Saudi Arabia donated $115 billion to help 90 countries

Faisal bin Hassan Trad, the permanent representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said the Kingdom has been the most...

Fruit-flavoured drugs to cut child TB deaths, combat "superbugs"

Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early...

Kingdom confirms 49 MERS cases in one week

The Saudi health ministry on Monday confirmed that 49 people were tested positive with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus. According to the...

Saudi to ban foreigners from selling mobile phones, create jobs for citizens

In an effort to provide more jobs to Saudi Arabian citizens, the kingdom will ban foreign workers from selling and maintaining mobile phones and...

Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah

The discovery in Iran of a mummified body near the site of a former royal mausoleum has raised speculation it could be the remains...

Obama calls it shameful to impose religious test on refugees

President Barack Obama says it's wrong to equate attacks like those that happened in Paris with Islam. But he says the Muslim community needs...

Saudi entertainment chief sacked after conservative backlash

Saudi King Salman has sacked the head of the country's entertainment authority after religiously conservative citizens took to social media to denounce a Russian...

Saudi Arabia Gifts Kiswa To UN

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given the gift of  ‘Kiswa’, the cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba at the headquarters of the United Nations. United...

Saudi Prince Mohammed proposes bold changes for the Kingdom

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman got a standing ovation when he visited a gathering of Saudi youth last month. Last week, after...

Iran’s coronavirus death toll rises above 22,000 – health ministry

DUBAI, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 118 to 22,044 health ministry spokeswoman told state TV on...

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