DAVOS — Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef and President of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Børge Brende signed on Wednesday a cooperation agreement between the ministry and the WEF to advance industrial transformation (...)
DAVOS — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with British Secretary of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Yvette Cooper on the sidelines of the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on (...)
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly stepped back from threats to impose tariffs on European allies that opposed his plans to seize Greenland.
Ruling out use of force to acquire the Arctic island, Trump said a deal was in sight to end the (...)
More countries across the Middle East and Asia have announced plans to join United States President Donald Trump's so-called "board of peace" in the Gaza Strip, stressing the need to secure a "permanent ceasefire" in the Palestinian enclave.
The (...)
France has called for a NATO exercise in Greenland and said it is ready to contribute, French President Emmanuel Macron's office said.
News of the request comes as US President Donald Trump arrives in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, where he is (...)
US President Donald Trump is once again en route to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland after his plane returned to the US due to a "minor electrical issue," according to a White House official.
Trump landed safely on Air Force One at Joint Base (...)
DAVOS — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Prime Minister of Palestine Dr. Mohammad Mustafa on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. They discussed bilateral (...)
Former Syrian vice president Rifaat al Assad, brother of the late President Hafez al Assad, died on Tuesday.
Rifaat was known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for (...)
US President Donald Trump has saidat the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland that "he won't use force" to acquire Greenland, but that the US would be "unstoppable" in armed conflict with Europe over the island.
The US is "seeking immediate (...)
Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani, whose elegant evening gowns were favored for decades by some of the world's most glamorous women, has died at 93, according to his foundation.
He "peacefully passed away today at his residence in Rome, (...)
DAVOS — President of Switzerland, Guy Parmelin, held discussions on Monday with Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef, and Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim during the (...)
RIYADH — A high-level Saudi delegation, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Switzerland, from January 19 to 23.
The delegation includes Saudi (...)
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared a state of emergency in the country's energy sector, as ongoing Russian strikes continue to leave thousands of residents without power.
Zelenskiy acted as emergency crews proceeded with (...)
A Swiss court ordered on Monday three months of pretrial detention for the co-owner of a bar in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana that caught fire on New Year's Day, killing 40 people and injuring 116 others.
The court of compulsory measures (...)
All 40 people who lost their lives in a devastating New Year's Eve fire in in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have now been formally identified, Switzerland Police said on Sunday, confirming that teenagers accounted for more than half of the (...)
Police have identified the bodies of 16 additional victims killed in a devastating bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, bringing the total number of identified fatalities to 24.
Authorities said the youngest victim was a 14-year-old (...)
Police have identified the first four victims killed in a fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year's Eve, as efforts continue to identify the remaining dead.
Valais cantonal police said the bodies of two Swiss women, aged 21 and 16, (...)
Investigators are continuing their efforts on Friday to identify the victims of a fire that ripped through a bar in the Swiss Alps town of Crans-Montana, turning a New Year's celebration into one of the country's worst tragedies.
Relatives and (...)
Scores of people are presumed killed and around 100 others injured in a fire at a New Year's party in a Swiss ski resort, police said Thursday.
The fire started at about 1:30am (00:30 GMT) on Thursday morning in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of (...)
Spanish police said on Thursday they had broken up a criminal network linked to smuggling 300 workers into the country, mostly from Nepal.
The workers were placed illegally on farms in central and eastern Spain.
Police arrested 11 people and are (...)
The European Union issued updated guidance for asylum applications by Syrian nationals on Wednesday that reflects new conditions in Syria a year after the fall of former long-time leader, Bashar al-Assad.
The changes may influence the result of (...)
The Eurovision Song Contest faces a battle for its future at a "watershed" meeting in Geneva on Thursday.
Organisers and participating countries will debate whether Israel should be allowed to continue in the competition, amid protests over the way (...)
GENEVA — Saudi Arabia presented its vision for developing an integrated mining sector that links investment with innovation and industry while taking part in the 21st annual general meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals (...)
WASHINGTON — The United States has approved to sell American-made F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump announced, marking an important step toward adding one of the world's most advanced aircraft to the Kingdom's defense (...)
Rescuers are using helicopters to search for survivors in the ruins of remote villages in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed 800 people and injured 1,800 others.
Many are feared trapped under the rubble of their homes after the (...)
