Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's King Salman has a lung infection and is undergoing a treatment programme involving antibiotics, the Royal Court said Sunday in the latest update on the ageing monarch's health.Earlier in the day, the court said King Salman was suffering from "high temperature" and joint pain, and...

Kampala, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed Al-Khereiji stressed on Sunday the imperative to halt military operations in the Palestinian territories in a way that ensures the protection of civilians in line with international laws and humanitarian principles. Speaking on behalf of Custodian of the...

The death sentence for Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef was carried out in the Riyadh region, the official Saudi Press Agency said. The Gulf kingdom is frequently criticised for its prolific use of capital punishment, which human rights groups say undermines its bid to soften its image through a sweeping "Vision...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia’s exports to Turkey during the past three years amounted to SAR 52.280 billion ($13.93 billion), and the Kingdom’s imports from Turkey totaled SAR 16.787 billion.Saudi exports largely comprised plastics, metal products, organic chemical products, steel, precious metals and stones and its imports from Turkey were carpets,...

Riyadh's move to partner with the bloc comes less than three weeks after the unveiling of a landmark China-brokered reconciliation deal with Iran to restore full diplomatic relations that were severed seven years ago.

A recently reached Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement has further enhanced the historical friendly relations between Saudi Arabia and China.

Beijing is ready to expand its crude oil trade with Riyadh and will "list Saudi Arabia as a destination country for outbound tourism organized by Chinese citizens, says Xi Jinping.

The Chinese president's visit to Saudi Arabia aims at 'qualitative leap' in bilateral ties and the 'largest-scale diplomatic activity between China and the Arab world'.

Saudi Arabia has for years sought to quell speculation over the health of the 86-year-old king, who has ruled the world's top oil exporter since 2015. King Salman has been hospitalised twice this year, most recently a one-week stay in May that involved tests including a colonoscopy, according to state...

Biden is expected to press for increased Saudi oil production in the hope of taming spiraling fuel costs and inflation at home.

"A generous royal order was issued approving the allocation of financial support in the amount of SAR 20 billion (around $5.3 billion) to face the repercussions of rising prices globally," the official Saudi Press Agency highlighted. Roughly half that amount would come via direct cash transfers to social security beneficiaries.

Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it had named a senior diplomat as its first climate envoy, as officials vow to ramp up oil production while pursuing ambitious goals for emission cuts. The appointment of Adel al-Jubeir to the envoy role was announced as part of a series of royal orders decreed...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has left the hospital one week after being admitted for tests, state media reported. Video broadcast by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) late Sunday showed the 86-year-old monarch walking out of King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the coastal city of Jeddah, using a cane and...

On Sunday afternoon doctors performed a colonoscopy “and the result was sound”, the Saudi Press Agency later said.

Saudi Arabia celebrated the anniversary of its founding day about three centuries ago. The anniversary of Saudi Arabia's founding day coincides with 22 February 1727, since the era of Imam Mohammad bin Saud, the ruler of Diriyah. Imam Mohammad bin Saud made Diriyah the capital of the Saudi state, as...

King Salman said, ‘We hope (Iran) changes its policy and negative behavior in the region, and it heads towards dialogue and cooperation. We are following with great concern the Iranian regime's destabilizing policy to security and safety in the region.’

The winners of King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for the years 2020 and 2021 were honored at Prince Sultan Grand Hall in Al-Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh on Tuesday. The prize is held under the patronage of King Salman, and Secretary-General of the KFIP, Abdulaziz Alsebail introduced the winners of the...

Total expenditures were budgeted at SAR955 billion, and revenues at SAR1.045 trillion, giving a surplus of SAR90 billion.