Hopes placed in the UN and the member states that serve on the Security Council to take action against leaders of Myanmar's military coup, are waning fast, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Friday.
Christine Schraner Burgener welcomed (...)
The biggest slice of the ongoing phase of repatriation flights for Indians affected by coronavirus disruptions worldwide has been set apart for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Anurag Srivastava, the spokesman of the Ministry of (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman have sent cables of congratulations to Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo on the eve of the anniversary of his country's National Day.
In their congratulatory (...)
Trapping and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil power generation and industry is needed urgently to achieve carbon neutrality, the UN's Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said in a report published on Wednesday.
The net-zero (...)
Italy has blocked a shipment of coronavirus vaccines going to Australia — the first time a new EU export control mechanism has been used.
The government of Mario Draghi, Italy's newly appointed prime minister, asked Brussels for the export to be (...)
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken strongly condemned the Houthi terrorist militia of launching a ballistic missile towards Riyadh, and the attack with a military projectile on Jazan Region, which resulted in the injury of five civilians.
In a (...)
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 Arab Emirates (UAE) strongly condemned and denounced the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militia's systematic attempts to target civilians and civil objects in a number of Saudi Arabia's cities, using a ballistic missile and booby trapped (...)
The United States just added another powerful tool against COVID-19 to its inventory: a third vaccine.
This latest piece of good news comes at a time US health leaders say is critical in the country's battle against the virus, as dropping cases (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that her country could be caught in a third wave of COVID-19 if it lifts its lockdown too quickly.
Her comments come as daycare centers and elementary schools were reopened in 10 of the Germany's 16 states (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled Bin Salman has made a phone call to the British Secretary of State for Defense, Ben Wallace, the Saudi Press Agency reported early Thursday.
During the conversation, they discussed (...)
More collective action is needed to address the risks climate change poses to global peace and security, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level Security Council debate on Tuesday, as renowned natural historian David Attenborough warned countries (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Heritage Authority is preparing to resume archaeological survey and excavation projects in various regions of the Kingdom after a hiatus of nearly one year following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The projects will (...)
RIYADH — A recent medical study suggests that Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are effective at significantly reducing hospitalizations and the risk of contracting the disease.
Preliminary findings from a study found that there were 85 percent fewer (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United Kingdom (UK) reaffirmed the significance of their strategic relations and its profoundness, based on mutual points of view, understanding and cooperation binding the two parties over regional as well (...)
International travelers arriving at Indian airports from the Middle East, Europe and the United Kingdom have been advised by the country's ministry of civil aviation here to brace for longer wait times from Tuesday (Feb. 23).
This is in view of more (...)
Facebook's decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a much wider showdown between the world's biggest social media platform and the governments and news (...)
The United States must work with other leading global powers to curb Iran's "destabilizing" nuclear ambitions, said President Joe Biden on Friday.
In his address to the Munich Security Conference, the US president said his administration was (...)
The world's richest countries are on Friday boosting their commitment to a COVID-19 vaccination program for poorer countries.
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States are holding virtual talks (...)
Foreign ministers of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have affirmed their resolve to "de-escalate tensions" in the Arabian Gulf region and sought to ensure Iran can never develop a nuclear weapon.
This came on Thursday in a (...)
In a significant move to jumpstart diplomacy, the Biden administration said Thursday that the US is willing to sit down for talks with Tehran and other signatories to the Iran nuclear deal before either side has taken any tangible action to salvage (...)
OSLO — Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Norway Amal Yahya Al-Moallimi presented on Thursday her credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Norway to the Crown Prince of Norway (...)
The foreign ministers of five countries have condemned in the strongest terms the Feb. 15 rocket attack in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, offering their support to the government of Iraq's investigation into the attack.
"We the foreign ministers of (...)
The saying has it that in every crisis there is opportunity, and the oil industry is no exception, with efficiencies and targeted investments being the prime focus areas during and in the aftermath of a downturn.
Very few stones remain unturned in (...)
Criminal lawyer and human rights expert Karim Khan of the United Kingdom was elected on Friday to be the next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
He will take office on June 16, replacing Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of Ghana.
The (...)
