Muslim World League Chief Meets With Singaporean And Taiwanese Officials
Dr. Mohammed Maliki bin Osman, Singapore’s senior minister of state for defense and foreign affairs, has been received by the secretary-general of the Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Mohammed bin...
January 26, 2019531Category: International
Italian Cultural Delegation Visits Riyadh
A delegation of academics and researchers from Italian universities visited Riyadh on Wednesday at the invitation of the King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz International Center for Arabic Language (KAICAL)....
January 26, 2019507Category: International
Saudi Crown Prince Signs Raft Of Cooperation Agreements With China
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Friday met with Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng to discuss ways of further developing relations between the Kingdom and China.
The meeting took place in the...
February 23, 2019344Category: International
Visit To Pakistan, India And China Proves Strategic For Saudi Arabia
The three-country tour of Asia by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that came to a close this weekend was an economic and strategic success, experts say.
“Saudi Arabia might be seen by some as...
February 24, 2019435Category: International
Saudi-Chinese Pact To Enhance Maritime Industry
Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Public Transport Authority Dr. Nabeel Al-Amoudi, said that the agreement on cooperation in maritime transport between Saudi Arabia and China aims at enhancing...
February 24, 2019370Category: International
Saudi Crown Prince Receives Telephone Call From Japan’s Shinzo Abe
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a telephone call from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday.
During the call, they reviewed Saudi-Japanese relations and opportunities to develo...
March 09, 20191295Category: International
Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh Share Common Views On Regional Issues
Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have maintained cordial and close bonds since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1975. The friendship is characterized by mutual understanding and a deep sense of frat...
March 26, 2019568Category: International
Torrential Rain Lashed Washington DC
Torrential rain lashed Washington DC and surrounding areas on Monday, flooding many neighborhoods and hobbling electricity and transportation networks.
The National Weather Service issued a Flash F...
July 10, 2019383Category: International
Russia Launches Major New Telescope Into Space
Russia launched a space telescope Saturday from the cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in a joint mission with Germany intended to map X-rays across the sky and replace a project lost in January.
...
July 14, 2019319Category: International
Trump Declines To Set Uranium Production Quotas
President Donald Trump declined to issue quotas for domestic uranium production late on Friday and instead ordered a 90-day governmental review, a decision praised by US nuclear power generators who f...
July 14, 2019325Category: International
Italian Police Have Seized A Large Arsenal Of Weapons
Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile belonging to Qatar’s armed forces, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers, the authorities said on Monday.
Po...
July 17, 2019380Category: International
Iran Seizes British Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz As Tensions Rise
The US military shot down an Iranian drone on Thursday that came within 1,000 yards of one of its naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said.
The USS Boxer "took defens...
July 20, 2019298Category: International
Russia-China Committee To Discuss Bilateral Cooperation
Participants of the 23rd Session of Chinese-Russian Nuclear Subcommittee summarized the year outcomes of the cooperation in the implementation of the package agreements signed during the state visit o...
July 22, 2019227Category: International
Swedish Teenage Climate Activist Honored In France
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenage activist whose Friday school strikes protesting government inaction over climate change helped sparked a worldwide movement, received the Freedom Prize in France on...
July 22, 2019241Category: International
Britain Calls For European Naval Mission To Counter Iran's Piracy
Britain called on Monday for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, days after Iran seized a British-flagged tanker in what London described as an act of &q...
July 23, 2019222Category: International
Lost French Submarine Located In Mediterranean 50 Years Later
A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who contin...
July 23, 2019298Category: International
NZ Tightens Gun Laws Again After Mosque Attack
New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday in its second round of gun law reforms following the Christchurch mosque attacks which killed 51 Muslim worshipers.
Prime Ministe...
July 23, 2019266Category: International
US President Says Chances Of Negotiating With Iran Were Dwindling
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that chances of negotiating with Iran were dwindling, as he cited increasing tensions in the Gulf and blasted the Islamic republic as the world's top "...
July 23, 2019300Category: International
Blazes In Central Portugal Reached Houses
Blazes in central Portugal reached houses on Sunday, forcing locals to take matters into their own hands as they tried to protect their homes from huge wildfires with buckets of water and hosepipes as...
July 23, 2019271Category: International