China called on member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and build a closer SCO community with a shared future.
Noting that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the SCO's founding, (...)
The Saudi Export-Import Bank (EXIM Bank) has signed an agreement with the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), to launch a special insurance product that helps Saudi banks to provide more credit facilities (...)
The UK is in talks with the Taliban to secure safe passage for British nationals and Afghans who remain in Afghanistan.
A spokesperson for Downing Street confirmed that "the Prime Minister's Special Representative for Afghan Transition, Simon Gass, (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulation to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the (...)
US President Joe Biden said the American evacuation mission would continue through to next week's deadline for withdrawal, while the UK and France have also vowed to continue flying people out on Friday.
Britain said its operation is in its final (...)
More than 10,000 people are waiting at Kabul's airport to be evacuated, the US defense department said at a press conference on Wednesday, as Afghanistan evacuations continue with many people desperately trying to flee the country.
Europe and the (...)
Two decades after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Daesh (so-called IS) continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security, adapting to new technologies and moving into some of the world's most fragile (...)
Top Taliban political leaders have returned to Afghanistan from Qatar. A Taliban spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — a founder of the militant group who took part in the withdrawal negotiations with the US — flew into (...)
Taliban negotiators have gone to the presidential palace in Afghanistan's capital city, to prepare for a "transfer of power", an official said on Sunday.
The Afghan Interior Minister Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal meanwhile said a "peaceful transfer of (...)
Mazar-i-Sharif, the most important city in the north of Afghanistan, has fallen to the Taliban after government forces suddenly left the city and headed toward the Uzbekistan border, according to sources in the city.
In an audio message shared with (...)
With the war in Afghanistan now in "a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase", the top UN official in the country appealed on Friday for the Security Council to act to avert a catastrophe.
Special Representative Deborah Lyons, head of the UN (...)
NEOM — The Cabinet on Tuesday reiterated Saudi Arabia's support for the security and stability of Tunisia, reaffirming its confidence in the Tunisian leadership to overcome challenges facing the country in order to secure a decent life for its (...)
RIYADH — In just three years after she started practicing judo in 2018, Tahani Al-Qahtani, the young Saudi judoka, feels immensely proud to be part of the Saudi team raising the green flag in the Tokyo Olympic Games, as well as to compete with the (...)
Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the ruler of Dubai, called upon the graduates of the One Million Arab Coders initiative to compete in the initiatives challenge and (...)
Saudi Arabia's nominee Dr. Muhammed Sulaiman Al-Jasser has been elected the new president of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for the next five years.
Al-Jasser's election was announced by the chairman of the IsDB board of governors, Sardor (...)
Dr. Mohammed Sulaiman Al-Jasser, the nominee of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve as the next President of IsDB Group for the next five years, replacing Dr. Bandar M. H. Hajjar, has obtained unanimous approval of the Committee (...)
TASHKENT — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan met with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the venue of an international conference on Uzbekistan here on Friday.
During the meeting, which took place after the (...)
TASHKENT — Saudi Arabia believes in the importance of strengthening regional interdependence and developing sustainable global links through mutually beneficial partnerships, said Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan on Friday.
The recently (...)
TASHKENT — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal Bin Farhan met here on Friday with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu
The meeting took place on the sidelines of an international conference on "Central and South Asia: Regional (...)
Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met, separately, today with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen and Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, on the sidelines of "the International (...)
TASHKENT — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan met here on Thursday with his Tajikistani counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of an international (...)
The Taliban has captured more territory in Afghanistan in recent days from fleeing Afghan forces, as NATO troops continue to pull out of the country.
Officials said on Sunday that several hundred Afghan security forces fled across the northern (...)
A delegation of the Saudi-Uzbek Parliamentary Friendship Committee, led by the Head of the committee Maj. Gen. Ali Al-Assiri, took part in the World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development, which was virtually held, in Uzbekistan.
During the (...)
Saudi Arabia brushed Uzbekistan aside with a comprehensive 3-0 victory to win Group D of the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023.
The result saw Saudi Arabia consolidate their position at the top of Group (...)
The Music Commission dedicated a patriotic song to the first Saudi national football team to encourage players during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification process.
It will be performed during a musical event held before and during their match (...)
