WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight Syrian prisons run by the Assad regime's intelligence apparatus, which have been sites of human rights abuses against political prisoners and other detainees.
In a statement on (...)
The United States has extended its support to Iranians who are protesting over acute water shortage and other facilities, condemning Tehran's use of violence against protesters.
In a statement on Wednesday, the US Department of State said: "We (...)
RIYADH — King Abdulaziz University (KAU) of Jeddah emerged tops among the list of the best higher education institutions out of 157 universities in the Arab world. According to the annual classification of the Times Higher Education World University (...)
Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who is currently in a British prison.
Ecuador's justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalization in a letter that came in response to (...)
LONDON — The British government announced on Wednesday that passengers arriving from Europe and the United States, who have been fully vaccinated coronavirus, will not have to quarantine when entering England, according to a press statement.
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WASHINGTON — The United States has blacklisted a Turkey-based Al-Qaeda financial facilitator and a Syria-based terrorist fundraiser for Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS).
In a statement on Wednesday, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets (...)
COVID-19 infections rose eight per cent last week to more than 3.8 million, the UN health agency reported on Wednesday.
Latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed a "substantial" uptick in the Americas and the Western Pacific, which (...)
JEDDAH — The United States has expressed its condemnation of the recent Houthi attacks with armed drones and ballistic missiles, targeting civilians and civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia's southern region.
In a statement on Monday, the US (...)
The Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabeeah met, virtually Tuesday, with the administrator of the United States Agency for International (...)
WASHINGTON — The United States announced on Tuesday nearly $200 million worth of humanitarian assistance to Somalia, the US Department of State said in a press statement.
"The United States is providing nearly $199 million in additional humanitarian (...)
Dr. Sultan Bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE's special envoy for climate change and minister of industry and advanced technology, met his counterparts in London for high-level talks ahead of November's COP26 climate change summit in the UK.
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President Joe Biden announced on Monday that the United States is ending its combat mission in Iraq, though the American troops will remain in the country to train and advise local forces.
The announcement comes as the US president met with Iraqi (...)
President Joe Biden's top medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday that the United States is "going in the wrong direction" as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, particularly among unvaccinated Americans.
"If you look at the (...)
The United States announced on Friday it will grant nearly $155 million in humanitarian assistance to Iraq to help the Middle East country take care of its refugees and displaced families.
"The United States is pleased to announce nearly $155 (...)
The United States of America recorded 46,321 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), along with 429 deaths.
The American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated yesterday that the total number of COVID-19 infections reached 34,312,832, while (...)
The United States of America recorded 64,317 new infections, along with 283 deaths in the past 24 hours as a result of the novel coronavirus.
According to statistics published by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of (...)
Russia has sent two planeloads of humanitarian aid to Cuba, with the country facing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases and an ongoing US economic embargo.
The Russian government announced on Saturday it sent two AN-124 "Ruslan" aircraft belonging to the (...)
TOKYO — Saudi rower Hussein Alireza and the Saudi female sprinter Yasmine Al-Dabbagh carried Saudi Arabia's flag at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Friday.
Tarek Hamdi, the first Saudi karate player to participate in the (...)
Jordanian King Abdullah II met here today with US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley.
During the meeting, they discussed promoting the strategic partnership between Jordan and the United States, namely, in security and defense (...)
Netflix has blamed COVID-19 for slow growth in its customer base as it lost more than 400,000 subscribers in the United States and Canada in the second quarter of this year.
The US-based over-the-top content platform and production company said it (...)
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this "small step forward" could be short-lived, the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Cases on the continent fell by 1.7 percent (...)
Two hundred million Europeans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or more than half the adult population, the European Commission has said.
The Commission has set a target of having 70 percent of adult EU citizens vaccinated this summer. Some 200 (...)
Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the UN cultural body UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites, it announced on Wednesday.
"The World Heritage Committee, holding its 44th session in Fuzhou and online, (...)
Germany and the United States have announced a deal to allow the completion of a controversial Russian gas pipeline to Europe without the imposition of further US sanctions.
The agreement on Nord Stream 2, announced on Wednesday, says Germany and (...)
The United States of America recorded 46,318 new infections and 298 deaths as a result of the novel coronavirus.
According to statistics published by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of infected cases reached (...)
