Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmad Bin Mubarak said Tuesday the groundwork has started for salvaging the decaying FSO Safer supertanker and averting an oil spill in the southern part of the Red Sea.
A technical team from SMIT Salvage Ltd, a leading Dutch (...)
"We had not been in air for more than 30 seconds... suddenly, the engine started coughing. We could see the propeller slowing down and the plane losing altitude," says Diego Londoño, a 30-year-old man from the remote Colombian Amazon town of Mitú, (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, affirmed the government's keenness to develop and diversify the Kingdom's economy, and improve the investment environment.
In this regard, (...)
Cathay Pacific Airways said Tuesday it had fired three cabin crew members after a passenger complained of discrimination on a flight from mainland China, an incident that angered Hong Kong officials and underscored the pressure on the city's flag (...)
With "crisis atop of crisis" threatening millions in the Horn of Africa, the international community cannot afford to stand idly by, Secretary-General António Guterres said at a pledging event to raise $7 billion for the region, held at UN (...)
The "senseless" fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist on zero tolerance for sexual violence among their troops, the UN rights chief said on Wednesday.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk appealed to (...)
Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis are set to win Sunday's elections but are well short of the majority for an outright victory, an initial exit poll suggests.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's (...)
The world is counting on the G7 bloc of industrialized democracies to demonstrate global leadership and solidarity, said the UN chief on Sunday, speaking to journalists in Hiroshima, Japan, which he described as a "global symbol of the tragic (...)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky joined leaders of major democracies on Saturday at a summit in Japan dominated by a push to present a unified front against both Russia and China.
The Group of Seven (G7) talks in Hiroshima are seeking common (...)
Two senior Russian military officers have been killed in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday, the latest high-profile losses for Moscow in a grinding war with its western neighbor.
The ministry said the two officers – Col. (...)
JEDDAH — King Abdullah Air Base in the Western Sector received 26 foreign flights evacuating 2,889 nationals from Sudan. The nationals belonged to six countries — India, Pakistan, Sudan, Indonesia, Morocco, and Korea.
Twenty-two flights departed (...)
It's time to enjoy the best of British food traditions this summer at the LuLu British Food Festival. The week-long culinary journey at all the LuLu Hypermarket outlets in Saudi Arabia, was inaugurated by Neil Crompton, British Ambassador to the (...)
Minister of State and Cabinet Member Prince Turki Bin Mohammad Bin Fahd participated in the coronation ceremony of King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Head of the Commonwealth, held at Westminster Abbey (...)
Minister of State and Cabinet Member Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahd will attend the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.
Prince Turki arrived in (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Tourism Authority, is participating in the 30th edition of the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, which kicked off yesterday and will run until May 4, aiming to boost the Kingdom's position on the (...)
"MasterChef Australia" host Jock Zonfrillo has died suddenly age 46 on the eve of the cooking show's new series, according to a statement from Australian broadcaster Network 10.
The Scottish presenter passed away in Melbourne on Sunday, according to (...)
Civilians in Sudan, including scores of internally displaced people and refugees, are scrambling for safety and suffering the disastrous consequences of the violence there, as many aid operations have been forced to pause, UN humanitarians said on (...)
Members of the Trilateral Mechanism and the Quad welcomed an announcement by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces to extend the current ceasefire for an additional 72 hours and called for its full implementation.
The Trilateral (...)
Members of the Trilateral Mechanism (the African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and the United Nations) and the Quad (the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States) welcome (...)
In continuation of the evacuation efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, several evacuees arrived in Jeddah this morning from the Republic of Sudan. The number of the arrivals is 52 from the (...)
Microsoft's president has attacked the UK after it was blocked from buying US gaming firm Activision, saying the EU was a better place to start a business.
The move was "bad for Britain" and marked Microsoft's "darkest day" in its four decades of (...)
JEDDAH — A Saudi ship transporting 203 evacuees from Sudan arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday.
The number of arriving individuals were 5 Saudi citizens and 198 from other nationalities. The evacuees were people from Russia, the United Kingdom, China, (...)
In continuation of the evacuation efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, several evacuees arrived in Jeddah this evening from the Republic of Sudan. The number of arriving individuals is 5 Saudi (...)
A North Sea coalition of nine countries Monday committed to develop the North Sea into the world's largest green energy power plant.
The North Sea Summit brought together heads of state or government and the energy ministers of Belgium, Denmark, (...)
In continuation of the evacuation efforts made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the directives of the Kingdom's Leadership, several evacuees arrived from the Republic of Sudan to the city of Jeddah today.
The number of arriving individuals is (...)
