UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths arrived in Sanaa on Sunday, 24 November, for a visit that had to be postponed for a few days due to unforeseen circumstances. In his briefing to the UN Security Council on Friday, Griffiths reported a (...)
Teen activist Greta Thunberg, who has inspired millions across the world to stage protests urging leaders to tackle global warming, has declined an environmental prize, saying "the climate movement does not need any more prizes.''
Two fellow climate (...)
U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work in fighting poverty that has helped millions of children around the world.
French-American Duflo becomes only the (...)
The history of the Cairo Opera goes back to the second half of the 19thcentury when the gem of architecture known as the Khedivial Opera House was inaugurated in the heart of Cairo.
Unfortunately in 1971 the opera burned down and it took 17 years (...)
Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off, North Korea's top negotiator said late on Saturday, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.
The talks, at an isolated conference (...)
US and North Korean officials arrived to begin nuclear talks at an isolated conference centre on the outskirts of Stockholm on Saturday, in an attempt to end months of stalemate.
The meeting will be the first formal working-level talks since U.S. (...)
Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing on Tuesday as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a military parade that showcased its emergence as an (...)
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group said they will release 350 prisoners, including three Saudi Arabians, on Monday under the supervision of the United Nations.
The statements by the head of the Houthis' prisoner affairs committee, carried by (...)
A British-flagged tanker that was detained by Iran for 10 weeks, docked in Dubai on Saturday, after a standoff that has stoked tensions along a vital global shipping route for oil.
The Stena Impero, which sailed out of Iranian waters on Friday, was (...)
Students took to the streets across the globe in the hundreds of thousands Friday for a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swift action on climate change.
The protests were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who spoke to world (...)
Australia will join the United States in a security mission to protect merchant vessels travelling through key Middle East waterways after Iran seized a British-flagged vessel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday.
Foremost among the (...)
The war in Yemen can be stopped because the warring sides and the international political consensus support a U.N. peace deal brokered in Stockholm last December, U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday.
"I believe that this war in Yemen is (...)
طلبت إيطاليا مساعدة السويد لإنقاذ شوارع روما من أزمة نفايات كبيرة، حيث يظهر تكدس النفايات والمخلفات في الشوارع بطريقة مثيرة للقلق، وذلك حسبما أفادت فضائية «روسيا اليوم»، في مقطع فيديو، صباح اليوم الأحد.
وقامت السلطات الإيطالية بإرسال طلب إلى شركة (...)
Sexual harassment is a phenomenon that has been perpetuating across Egypt for years, making the country among the most dangerous places for women.
It is still a problematic topic for Egyptian women to talk about. There is some kind of social (...)
Older adults with slightly elevated blood sugar, sometimes called “prediabetes,” usually don't develop full-blown diabetes, a Swedish study suggests.
Researchers followed 2,575 men and women aged 60 and older without diabetes for up to 12 years. At (...)
Swedish State Secretary for Trade, Niklas Johansson, is visiting Egypt on 17-18 June, following-up on the last year successful visit by the Swedish Minister for Foreign Trade, Ann Linde, the Swedish ambassador to Egypt, Jan Thesleff, announced. (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States express their concern over escalating tensions in the region and the dangers posed by Iranian destabilising activity to peace and security both in Yemen (...)
The IOC has begun a day-long conference to decide the host of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The contest is a choice between Milan-Cortina and Stockholm-Are.
The day begins with behind-closed-doors presentations and Q&A sessions with each of the (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States express their concern over escalating tensions in the region and the dangers posed by Iranian destabilising activity to peace and security both in Yemen (...)
European stock markets took a downward turn on Friday afternoon, amid growing fears of a military confrontation in the Middle East.
Despite making gains on Friday morning, the pan-European Stoxx 600 traded lower during afternoon deals and ended the (...)
Saudi diplomacy scored three successes in the course of two days in May.The Holy city of Mecca hosted three summits on two days in a row. On 30 May, Mecca saw an Arab emergency summit as well as another summit for the heads of states in the Gulf (...)
Violence in Yemen continued unabated in the six months following the landmark Stockholm Agreement, with tens of thousands of people newly displaced, more children losing their lives to mines, and key supply routes shut down, Norwegian Refugee (...)
Saudi diplomacy scored three successes in the course of two days in May. The Holy city of Mecca hosted three summits on two days in a row. On 30 May, Mecca saw an Arab emergency summit as well as another summit for the heads of states in the Gulf (...)
The Yemeni scene is confusing and far from stable, with questions being asked about the announcement by the Houthi rebels of their withdrawal from the port of Hodeida and the Amman negotiations which kicked off on Monday.
The Stockholm Agreement (...)
The Yemeni scene is confusing and far from stable, with questions being asked about the announcement by the Houthi rebels of their withdrawal from the port of Hodeida and the Amman negotiations which kicked off on Monday.
The Stockholm Agreement (...)
