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Saudi Arabia condemns attack that killed two Bahrain soldiers

Saudi Arabia condemns attack that killed two Bahrain soldiers

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned an attack on its territory that killed two Bahraini military personnel near the southern border with Yemen. The Saudi foreign ministry voiced its “condemnation and denunciation” of a “treacherous attack on the defence force of the sister Kingdom of Bahrain stationed on the southern border of the kingdom, […]

Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count doubles

Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20 as refugee count doubles

An explosion at a fuel depot in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh has killed 20 people and injured hundreds more, local Armenian authorities say. Nearly 300 people were admitted to hospitals, with dozens of them “still in critical condition”. It comes as the Armenian government said 13,350 refugees crossed into the country from the enclave. The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh […]

Saudi crown prince launches ‘Soudah Peaks’ masterplan

Saudi crown prince launches ‘Soudah Peaks’ masterplan

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman  has launched the masterplan to develop a new project in the mountainous region of Soudah to present a new face of luxury mountain tourism. The project called “Soudah Peaks” will see a luxury mountain tourism destination set 3,015 meters being created above sea level on Saudi Arabia’s highest […]

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying largest asteroid samples lands on Earth

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule carrying largest asteroid samples lands on Earth

A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever collected from the surface of an asteroid has landed in the Utah desert seven years after the mission’s launch. “We have touchdown!” Flight Control announced on Sunday. The gumdrop-shaped capsule, released from the robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx as the mothership passed within 108,000km (67,000 miles) of Earth hours earlier, touched […]

Saudi crown prince offers condolences after death of former Italian president

Saudi crown prince offers condolences after death of former Italian president

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a cable of condolences to the president of Italy on the death of former president Giorgio Napolitano, Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. In the cable to President Sergio Mattarella, the crown prince said: “I express to your excellency and the family of the deceased my deepest […]

Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Armenians leave amid cleansing fear

Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Armenians leave amid cleansing fear

Armenia says 1,050 people have crossed into the country from Nagorno-Karabakh, days after the majority ethnic Armenian enclave was seized by Azerbaijan. They entered after the government in Yerevan announced plans to move those made homeless by the fighting. Azerbaijan retook the area inhabited by some 120,000 ethnic Armenians early this week and says it […]

Lancet becomes most efficient UAV in special operation zone

Lancet becomes most efficient UAV in special operation zone

The Armed Forces of Ukraine may face new problems over the upgraded Russian unmanned aerial vehicle Lancet, Forbes observer David Axe said. Pravda.Ru turned to military experts to ask them about the features of the modernised Russian drone. The Russian Lancet UAV has been upgraded to the range of up to 45 miles (about 70 kilometres), David Axe noted. […]

Saudi Council of Economic and Development Affairs holds meeting on economic issues

Saudi Council of Economic and Development Affairs holds meeting on economic issues

RIYADH: The Council of Economic and Development Affairs in Saudi Arabia held a virtual conference to discuss a slew of economic issues, the Saudi Press Agency reported.  During the meeting, they discussed reports, presentations and topics on its agenda, including the periodic presentation submitted by the Ministry of Economy and Planning on local and global […]

Saudi FM arrives in New York for 78th UN General Assembly

Saudi FM arrives in New York for 78th UN General Assembly

RIYADH: Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, has arrived in New York City to attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly on behalf of King Salman, the Saudi Press Agency said early Sunday. The foreign minister and his delegation flew to New York from Havana, Cuba, where he attended the G77+China […]

Saudi foreign minister receives phone call from Malaysian counterpart

Saudi foreign minister receives phone call from Malaysian counterpart

RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, received a phone call on Wednesday from Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Zimbari Abdul Qadir. During the call, the ministers reviewed cooperation relations and ways to enhance them to serve the aspirations of the two countries. They also discussed the most important developments on the […]

Turkiye drops bid to close leading anti-femicide group

Turkiye drops bid to close leading anti-femicide group

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected a prosecutor’s attempts to shut down a leading anti-femicide campaign group on charges of violating administrative laws and “morality.” The rare court victory for a Turkish rights group came as Ankara vows to mend ties with Western allies after May elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan extended […]

Saudi Arabia and India join forces to build bridge between startup ecosystems

Saudi Arabia and India join forces to build bridge between startup ecosystems

NEW DELHI: In a significant move aimed at nurturing the startup ecosystems in India and Saudi Arabia, the two nations unveiled the Startup Bridge initiative at an investment summit held in New Delhi on Monday.  Under this program, India’s Commerce and Industry Ministry, Invest India and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry […]

‘Bodies lying everywhere’: Thousands feared dead after powerful storm hits eastern Libya

‘Bodies lying everywhere’: Thousands feared dead after powerful storm hits eastern Libya

CAIRO: More than 1,000 bodies were recovered in the Eastern Libyan city of Derna after the powerful Mediterranean Storm Daniel triggered devastating flooding, local officials said.   Ossama Hamad, prime minister of the east Libya government, said earlier that deaths had exceeded 2,000 and thousands were missing in the city,as many were believed to have […]