Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
In a heartfelt gesture of solidarity, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed their deepest condolences to the Emir of Kuwait on Monday following the passing of Sheikh More »
Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday during Abbas’ visit to Russia. Arriving on Monday, Abbas aims to discuss the ongoing Gaza conflict with More »
Saudi Arabia Voices Strong Support for Gaza Peace Initiatives
Saudi Arabia has firmly aligned itself with the recent joint statement made by President Joe Biden of the United States, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, More »
Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Category Archives: Europe
France’s Le Pen, Trump are ‘identical phenomena’: Paris mayor
US President-elect Donald Trump and France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen are part of “identical phenomena” that have swept the two countries, the mayor of Paris said Friday. Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who was in Washington accepting an environmental award from
Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential race
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy crashed out of the French presidential election on Sunday, suffering a humiliating defeat in the first round of the rightwing primary. Sarkozy was beaten into third place after a stunning upset by Francois Fillon, who served
Saudi arms: UK ministers refuse to cease support
UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and three other British cabinet ministers have refused to cease military support to Saudi Arabia, reported London-based Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday. The refusal goes in defiance of two parliamentary committees that have called for the
NGO says 100 missing in Mediterranean after migrant boat capsize
Around 100 people were missing, feared drowned, in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya on Tuesday, according to NGO rescue teams helping with the search for survivors. German NGO Jugend Rettet said in a tweet that 23
UN committee flags Iran over human rights
A UN committee on Tuesday urged Iran to cease enforced disappearances and the widespread use of arbitrary detention and has expressed serious concern about severe limitations on freedom of thought, conscience and religion or belief. The General Assembly’s human rights
EU slaps sanctions on 18 Syrian officials
The European Union has slapped travel bans and asset freezes on 17 senior Syrian government officials and the governor of the conflict-torn country’s central bank on Monday. EU foreign ministers made the move at talks in Brussels Monday against those
Tsunami hits New Zealand after series of strong quakes
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck central New Zealand just after midnight (1102 GMT Sunday), the US Geological Survey said, generating a tsunami that hit the northeast coast of the South Island. New Zealand’s Civil Defence warned residents
France’s Hollande: Trump win ‘opens period of uncertainty’
French President Francois Hollande, who once said Donald Trump made him want to retch, warned Wednesday that the Republican billionaire’s stunning victory in the US election “opens a period of uncertainty.” In an initial televised reaction, Hollande offered only brief
Iran once again exceeds a nuclear deal limit: IAEA report
Iran has exceeded a soft limit on sensitive material set under its nuclear deal with major powers, the UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, hours after Donald Trump – who has strongly criticized the agreement – won the US presidential
Shoura team visits Malta to strengthen relations
A Shoura Council delegation, headed by Speaker Abdullah Al-Asheikh, held talks with his Maltese counterpart Anglu Farrugia in Malta on Monday. Malta’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Martin Valentino told Arab News that the Shoura delegation’s visit to Malta is expected
KSA joins global drive to halt climate change
Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Abdullah Al-Mouallimi signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday in the presence of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Al-Mouallimi said the Kingdom is concerned about
British government loses court case on how to trigger Brexit
England’s High Court ruled on Thursday that the British government requires parliamentary approval to trigger the process of exiting the European Union, a major upset for Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for Brexit. Sterling rose on the news, with many
German woman attacks police with box cutter, ISIS flags found
German police say a Muslim convert attacked officers with a box cutter after they were called to her apartment in the western city of Essen. Police spokesman Marco Ueberbach said on Tuesday the officers found flags with symbols of the
Danish police find bodies of Syrian refugees in freezer
Danish police say the remains of a 27-year-old Syrian woman and her two daughters, aged 7 and 9, were found in a freezer inside their apartment in southern Denmark. Police made the gruesome discovery Sunday in the town of Aabenraa
Germany checking if fatal Hamburg stabbing was ISIS-related
Germany’s federal prosecutor is checking whether he should take over the investigation into a fatal stabbing in Hamburg earlier this month, his office said Sunday. A spokesman for the prosecutor’s office told German news agency dpa that the prosecutor is
France moving more than 6,000 migrants, destroying huge camp
Carrying their belongings in bags and suitcases, long lines of migrants waited calmly in chilly temperatures on Monday to board buses in the French port city of Calais, as authorities began evacuating and dismantling the squalid camp they call home.
Swiss court faults employer for firing woman over headscarf
A Swiss court has ruled against a company that fired a longtime employee after she began wearing the Muslim headscarf, marking one of the first such rulings in Switzerland, media reported on Sunday. A regional court in Bern ruled last
France calls for end to Aleppo ‘massacre’
France’s foreign minister urged the international community to “do everything” to end the “massacre” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday after fighting resumed following a 72-hour truce declared by Damascus ally Russia. Speaking in the southeastern province of
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