Saudi Arabia’s growing influence and massive spending in global sports have been detailed in research ahead of the kingdom ...

International negotiations to create a legally binding treaty to stem the tide of plastic pollution ended in a stalemate on ...

There is an impasse over whether the treaty should reduce the total plastic on Earth and put global, legally binding controls ...

Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

Oil-rich nations like Saudi Arabia strongly oppose efforts to reduce plastic production and use procedural tactics to delay ...

A summit many hoped would yield a landmark treaty to tackle a global plastic pollution crisis ended in disappointment after ...

The Gulf nation is increasingly pursuing a "Saudi First" foreign policy, strengthening relations outside of its typical ...

Every year, over 400 million tons of new plastic are produced globally, and much of this ends up as waste, polluting oceans, ...

The UN environment chief insisted Monday that talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty were not a failure, saying ...

Oil-producing nations, particularly Saudi Arabia and Russia, have blocked a UN-backed treaty to curb plastic pollution, ...