With nearly three quarters of all adults fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the European Union is a world leader in inoculations. But the impressive headline number is obscuring an uncomfortable reality: the rollout has been extremely unequal across (...)
Europe is battling a record-breaking surge in energy prices that threatens to derail the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household incomes and even tarnish the nascent green transition.
A series of market, geographic and political factors (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Armen Sarkissian of the Republic of Armenia on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
King Salman has also sent a cable of congratulations to (...)
The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT- Abu Dhabi) has issued the updated 'Green List' for travel to Abu Dhabi.
Below is the full list of 'green' countries, regions and territories that you can travel from if planning a trip to Abu (...)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended its green list of countries and destinations from which travelers can enter the emirate without needing to quarantine on arrival. The latest update adds three countries to the list of approved places from (...)
With wildfires increasing in frequency and intensity due to climate change, a new study shows this may make us more vulnerable to respiratory diseases — including COVID-19.
Research by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health has found a direct link (...)
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group, a 156-year-old giant business conglomerate with interests in construction, real estate, oil & gas, infrastructure, water engineering, shipping, and biotechnology, has increased its presence in the Gulf region, including (...)
RIYADH — As of Aug. 1, Saudi Arabia opened its doors to tourists from 49 countries from around the world. All the procedures have been simplified for obtaining multiple-entry electronic visa for a period of one year, allowing tourists to spend up to (...)
Humanitarian ships rescued over 700 migrants off the coasts of Libya and Malta in just one weekend, NGO SOS Mediterranee said.
The migrant aid group said its Ocean Viking vessel had conducted six operations in international waters since Saturday.
In (...)
Malta's government must "bear responsibility" for the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an independent inquiry has found.
The probe said that Maltese authorities had created a "culture of impunity" that led to her killing.
Caruana Galizia (...)
In what many are calling the Vatican's "trial of the century," a Vatican court on Tuesday opened proceedings against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the Pope's former chief of staff, and nine other defendants charged with fraud and embezzlement, (...)
Dutch crime journalist Peter De Vries, who was shot in Amsterdam on July 6, has died of his injuries, his family says.
Dutch media network RTL — for whom De Vries worked — carried a statement that read: "Peter fought to the end, but was unable to (...)
The European Union has announced that the transport sector must cut greenhouse gases by 90 percent by 2050 in order to meet the goals of the European Green Deal.
As part of a raft of new legislation, announced on Wednesday, passenger cars - which (...)
The European Union has received enough vaccine doses to fully inoculate 70% of its adult population, Ursula von der Leyen announced on Saturday.
The Commission chief said in a statement that some 500 million doses would have been distributed to the (...)
Millions of Europeans have freely lived, worked and studied in the UK for decades, but Brexit means that those rights are no longer automatically granted. Britain's government introduced a "settlement" plan for the country's large European migrant (...)
For those dreading the consequences of Brexit, it is a most unwelcome deadline: European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom have just a week left to apply for permanent residency.
Those who don't risk eventually losing their right to live, (...)
The UN chief welcomed the election on Monday of Abdulla Shahid, foreign minister of the Maldives, as president-elect of the 76th session of the General Assembly.
"Abdulla Shahid's longstanding diplomatic experience, including in his current role as (...)
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya's unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants making the dangerous crossing in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Calling for urgent (...)
Portugal and the Netherlands are the latest European countries to ease travel restrictions as COVID infections recede and the summer season approaches.
Dutch citizens and residents can, from Saturday, visit Portugal, Malta, Ireland, Thailand, (...)
Over a quarter of adults in the European Union are unlikely to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a new survey has found.
According to Eurofound, 27 percent of adults in the bloc are either very or rather unlikely to take the jab. Almost 47,000 people (...)
Nearly half of European respondents are unsatisfied with the EU's measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey has revealed. It found 49% were unhappy with measures taken by the bloc, while 43% were satisfied and 8% undecided.
The (...)
A total of 13 EU countries have agreed on specific criteria for issuing a green passport for tourism, confirming that the holder is free of COVID-19, Austria's Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger revealed on Monday.
This passport will allow one to (...)
The people of Poland and a third of the French population are waking up to new lockdowns on Saturday to varying degrees, in the latest bid by authorities to stem the rising coronavirus tide.
Much of Europe is experiencing a surge in infections, (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received virtually Wednesday the credentials of a number of ambassadors accredited to the Kingdom.
The ceremony was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah and (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received virtually today the credentials of a number of ambassadors of the brotherly and friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom.
The ceremony was attended by Prince Faisal (...)
