Author: Steven Sahiounie

RIYADH: In a bid to boost its efforts industrialization efforts and develop human capital, Saudi Arabia will launch a training facility, a top government official disclosed on Wednesday.

While the extension of the bloc’s 2022 emergency demand reduction was framed as a success, the impact has been severe

The retailers cite the lack of deliveries of goods amid sanctions as the cause for store closures across the country

Authorities in Zurich paid city workers double their February salary due to a technical mistake, a statement published Monday on the official website of the Zurich City Council said.

Protesting farmers have reportedly offloaded Ukrainian produce from freight cars onto the ground

US tech giant Apple has abandoned its decade-long effort to build an electric car, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. 

The possible deployment of troops to Ukraine is a sovereign decision of third countries, however, both the United States and NATO have previously made it clear that they have no such plans, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. Speaking about how the United States would feel about its NATO allies sending troops to Ukraine and commenting on French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on the topic, he said: “That’s a sovereign decision that every NATO ally would have to make for themselves. You heard Secretary General [Jens] Stoltenberg say himself he had no plans or intentions of putting troops…

On March 1-2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Turkey where he will attend a diplomatic forum and hold talks with Turkey’s top diplomat, Hakan Fidan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced. “On March 1-2, the Russian foreign minister will visit Turkey at the invitation of the foreign minister of the Republic of Turkey to take part in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. The Russian foreign minister is scheduled to hold talks with his Turkish counterpart,” Zakharova said at a press briefing, adding that the two foreign ministers would discuss a wide range of issues, primarily bilateral cooperation. Among…

Qatar’s emir and the French president discussed on Tuesday the need to bring “peace and stability in the MidEast,” expressing opposition to planned Israeli operations in Rafah, southern Gaza. Qatar’s emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was received by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace as he began a two-day state visit to Paris. The ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip was at the heart of the discussion between the two leaders. “The President of the Republic and the Emir finally discussed the need to work on the conditions for a return to peace and stability in the MidEast…

US President Joe Biden criticized his predecessor Donald Trump’s comments on NATO as “absolutely bizarre,” after the Republican frontrunner said Washington should not defend its European allies who refuse to fulfill their military spending commitments. Biden slammed his Republican rival during a “surprise” guest appearance on NBC’s ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ on Monday, insisting that Trump’s idea that the US is not obliged to protect its allies was “totally against our interest,” RT reported. “I’ve known every major foreign leader for the longest time, and I know all these guys extremely well. They’re scared to death. What it means…