The United Arab Emirates was elected to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for the period 2020 to 2022 on Thursday during this year's annual General Conference of the agency.
For one year, the UAE will work (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and ChemRar Group have agreed to supply Avifavir, the world's first registered favipiravir-based drug against coronavirus and Russia's first drug approved for the treatment (...)
Mexico and Argentina have the capacity to produce more than 400 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Britain's University of Oxford, DPA quoted Sylvia Varela from AstraZeneca as saying on Thursday.
Argentinian President Alberto (...)
CAIRO — In a tit-for-tat move, Egypt canceled all its Kuwait-bound flights after the Gulf nation included Cairo on the list of 31 coronavirus "high risk" countries and suspended its flight operation until further notice.
Egypt's national carrier, (...)
Kuwait has banned commercial flights to 31 countries, calling them high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus until further notice, the Kuwait news agency KUNA reported.
The ban was announced by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the (...)
RIYADH — COVID-19 esports fundraiser Gamers Without Borders has broken new ground for gaming after uniting 120,000 gamers online from 72 countries in just four weeks.
The unprecedented esports initiative, organized by the Saudi Arabian Federation (...)
As Lebanese get beaten up in streets by Hezbollah and Amal militants, including fellow Shiite demonstrators, they find out more and more about the true nature of Iran's militias.
The problem with the Arab mindset is that we tend to forget and (...)
A global anti-corruption body warned Friday that Pakistan could join a blacklist of nations failing to fight money laundering and terror financing unless it changed course within four months.
"Despite a high level commitment by Pakistan to fix these (...)
The Solomon Islands' government has cut official ties with Taiwan in a new blow to President Tsai Ing-wen, who is seeking re-election in January amid rising tension with China.
Taiwan now has formal relations with only 16 countries worldwide, but (...)
England's serene progress towards Euro 2020 continued as skipper Harry Kane grabbed a hat-trick in a 4-0 demolition of Bulgaria, in Group A, at Wembley on Saturday.
Kane opened the scoring after 24 minutes and struck home two penalties after the (...)
An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West shifted position on Friday, but its anchor was still down off Gibraltar and it was unclear if it was ready to set sail soon.
Gibraltar authorities could not be reached for (...)
US President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass slayings over the weekend that killed 29 people in Texas and Ohio.
The man arrested for (...)
Major League Soccer on Friday said that it was suspending Panamanian Roman Torres for 10 games after the Seattle Sounders defender tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
Torres was also fined 20 percent of his annual salary for (...)
The world is closely following the actions of the Iranian regime against commercial vessels in the important Strait of Hormuz sea corridor. Tehran's involvement in acts of terrorism by the Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah and other similar (...)
Iran has freed nine Indian crew members of a Panama-flagged tanker it seized this month, the Indian foreign ministry said on Saturday, and it appealed for the release of three remaining crew members held from the same ship.
Dozens of Indian crew (...)
Somewhere on its journey from the waters off Iran, around Africa's southern tip and into the Mediterranean, the Grace 1 oil tanker lost the flag under which it sailed and ceased to be registered to Panama. Iran later claimed it as its own.
The ship (...)
A space odyssey starring Brad Pitt, Steven Soderbergh's financial thriller "The Laundromat", Joaquin Phoenix's stint as "Joker" and Roman Polanski's new movie on the Dreyfus affair will vie for the top prize at next month's Venice film (...)
Panama's maritime authority said on Saturday it had begun the process of withdrawing the registration of an oil tanker called MT Riah, which was towed to Iran after it disappeared from ship tracking maps in the Strait of Hormuz on July 14.
Panama (...)
Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom, received at his office at the Saudi Embassy in London today Minister of Transport and the Chairman of the General Authority for Transportation Dr. Nabil bin Mohammed Al (...)
The United States and 15 other countries launched a broadside of criticism at the European Union on Thursday, saying its "hazard-based" approach to regulating pesticides and other "critical tools" used by farmers was damaging livelihoods (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulations to President Laurentino Cortizo of the Republic of Panama on his inauguration as President of the Republic.
The King wished the President all (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulations to President Laurentino Cortizo of the Republic of Panama on his inauguration as (...)
PANAMA CITY - Panama's new President Laurentino "Nito" Cortizo vowed to curb corruption and close the wealth gap in the isthmus nation at his swearing-in ceremony on Monday.
US-educated political veteran Cortizo, 66, of the Democratic Revolution (...)
A second-half penalty from Darren Mattocks put Jamaica into their third consecutive Gold Cup semifinal on Sunday after a 1-0 win over Panama in Philadelphia.
Mattocks, who had come on as a substitute just two minutes earlier, struck from the spot (...)
Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa saved from Costa Rica's Keysher Fuller in a sudden death shootout to put his side into the Gold Cup semifinals after a 1-1 draw in Houston on Saturday.
Mexico, roared on by the vast majority of the 71,000-strong (...)
