CAIRO — Saudi Arabia's bowling team clinched gold in the doubles in the Tenth Arab Bowling Championship for Men and the Sixth Arab Bowling Championship for Women, being held in Cairo from Aug. 11 to 19.
Saudi Arabian bowlers Abdul Rahman Al-Khelaiwi (...)
Firefighters from across Europe have come to France's rescue on Friday to battle a massive wildfire, while fire also raged in Portugal and parts of England faced a severe drought, as successive heatwaves renewed the focus on climate change risks, (...)
Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, the UN weather agency said on Tuesday.
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures were close (...)
A powerful new sculpture unveiled at UN Headquarters on Wednesday honors the memory and mission of two human rights experts who were murdered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) five years ago.
Speaking at the ceremony, UN (...)
On September 18, 2013, I wrote an article in the Saudi English Daily Arab News titled, "Did Putin succeed in his attempt to woo Americans?"
My article was in reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin's article in the New York Times a week (...)
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist with critical emergency cash and food sustenance in Sudan.
In the first-ever direct contribution between the two UN agencies in the (...)
RIYADH — Saudis have maintained the top position of the world's highest confidence in the economic trends of their country over the past four months.
Saudi Arabia remained the most positive on the country's economic outlook with a 93 percent rating, (...)
The Ambassador of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to the Kingdom of The Netherlands Ziad bin Maashi Al-Atiyah met in The Hague with the Head of the Saudi committee for AIKIDO Eng. Basem Zarea and the 15-member team following the end of phase I (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has supported the World Bank's agreement with the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to provide the WFP $100 million for Sudan food emergency project.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday in a statement that (...)
Egypt was proclaimed today African continent's handball champion (men) after beating Cape Verde 37 - 25 at the final match attended by Prime Minister Mustafa Madboli.
The African 25th tournament was held at Dr. Mustafa Hasan gallery in Cairo, (...)
Russia warned on Thursday that it would take countermeasures against any threats in the Baltic Sea especially after Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
The spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova commented on Polish (...)
Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles have struck a multi-story block of flats and two other civilian facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens.
One missile struck the building in the village (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to capture most of Ukraine, US intelligence agencies believe.
Moscow's troops have been so weakened by combat, however, that US officials assess they are only capable of making slow territorial gains.
It (...)
With the livelihoods of about 40 percent of the world's population living at or near a coast, the second day of the UN Ocean Conference underway in Lisbon focused on strengthening sustainable ocean-based economies, managing coastal ecosystems.
The (...)
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said Ankara wanted 12 suspects from Finland and another 21 from Sweden.
Turkey says it will now be pushing for the extradition of 33 "terror" suspects from Finland and Sweden, under a deal that lifted Ankara's (...)
NATO's plans to add two more Nordic countries to the military alliance "will likely drag on" as Turkey puts a block on accepting Sweden and Finland as members.
That's the conclusion of a new report from the International Crisis Group which found (...)
Family members of Julian Assange have promised to fight the UK's decision to extradite him to the United States (US).
On Friday, the UK government ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder to the US to face spying charges. He has 14 days to (...)
The UK government has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges. He has 14 days to appeal.
Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday, and it follows a British (...)
The "unprecedented" truce in Yemen has so far led to a reduction in fighting and other positive developments, but action is needed on its full implementation and to address rising humanitarian needs and insecurity, the UN Security Council heard on (...)
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday called for a solution to NATO membership for Finland and Sweden "as soon as possible," clarifying that an upcoming NATO summit at the end of June in Madrid is not a deadline to resolve the (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to King Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden on the anniversary of his country's National Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to King Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden on the anniversary of his country's National Day.
In his (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to King Carl XVI Gustaf of the Kingdom of Sweden on the anniversary of his country's National Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Swedish King constant (...)
Finland and Sweden are preparing for an enlarged NATO naval exercise in the Baltic Sea on Sunday, amid Turkish concerns over their membership.
NATO's fortnight-long 'Baltops 22' is being hosted this year by Sweden, with the Finnish Navy and Air (...)
The Stockholm+50 environment conference came to a close on Friday with a call for real commitments to urgently address global environmental concerns, and for a just transition to sustainable economies, that work for all.
"We came to Stockholm 50 (...)
