Drought resilience dominates final days of UNCCD talks in RiyadhAt COP16 in Riyadh, nations debated a global drought resilience regime. While a universal agreement exists on the need for action, disagree...
12 Dec, 2024, 07.13 PM IST
Earth's lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this weekA UN report reveals a growing global land drying crisis, exacerbated by climate change and human activities. This aridification threatens b...
09 Dec, 2024, 02.08 PM IST
World can't 'unplug' existing energy system: COP28 headThe president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai, Sultan Al Jaber, urged governments to avoid hastily abandoning existing energy ...
08 Oct, 2023, 07.48 PM IST
Saudi Arabia says it plans tougher IAEA checks on its nuclear activities"The kingdom has recently taken the decision to rescind its Small Quantities Protocol and to move to the implementation of a full-scope Com...
25 Sep, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
'Stuck in a swamp': Saudi Arabia seeks exit from Yemen warSince the Saudi-led military intervention began on March 26, 2015, the kingdom has pounded its impoverished neighbour with air strikes in a...
26 Mar, 2023, 08.32 AM IST
Saudi walks diplomatic high wire on Iran, YemenIraq has hosted talks between Riyadh and Tehran "more than once", its President Barham Saleh, an ex-premier of Iraqi Kurdistan, said Wednes...
06 May, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
US report on Jamal Khashoggi death expected to single out Saudi crown princeRiyadh eventually admitted that Khashoggi was killed in a “rogue” extradition operation gone wrong, but it denied any involvement by the cr...
25 Feb, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
Saudi coalition says destroyed drones in attack Houthis say hit airportThe Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in 2015, backing government forces fighting the Houthis. U.N. officials are trying to ...
14 Feb, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Saudi Arabia seeks buffer zone with Yemen in return for ceasefire: SourcesIf a deal is struck, it would mark the biggest breakthrough in efforts to reach a political settlement since the conflict - widely seen as ...
17 Nov, 2020, 08.57 PM IST
OIC's reluctance to convene FMs meeting on Kashmir upsets PakistanDespite repeated requests from Pakistan to hold a foreign ministers' meeting on Kashmir, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has shown ...
06 Aug, 2020, 08.05 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi likely to visit riyadh later this monthThe trip will be Modi’s second to the Gulf nation and will reinforce the strategic partnership.
08 Oct, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
UN calls for 'credible' probe into Jamal Khashoggi murderSaudi Arabia has repeatedly rejected Turkish demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder of the journalist, a critic of Crown Pri...
16 Dec, 2018, 05.16 PM IST
Qatar emir skips Saudi-hosted summit with Gulf rivalsRiyadh is hosting the annual gathering as crises rumble on over the 18-month-old dispute with Doha, the war in Yemen and the murder of jour...
09 Dec, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
PM Modi in Riyadh: India, Saudi Arabia sign agreements to counter threat of cross-border terrorismThe agreements were signed after wide-ranging talks that lasted for over two-hours between Modi and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.34 PM IST
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz briefs PM Narendra Modi on 34-nation Islamic military coalitionKing Salman briefed Modi on the Kingdom's "initiative in bringing together Islamic Alliance against terrorism," said a joint statement issu...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.31 PM IST
Two Indians among three killed in missile attack in Saudi ArabiaTwo Indians were among three persons killed when a missile fired from strife-torn Yemen struck Saudi Arabia's southwestern border city of N...
20 Dec, 2015, 03.38 PM IST
Sharif lends support to Saudi territorial integrity during state visitNawaz Sharif has vowed to protect Saudi Arabia's "territorial integrity" and said his country would not remain a bystander.
24 Apr, 2015, 02.33 PM IST