King Salman of Saudi Arabia, 84, addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time on Wednesday where he called for a comprehensive solution on Iran and disarming Iranian affiliate Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Like the other monarchs who have spoken at the 75th General Assembly this year, King Salman did so via video from his country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He addressed Middle…
The King of Saudi Arabia, 84-year-old Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, has undergone gallbladder surgery after being admitted to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre earlier this week for inflammation of the organ.
The state news agency, SPA, reported that…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to hospital.
The 84-year-old monarch was admitted to a hospital in the capital of Riyadh after suffering from gall bladder problems. Saudi Arabia’s state news agency, SPA, said on Monday that His Majesty was…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia issued a Royal Decree this week that Saudi women will no longer need to acquire permission from a “male guardian” (husband, father, brother, etc.) to obtain a passport, travel or work in another step forward for women’s rights in the kingdom.
The decree, written in a gender-neutral manner according to Arab News, was issued on 29 July stresses the…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has approved hosting the United States military in his country to bolster both stability and security, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
The SPA quoted a Ministry of Defence official who said US troops would enter the kingdom “to…
King Salman of Saudi Arabia gave his annual policy speech this week at the beginning of the third year of the Shoura Council’s seventh session. He used to speech to both outline the Kingdom’s foreign policy and to also comment on how progress was being made domestically…
King of Saudi Arabia releases statement on Afghan ceasefire during Eid Al-Fitr and hopes for renewal
30th June 2018
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia released a statement regarding the Afghan ceasefire and reconciliation a few days ago.
The Saudi Royal Court stated that the King followed the truce with great interest during those few days.
In the statement, His Majesty welcomed the ceasefire during Eid Al-Fitr by the Taliban and the Afghan government. He added that he hopes the truce and…
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receives congratulations from Queen Elizabeth on birth of her baby
23rd June 2018
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made history as the first elected leader to take maternity leave.
The Prime Minister and her husband, Clarke Gayford, welcomed a healthy baby girl into the world on Thursday afternoon local time.
Ardern is also the second…
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Chairman of the Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue at the Vatican, visited Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in his office in Riyadh on Wednesday.
Following a flurry of meetings between senior Saudi figures and representatives of various…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered that a newspaper columnist is suspended from the al-Jazirah newspaper after the columnist compared him to God.
The newspaper column written by Ramadan al-Anzi described King Salman as “Haleem” or forbearing and “Shadeed al-Eqab”, which means strict in punishment. The terms are both associated with God in Islam.
Giving divine…
