RIYADH, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership, pledging to contribute 150 million U.S. dollars to the initiative over the next 10 years. The announcement was made during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United ...
RIYADH, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hosted World Environment Day 2024 under the theme "Our land, Our future," with focuses on land preservation and drought resilience. Led by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), World Environment Day is celebrated annually by over 1...
LONDON -- Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse its 2020 failure to win a spot on the 47-seat body. The kingdom will do so having set a new record high in annual executions...
Saudi Arabia is situated in Western Asia and is considered to be the largest sovereign state in the Middle East and the 12th largest in the world. Based on the latest estimates from the United Nations, as of July 13, 2019, Saudi Arabia has a population of 34 million. This represents 0.44...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 2
Reports on the views of Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal on international issues presented before the United Nations General Assembly debate from September 26 to October 12, 1994. Iraq's defiance of international integrity; Impact of Declaration of Principles between the Palestinian...
The United Nations World Tourism Organization recently released a report showing that in July this year, Saudi Arabia attracted 121% more inbound international tourists than in July 2019, making it one of the fastest recovering countries in the world's major economies in terms of tourism. With ...
Despite two weeks of U.N.-sponsored talks in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the participating 197 nations failed to agree on a plan to deal with global droughts, made longer and more severe by a warming climate. No description available Saudi Arabia's plans to host the men's World Cup 2034 wil...
Overly restrictive policies may have given rise to dissident groups like al-Qaida that led the deadly 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States and another in 2003 in capital city Riyadh. Most of the men who carried out the 9/11 attacks came from Saudi Arabia. The country’s growing tens...
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has pledged $500 million to finance the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen, it was announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made during a Saudi cabinet meeting headed by King Salman. Following the meeting, Informat