Heating turned down and boilers adjusted — these are the measures Europeans need to take to prepare for Russian gas supplies being completely cut, according to a report.
The EU faces "unprecedented risks" of gas shortages this winter after Russia (...)
President Joe Biden has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine.
On Friday, President Putin appeared to make a veiled threat to (...)
Ukrainian forces entered the eastern Russian stronghold of Lyman on Saturday after encircling thousands of Russian troops, Kiev has said.
Moscow has confirmed that its forces have left the town. The state-owned RIA Novosti agency quoted the Russian (...)
Microsoft for Startups Middle East have announced the third cohort of B2B tech startups for its engaging GrowthX Accelerator program today.
Run as part of a strategic partnership between the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and Microsoft, the (...)
The backlog of asylum applications in the Netherlands is almost as high as during the 2015 refugee crisis, according to new data.
Figures from Eurostat show that the Dutch immigration service has not yet responded to almost 30,000 asylum seekers.
A (...)
JEDDAH — It was a momentous speech that lit the first passion toward unity and the march of people, led by the King Abdul Aziz, toward a glorious future. King Abdul Aziz, according to intellectuals and historians, was one of the leaders who provided (...)
Russian police are reported to have arrested hundreds of protesters rallying against the Kremlin's decision to call up thousands of extra troops to fight in Ukraine.
Russian human rights group OVD-Info put the total at more than 1,300. The largest (...)
Moscow swapped high-profile commanders of Mariupol's Azov Regiment in return for a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the largest prisoner exchange since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in late February.
The deal that saw a (...)
Protests continued throughout Iran for the fifth night in a row over the death of a young woman said to have been severely beaten by the morality police tasked with enforcing a strict dress code for women.
Demonstrators took to the streets in 15 (...)
US prosecutors have charged 47 people in the largest Covid relief fraud scheme alleged to date.
The suspects are accused of stealing $250m (£220m) from a government aid program that was supposed to feed children in need during the pandemic.
They (...)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he believes Russia's leader is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a "significant step" will be made.
He said his impression from recent talks with Vladimir Putin was that he wanted (...)
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has openly blamed Azerbaijan for the renewed conflict in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, though this was challenged by Baku.
Speaking in Armenia on Sunday, Pelosi said: "Our meeting again had particular (...)
Migrants have been paying up to €20,000 to be smuggled into Europe on private aircraft, say police.
They were given fake diplomatic passports and put on flights in Turkey that were supposedly heading to the Caribbean.
But the planes stopped over in (...)
A senior Armenian official said late on Wednesday that a truce had been agreed with Azerbaijan after two days of violence linked to a decades-old dispute between the ex-Soviet states over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Reuters reported.
There (...)
The Syrian health ministry said 20 cases of cholera had been confirmed by laboratories in Aleppo province
ALEPPO, Syria — The UN has expressed concern about the first confirmed cholera outbreak in Syria in years, saying it poses a "serious threat" (...)
China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Ukraine and other "international and regional topics" at their meeting later this week, the Kremlin says.
The two will meet in Uzbekistan at a summit that will show an (...)
Fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday night killed almost 100 soldiers, it has emerged.
Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said 49 of its soldiers died in overnight clashes, while Azerbaijan's defense ministry said 50 of its (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to join Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a security summit that is being described as an "alternative" to the West.
Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) — (...)
The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) reviewed its role in addressing the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and its effectiveness during the pandemic, and the tasks entrusted to it in combating epidemics.
This came during SFDA's participation in the 2nd (...)
Vladimir Putin has condemned Western sanctions imposed because of Russia's war in Ukraine as a fever that poses a threat to the entire world.
In a speech to an economic forum in Vladivostok, he said Russia was coping with the West's economic (...)
Water levels in Pakistan's biggest lake are starting to recede, officials say, after last-ditch attempts to prevent it from bursting its banks.
Manchar Lake, in Sindh province, is dangerously full after record monsoons that inundated swaths of (...)
Microsoft for Startups Middle East has announced the opening of applications for the third cohort of its highly engaging GrowthX Accelerator Program. The organization has also opened-up free registrations for the latest instalment of its popular (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi citizens who sustained injuries in a recent traffic accident in the Turkish city of Rize were airlifted to the Kingdom on Wednesday.
This was in line with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown (...)
As Saudi Arabia positions itself as the gaming powerhouse of the Gulf, the involvement of stakeholders ranging from the Kingdom's sovereign wealth fund and global gaming companies to world renowned gamers in the regional gaming industry signals its (...)
ISTANBUL — A total of 18 Saudi tourists were injured in a bus accident in the northern Turkish region of Rize on Saturday, the Saudi embassy in Turkey said in a statement.
Six Saudis are still receiving treatment at a hospital in the Rize city while (...)
