Kathmandu. The latest situation has become more complicated for Saudi Arabia, which is facing increasing security challenges from Iran and its regional allies. As the activities of regional groups...
Baghdad, Sept. 13: Iraq's government was racing Saturday to contain the fallout after local Iran-backed militias were accused of attacking and shuttering a key Saudi pipeline.
The 1,200-km (745-mile) pipeline running across the Arabian Peninsula had helped Saudi Arabia to bypass a shipping logjam in the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline...
TEHRAN, Sept 11: The top diplomats of Iran and Saudi Arabia spoke by phone to discuss "growing insecurity" in the region, Tehran said, without mentioning recent fighting in Yemen, where the two cou...
Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai received Fahd Mohammad A. Mnikhr, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nepal, for a courtesy call at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morn...
Sana. Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed to have targeted a military base in southern Saudi Arabia with ballistic missiles and drones. BBC Persian has reported that Houthi military spokesperson Yah...
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has relied on the Red Sea route since the Iran conflict effectively closed Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil used to flow. Yemen’s Iran-al...
TEHRAN, Aug 11: Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that a defence pact signed last week between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan was "a sign of a change in the perception" of countries in the reg...
Kathmandu: Industry Minister Gauri Kumari Yadav has appealed to the Government of Saudi Arabia for humanitarian assistance to support the rescue, relief and reconstruction efforts for victims of th...
New Delhi. During the BRICS summit held in New Delhi, India achieved a significant diplomatic success by getting Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which have tense relations w...
Houthi control of Mocha and advances towards the Bab el-Mandeb raise fresh concerns over Red Sea shipping and Saudi Arabia’s oil exports as US-Iran fighting disrupts regional energy routes. Iran-a...
RIYADH, July 24: A US-Saudi deal to establish a civilian nuclear programme in the Gulf country looked like a triumph for the kingdom, but just hours after its announcement President Donald Trump re...
Kathmandu: The signing of the ‘Makkah Joint Defense Agreement’ between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey can be seen as an important development signaling a changing security equation in West Asia....
Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's important 'East-West' oil pipeline was temporarily shut down on Thursday after a drone attack. Saudi officials said that the attack caused fires at some pumping stations alon...
Iran strikes a US base in Jordan after Washington destroys five Iranian tankers, while Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia wound 73 and fuel fears of wider energy disruption. The Middle East war intens...
Kathmandu. Oman's navy has revealed that it rescued 16 crew members from a Saudi-flagged oil tanker on Monday. The ship was attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz a week ago. "An Omani national ...
Saudi Arabia recovered from an early setback through Abdul Waheed before Nepal’s spinners triggered a late collapse; Gulshan Jha then sealed the chase with an unbeaten 44. Nepal reached the semi-f...
Kathmandu. A courtesy meeting was held between Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister Gauri Kumari Yadav and Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Nepal Fahad Mohammed A. Munaikhir. During the meeting, M...
The three Sunni Muslim-majority countries- Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan- signed the agreement, modelled on NATO’s collective-defence principle, in the Saudi holy city of Mecca this month. Ban...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan. The mutual defense agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan in Mecca 10 days ago has brought the changing security equation of West Asia to the center of a new de...
Weak skills recognition, poor job information and low wages are widening the gap between Nepal’s workers and employers. After spending 18 years working in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia...
Kathmandu. Houthi rebels have claimed drone attacks on an oil refining center in Jizan, located on the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea. The Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attack s...
Processing has stopped for five job categories after Nepal sealed a private firm conducting Saudi-mandated skill tests. Saudi Arabia has stopped issuing work visas to Nepali workers in five job ca...
Kathmandu. Turkey expects Egypt to participate in the joint defense agreement made with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan with the aim of maintaining regional stability. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fida...
New visa requirement adds thousands of rupees to migration costs as Nepal says the programme was introduced without bilateral agreement. Saudi Arabia has unilaterally introduced a skill certificat...
Kathmandu. According to ministry and military sources, at least 10 people have been killed in an attack by Houthi rebels in the strategic Yemeni province. The Houthi, backed by Iran, and the Saudi...
Riyadh. Popular video game company Electronic Arts has been bought for 55 billion US dollars by an investor group led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. US-based Electronic Arts is one of th...
Kathmandu. Saudi Arabia, Russia and five other major members of OPEC Plus agreed in an online meeting on Sunday to increase petroleum (fuel) production to 188,000 barrels per day from September ami...
Riyadh. Fourteen countries have supported the multinational maritime security alliance proposed by Saudi Arabia with the aim of protecting international waterways and world trade. According to the ...
Washington DC. Following Iran's alleged 'surprise' missile attack on US forces, America and Saudi Arabia have launched powerful retaliatory strikes on military targets related to Iran. The US Centr...
Baghdad. Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's visit to Saudi Arabia has been postponed after the United States and Saudi Arabia jointly conducted air strikes on the bases of Iran-backed Iraqi armed...
Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, which has been trying to keep itself away from the escalating conflict in West Asia for the past five months, now appears to be drawn into the center of the war. Saudi Arabia...
Baghdad. On Wednesday morning, Iran-backed Iraqi armed group Popular Mobilization Forces said that the United States and Saudi Arabia had launched joint air strikes on various military bases. Accor...
Kathmandu. Amidst the peak of US President Donald Trump's Middle East war, Iran has claimed that Tehran-backed Houthi rebels launched a missile attack on Saudi Arabia on Saturday after a new attack...
Sana. Iran-backed Houthi rebels have claimed to have attacked two Saudi oil tankers using drones and missiles in the Red Sea. Meanwhile, the US has continued airstrikes on Iran for the 12th consecu...
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