One of the largest evacuation flights departed Kabul on Sunday with an unknown number of Americans on board and is on its way to Doha, a senior Qatari government official told CNN.
The ninth evacuation flight from Afghanistan since August 31 is (...)
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer and biotechnology company BioNTech said Friday they have requested to have their coronavirus vaccine licensed for children ages 5 to 11 across the European Union. If EU regulators agree, it would be the first (...)
The US will reopen transAtlantic flights to vaccinated passengers on Nov. 8, following 18 months of restrictions that have hit many international carriers, travel companies and businesses hard.
The White House on Friday said it would lift COVID-19 (...)
India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term on Thursday with an overwhelming majority in the General Assembly, with New Delhi's envoy describing the election as a "robust endorsement" of the country's strong roots in (...)
WASHINGTON — Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met on Thursday the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington.
Blinken reiterated the US government's commitment to help Saudi Arabia defend its territory and people and reiterated US (...)
The United States has said it will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers from 33 countries on Nov. 8, BBC reported on Friday.
Under new rules announced by the White House, vaccinated people who have had a negative test in the 72 hours (...)
An overnight Israeli airstrike in central Syria has killed one Syrian soldier and wounded three others, Syria's defense ministry said on Thursday.
Wednesday's attack was near the city of Palmyra in Homs province. "At approximately 23:34 (20:34 GMT) (...)
Almost 86 percent of all coronavirus infections in Africa go unnoticed, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Thursday.
The WHO puts the number of all infections on the continent at 59 million, over seven times the more than 8 million (...)
RIYADH — Prince Turki Al-Faisal, former head of Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence, revealed that the United States rejected an offer by the Sudanese government to extradite Osama Bin Laden when he was in Khartoum.
Prince Turki made the remarks (...)
JEDDAH — Princess Reema Bint Bandar, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032.
The Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been (...)
Another 42,766 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest number since mid-July, according to official figures released Wednesday.
It brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 8,272,883.
The country also (...)
Computer chip shortages, epic port congestion and a serious lack of truck drivers. The world's delicate supply chains are under extreme stress, CNN reports.
The supply chain nightmare is jacking up prices for consumers and slowing the global (...)
Diriyah Biennale Foundation (DBF) announced the artists that will be participating in Saudi Arabia's first contemporary art biennale, to be held from Dec. 11, 2021, through March 11, 2022 in the JAX district of Diriyah, just outside of (...)
The Group of 20 major economies is determined to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, even if it means having to coordinate efforts with the Taliban, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday after hosting an emergency summit, (...)
Russia hit another record of daily coronavirus deaths Tuesday as the country struggled with a rapid surge of infections and lagging vaccination rates, but authorities have been adamant that there would be no new national lockdown.
The government (...)
Uber is facing legal action over its use of facial recognition software that allegedly discriminates against people of color.
Three former workers have launched employment tribunal claims in the United Kingdom against Uber, accusing the company of (...)
The European Union has announced a revamped humanitarian aid package worth €1 billion ($1.15 billion) to deal with the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
The new package builds upon €300 million which had been already agreed to (...)
British author J.K. Rowling's new children's book The Christmas Pig, her first children's novel since Harry Potter, was published Tuesday.
The book, illustrated by Jim Field, is the story of a little boy called Jack, and his beloved toy Dur Pig, and (...)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed "full confidence" in its managing director on Tuesday in response to allegations that World Bank staff were pressured to change business rankings for China in an effort to placate Beijing.
The IMF's (...)
Calls multiplied on Monday in Italy for the ultra-right group Forza Nuova to be banned, after it was implicated in violent demonstrations against the COVID-19 health pass in Rome at the weekend.
Several hundred people clashed with police in central (...)
North Korea's leader has vowed to build an "invincible military" in the face of hostile policies from the United States, according to state media, BBC reported.
Kim Jong-un added that weapons development was for self-defence, and not to start a (...)
Amidst a growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday urged the world to take action during a "make or break" moment for the country.
"If we do not act and help Afghans weather this storm, and do it (...)
A group of ten EU countries, led by France, have asked the European Commission to recognize nuclear power as a low-carbon energy source that should be part of the bloc's decades-long transition towards climate neutrality.
Tapping into Europe's (...)
Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel as the country seeks to rebuild its status as an international aviation hub, and prepares to reach a "new normal" to live with COVID-19.
From Oct. 19 fully vaccinated (...)
يراهن العراقيون على الانتخابات التي تنطلق اليوم؛ لكسر الجمود السياسي بين اللاعبين السياسيين الأكبر الذي أنتجته الانتخابات الوطنية لعام 2018، وإنهاء حالة الانقسام والفوضى للوصول بالبلاد إلى مرحلة الاستقرار، وبناء مؤسسات الدولة، والاستجابة لمطالب (...)
