Saudi minister highlights ‘unprecedented’ environmental progress at Riyadh forum

Saudi minister highlights ‘unprecedented’ environmental progress at Riyadh forum

From seamless travel to tailored experiences, AI is transforming Saudi Arabia’s tourism industry RIYADH: As the tourism industry prospers in Saudi Arabia, local travel agents are turning to artificial intelligence to help their clients plan dream vacations, offer seamless journeys, and create highly personalized visitor experiences. As part of its Vision 2030 economic reform agenda, … Read more

A 13-year hiatus ends: Turkish foreign minister attends Arab League summit

A 13-year hiatus ends: Turkish foreign minister attends Arab League summit

ANKARA: As Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends the 162nd Ordinary Council of Foreign Ministers of the Arab League in Cairo on Tuesday, attention is focused on how this will impact Turkiye’s ongoing efforts to further normalize relations with its Arab neighbors after years of strained ties. It has been 13 years since a Turkish … Read more

Saudi-Egyptian cooperation continues to maintain stability in the region, FM says

Saudi-Egyptian cooperation continues to maintain stability in the region, FM says

RIYADH: Saudi-Egyptian cooperation continues to maintain stability in the region and the world, the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Tuesday. Speaking during a press conference in Cairo, Prince Faisal said a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty on Tuesday confirmed the Kingdom’s sincere desire to deepen its bonds with Egypt. … Read more

Palestinians in Gaza see themselves as ‘zombies’: UN official

Palestinians in Gaza see themselves as ‘zombies’: UN official

As war rages in Gaza, Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths JENIN, West Bank: As the world’s attention focuses on the deadly war in Gaza, less than 80 miles away scores of Palestinian teens have been killed, shot and arrested in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has waged a … Read more

Patrick Maisonnave, France’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Patrick Maisonnave, France’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: Chinese-language instruction has begun at the country’s schools to equip young people with valuable linguistic skills and cultivate a deeper appreciation for the Asian nation’s culture. The language is being taught to primary and middle school students. According to reports, 175 educators are teaching Mandarin in Saudi Arabia, aligning with an education agreement signed … Read more

Polio vaccination starts in north Gaza despite obstacles

Polio vaccination starts in north Gaza despite obstacles

GAZA: A campaign to vaccinate a final 200,000 children in north Gaza against polio began on Tuesday although health and aid officials said the operation was complicated by access restrictions, evacuation orders, and shortages of fuel. The campaign in north Gaza, the part of the territory hardest hit by Israel’s 11-month military offensive against Hamas, … Read more

Saudi FM meets with Turkish counterpart in Cairo

Saudi FM meets with Turkish counterpart in Cairo

RIYADH: Chinese-language instruction has begun at the country’s schools to equip young people with valuable linguistic skills and cultivate a deeper appreciation for the Asian nation’s culture. The language is being taught to primary and middle school students. According to reports, 175 educators are teaching Mandarin in Saudi Arabia, aligning with an education agreement signed … Read more

Killing of US-Turkish citizen shows high price of expressing solidarity with Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Killing of US-Turkish citizen shows high price of expressing solidarity with Palestinians in occupied West Bank

LONDON: On Saturday afternoon, two young women lay side by side in a hospital morgue in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Unknown to each other but united in death, one was the victim of the increasingly unbridled Israeli settler violence in the West Bank. The other had died at the hands of the Israeli military while … Read more

Saudi deputy minister receives Sudan’s ambassador in Riyadh

Saudi deputy minister receives Sudan’s ambassador in Riyadh

RIYADH: Chinese-language instruction has begun at the country’s schools to equip young people with valuable linguistic skills and cultivate a deeper appreciation for the Asian nation’s culture. The language is being taught to primary and middle school students. According to reports, 175 educators are teaching Mandarin in Saudi Arabia, aligning with an education agreement signed … Read more

EU fears Israeli-occupied West Bank becoming a ‘new Gaza’

EU fears Israeli-occupied West Bank becoming a ‘new Gaza’

CAIRO: The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday that increased violence in the occupied West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war erupted meant it risked becoming “a new Gaza.” Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967 and is separated from the Gaza Strip by Israeli territory, has flared alongside … Read more