance arrived at Benghazi's Benina International Airport Wednesday.
The aid will be distributed to the victims of the floods that hit Libya recently.
The assistance provided is a direct result (...)
President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine, emphasized the need for the UN to live up to its founding principles to ensure respect for the sovereignty of all States, and discussed steps to tackle the climate (...)
Global unity and solidarity are needed in the face of myriad crises that threaten to reverse decades of development gains and resign millions to poverty, the President of the UN General Assembly said in his address to the opening of its 78th General (...)
The territorial integrity and human rights that form the foundation of the UN must be collectively defended, United States President Joseph Biden said on Tuesday.
Yet, for the second year in a row, the annual debate at the UN General Assembly is (...)
A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside. "First we determine age, sex and length," he explains.
"He's in the putrefaction stage now, because of the water."
In a hospital car park in (...)
At least three members of a Greek rescue team and three members of a Libyan family have died in a road collision.
The rescuers were among a team who were traveling on a bus to the flood-ravaged city of Derna on Sunday when their vehicle collided (...)
A third Saudi relief plane carrying 50 tons of food assistance arrived at Benghazi's Benina International Airport Monday.
The aid will be distributed to the victims of the floods that hit Libya recently.
The aid comes in implementation of the (...)