India is among the world’s 13 leading industrial clusters along with countries such as Australia, Brazil, the Netherlands, the UK and Saudi Arabia to join the World Economic Forum’s Transitioning Industrial Clusters initiative to fight climate change and safeguard the planet, according to a WEF statement issued on Sunday.
President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards during the valedictory session of the PBD Convention in Odisha.
Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani on Friday described his just-concluded visit to Saudi Arabia, his first official trip abroad in his current capacity, as "historic".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that he would not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, rejecting reports that Israel had agreed to a "path toward Palestinian statehood" as part of efforts to normalise relations with Saudi Arabia.
Veteran Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who was recently seen in ‘Singham Again’, attended the Red Sea Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia’s human rights record has been under increasing scrutiny from rights groups and Western allies ever since the killing of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in 2018. The kingdom has faced strong criticism of its restrictive laws on political and religious expression, and the implementation of the death penalty, including for defendants arrested when they were minors.
Nora Aldabal, arts and creative planning director at Royal Commission for AlUla, said the Saudi exhibition allows people to integrate art, nature and history together, hailing the city "a destination built and inspired by artists".
The king also voiced concern over the Iranian refusal to cooperate with the international community on its nuclear program as well as over the development of ballistic missiles by Tehran.
At the press conference, he showed pictures of Hezbollah's members training the Houthi militia to launch explosive-laden drones.
The development could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East
