Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Saudi ambassador defends human rights record in interview with BBC Newsnight

Saudi Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdallah Y. al-Mouallimi, took part in a BBC Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis to defend Saudi Arabia's human...

Solar plane's arrival highlights UAE's clean-energy push

The United Arab Emirates might not seem like an obvious spot to begin and end a globe-spanning flight promoting renewable energy. It is OPEC's fourth...

Riyadh, Tehran tone down rhetoric on Haj dead

Both countries’ ministers exchange condolences, agree to repatriate dead pilgrims Iran and Saudi Arabia sought to tone down a war of words over last week’s...

Algeria Hirak’s anniversary

Algeria's president has declared Feb. 22 a special holiday to honor the protest movement that ousted the country's long-time leader last year. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune...

Coronavirus death toll rises by 59 to 3,520 in Turkey

Health Ministry data showed on Tuesday that the number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Turkey has risen by 59 in the...

Saudi Arabia's new jihadists poorly trained but hard to stop

Technical hitches limited the death tolls in three suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia but the apparent coordination of the blasts suggests jihadis have the...

Saudi Arabia isn’t flooding oil market ahead of freeze talks

Saudi Arabia's oil production hit a record in July, according to published statistics, and is likely to hit another in August, according to industry...

Eighty-six dolphins found dead on a remote beach

On Monday, 86 dusky dolphins, including two calves just days old, had been found dead on a remote beach in Namibia and it had launched...

Retired Saudi General Makes it His ‘Personal’ Goal to Achieve Saudi-Israeli Peace

Anwar Eshki, a retired major general in the Saudi armed forces, has made it his personal goal to strike peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel, the Wall...

Amid Coronavirus outbreak, France shuts dozens of schools

120 schools were closed in areas that have reported the largest numbers of Coronavirus infections, French officials stated. Both primary and secondary schools have been...

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