European stocks ended lower yesterday, weighed down by rising US bond yields and concerns over
inflation, dpa reported.
The markets were also weighed down by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's comments on Thursday that reopening of the (...)
RIYADH — Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Al-Hajraf, affirmed the steadfast position of the GCC member states toward supporting Yemen and its people under the legitimate government, to confront the Iranian-backed (...)
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement published on its official website that the financial pledges announced during the virtual Yemen High-Level Pledging Event 2021, organized by (...)
The United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) on Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Yemen that killed five civilians, including a woman and child.
Three other civilians were also said to have been wounded in the attack, (...)
Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, announced today the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's pledge of USD 430 million to fund the United Nations Yemen (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia has pledged $430 million to fund the United Nations Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan 2021, the Supervisor General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, who is also an (...)
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf, affirmed the steadfast position of the GCC states towards supporting Yemen and its people under the legitimate government, to confront the Iranian-backed terrorist (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia has been ranked second in the Arab region and 24th worldwide, up from last year's 26th ranking, in the Global Soft Power Index 2021.
The Kingdom has recorded an impressive 0.8-point increase in the governance pillar, with (...)
Swedish-headquartered Roxtec is launching its subsidiary, Roxtec Saudi Arabia, building on more than 20 years of trading in the Kingdom. The company will be headquartered in the port city of Al Khobar in Eastern Saudi Arabia on the Arabian (...)
Bahrain has become one of the first countries in the world to launch a digital COVID vaccine passport.
The country's BeAware app enables individuals to show their immunity status two weeks after receiving both doses of the jab, when antibodies have (...)
Germany, Poland and Sweden each announced on Monday that a Russian diplomat in their country has been declared "persona non grata" in retaliation to Moscow expelling European diplomats last week.
The German Foreign Ministry said in a statement that (...)
RIYADH — The Dammam-based Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal University has started the first phase of clinical trials to produce the coronavirus vaccine, and this is with the support of the Ministry of Education.
The university has completed the (...)
Yemeni Premier Muein Abdulmalki received here today a written message form the President of the European Union Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Charles Michel, which included confirmation of the EU as a (...)
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell condemned Russia's move to expel European diplomats on Friday in an interview with Euronews.
The EU's top diplomat said that he learned of the news during his meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister (...)
Russia says it has expelled diplomats from Germany, Poland, and Sweden amid claims they took part in pro-Alexei Navalny protests.
The move, condemned by German Chancellor Angela Merkel as "unjustified", comes on the day the EU's foreign affairs (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a circular to all air carriers operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's airports, to temporarily suspend entry into the Kingdom for travelers from (Argentina, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, (...)
France, Poland, and Sweden on Tuesday issued recommendations not to use the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca for the elderly.
They join Germany and Italy which issued such recommendations last week.
Authorities in France and Sweden say the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has suspended entry to the Kingdom for non-citizens, including diplomats, health practitioners, and their families, from 20 specific countries as it steps up efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Saudi Press Agency (...)
The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar's democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians.
The United States "will take (...)
With an end to the coronavirus pandemic in sight, the independent British Research Center launched a nationwide campaign to contain unemployment and create a healthy society by bringing down weekly workdays. People in most countries had been (...)
Julian Assange should not be released on bail while he waits for the United States to launch an appeal to extradite him, a British judge has ruled.
The decision means the WikiLeaks founder will continue to be held in Belmarsh Prison in London, where (...)
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) released a study, outlining the legislative and regulatory status of cloud computing at a global level.
This study, which benchmarks Saudi Arabia against ten other countries and (...)
A senior government official in Sweden has been criticized after going against his own agency's COVID-19 recommendations and traveling to the Canary Islands over Christmas.
Dan Eliasson, director-general of Sweden's Civil Contingencies Agency, had (...)
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face charges of espionage, a British court has ruled.
Delivering her decision at the Old Bailey on Monday, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser upheld many of the (...)
