Given the complex and multifaceted challenges in the Arabian Gulf region, the UN chief told the Security Council on Tuesday that it is important to reflect more deeply on how everyone, particularly the Council itself, can "work in unison to promote (...)
A total of 19 prisoners — 15 Saudi citizens and four Sudanese nationals — have arrived at King Salman Airbase in Riyadh, the Arab Coalition said on Thursday in a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency.
In the statement, the coalition spokesman Col. (...)
Statement by the Official Spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen, COL Turki Al-Malki
"(19) Prisoners of War of the Coalition Forces have arrived at King Salman Airbase this afternoon (Thursday), (15) are Saudi and (4) are Sudanese (...)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf welcomed the start of releasing prisoners of war and arrestees in Yemen amounting to 1081 between the Yemeni government and the Houthi militia, a positive step in (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met in his office here on Wednesday with UN Secretary General's envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to discuss the latest developments in Yemen.
During the (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf met in his office in Riyadh today with UN Secretary General's envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths to discuss the latest developments in Yemen.
During the meeting, (...)
American economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats", Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said on Monday.
"Their (...)
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced on Tuesday, an award that has in the past honored discoveries about the tiniest of particles and the vast mysteries of outer space.
The joint winners are Roger Penrose, a University of Oxford academic (...)
The 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry has been awarded to two female scientists for discovering "genetic scissors", described as a "tool for rewriting the code of life".
The joint award went to Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Unit for the (...)
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology has been jointly awarded to the three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus.
Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles M Rice, and British-born Michael Houghton were revealed on Monday as this (...)
At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in Yemen reached what the UN envoy there called "a very important milestone", in agreeing to release a first group of detainees.
Delegates from the Yemen government and (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC, Secretary-General Dr. Nayef Al Hajraf on Sunday welcomed the deal reached by the Yemeni government and Houthi group to immediately release a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners.
In a press (...)
RIYADH — The Arab coalition forces to Restore the Legitimate Government in Yemen said that 15 Saudi prisoners are to be released by Houthis on Sunday, adding that the prisoner swap is in line with the Stockholm agreement.
The official spokesman of (...)
On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons marked on Saturday, the UN chief has underscored the need to "reverse course and return to a common path to nuclear disarmament".
Almost 75 years since the adoption of the first (...)
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has urged allies worldwide to increase their defense spending to at least 2 percent of gross domestic product, Kyodo cited the Defense Department as saying on Thursday.
The remarks were in line with President (...)
More than five years of war have "devastated the lives of tens of millions of Yemenis", with experts estimating that up to one million may have been affected by COVID-19, the UN chief told the General Assembly on Thursday.
Secretary-General António (...)
Russia is considering cutting spending on the military as low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis have pummeled its economy, a document published by the finance ministry shows.
The ministry has proposed the government cut state spending on the (...)
Denmark is easing border controls introduced in March as part of efforts to stem the spread of coronavirus, dpa quoted the
national police as saying today, on Thursday.
Border controls will be periodic and selective, allowing for smoother traffic (...)
Far-right bigots burned a copy of the Holy Qur'an in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday.
Rioters set fires and threw objects at police and rescue (...)
The Yemeni government called on the international community to act, stating it must do far more to shoulder the responsibility and break tits current silence over the crimes and violations being committed by the Houthi coup militias.
A government (...)
Hiroki Matsuhashi and Takuma Miyaki from Japan receive the prestigious 2020 Stockholm Junior Water Prize for their innovation to prevent soil erosion. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden announced the winners during an online award ceremony as part of (...)
The Yemeni government called on the international community must do far more to shoulder responsibility for ending the current silence over the crimes and violations being committed by Al-Houthi coup militias.
A government meeting chaired here today (...)
Sweden has chosen the right strategy in fighting the spread of the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Friday, defending his government's decision not to adopt a strict lockdown as many European countries have done.
More than 5,800 (...)
The official spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Col. Turki Al-Maliki said on Thursday that it shot down an explosive-laden drone heading towards the Kingdom, according to a statement from Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The Unmanned (...)
Statement by the Official Spokesman of the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen COL Turki Al-Malki
"Joint Coalition Forces intercepted and shot down a bomb-laden Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) launched toward the Kingdom this morning.
The (...)
