TIRANA, Albania — The Governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) Yasir Al-Rumayyan called the EU's upcoming sustainability regulations "outrageous" and cited a regulatory decision in Switzerland that impacted PIF's investment in Credit (...)
After five days of confusion over Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposal for direct talks with Ukraine, the day they were supposed to begin initially brought only more of the same: a seven-hour stakeout on the banks of the Bosphorus, an unruly (...)
There's a vast empty space in the middle of the factory floor in Foshan in southern China where workers should be welding high-end air fryers for the US market.
Derek Wang says his American customers were wowed by his air fryer models — which are (...)
Share markets jumped on Monday after President Trump said weekend talks had resulted in a "total reset" in trade terms between the US and China, a move which goes some way to defuse the high stakes stand-off between the two countries.
The talks in (...)
Both China and the United States have said that they've made progress at trade talks between the two countries in Switzerland.
The US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the discussions as "productive and constructive," while China's Vice (...)
The White House announced Sunday that it has reached a trade agreement with China following two days of high-level negotiations in Switzerland, though no specific terms have yet been disclosed and Beijing has not commented on the development.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer began talks Saturday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Geneva, in a bid to de-escalate a deepening trade dispute that threatens global markets and bilateral (...)
Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp (...)
One week after a devastating militant attack near the mountain resort of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir killed 26 people, the town wears a look of quiet desolation, although tourists have begun trickling back in small numbers.
The main high (...)
An Indian naval officer on honeymoon, a tourist guide who was sole breadwinner for his family, and a businessman holidaying with his wife and children were among the victims of the horrific attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cut short a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia and returned to New Delhi after an attack in the disputed Kashmir region killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists.
Security has been beefed up across Kashmir, (...)
Last year, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius declared that Germans "must be ready for war by 2029". The government is ramping up defense spending, and car manufacturers are considering repurposing factories to produce military supplies as the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Education (MOE) will participate in the 50th Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, set to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from April 9 to 13.
The Kingdom will present 134 inventions at the event, alongside (...)
Global stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad.
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region fell for a second day, hot on the heels (...)
When Kajol contracted tuberculosis in January, USAID kept her alive. Now she and her family are in danger again after the Trump administration ordered most US aid spending to end.
TB can be fatal if left untreated. The highly contagious bacterial (...)
JEDDAH – On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, newly appointed Saudi ambassadors to several countries took the oath of office before Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Salam Palace in (...)
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.
The (...)
BERN — Saudi Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Al-Ibrahim held a meeting with Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin, head of Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research, during an official visit to Switzerland.
The two (...)
HARBIN, China — Saudi alpine skier Sharifa Al-Sudairi made history with her participation on Saturday in the ninth Asian Winter Games, marking the Kingdom's first-ever appearance in the competition. Although she was unable to qualify for the second (...)
Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced.
Prince Karim Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismailis, a Shia Muslim faction.
He "passed (...)
RIYADH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's support for Syria and Lebanon and their peoples. The Cabinet session, chaired by Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, pledged its backing for the (...)
Saudi Arabia will host a recurring high-level World Economic Forum (WEF) global meeting in Riyadh, with the inaugural event scheduled for Spring 2026.
The announcement was made by Saudi Arabia's Minister of Economy and Planning, Faisal Alibrahim, (...)
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to "disguise" diversity initiatives in their agencies or face "adverse consequences".
The request came after President Donald Trump (...)
Israel's defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting "terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a "man-made disaster."
Israel's military is using lessons from its offensive in Gaza in (...)
Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the frontlines in Donetsk in the Donbas region say more weapons are urgently needed to fend off Russian aggression and territorial advances.
They say the situation is "quite difficult" adding that the Kremlin is (...)
