Regional News
RIYADH: Saudi ports recorded a slight improvement in the volume of container throughput in May with 600,107 twenty-foot equipment units, registering a 1.38 percent increase over the same period last
LONDON: Iran is “dangerously close” to completing its nuclear weapons program, and will be able to produce an atomic bomb unless…
RIYADH: First Abu Dhabi Bank has announced the completion of a legal merger with Bank Audi Egypt to operate as a…
RIYADH: Raising Saudi Arabia’s import tariffs on more than 500 items led to an investment increase in goods production and more…
LONDON: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the Taliban on Thursday for violently beating an Afghan journalist and charging three others…
RIYADH: Banque Saudi Fransi’s $4 billion guaranteed Medium-Term Note program has been assigned a provisional senior unsecured foreign-currency rating of (P)A2…
DHAHRAN: With the iconic Ithra building glistening in the night sky, the eight annual Saudi Film Festival came to a close…
DHAKA: Al Amin grew up wishing he could run but even walking was difficult for the 28-year-old until February, when doctors…
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has announced that Muslims would be allowed to perform Hajj this year provided they pay their…
BRUSSELS: The speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament made a vibrant plea Wednesday for his country to be named a candidate for…
JEDDAH: Turkey is aiming to boost the tourism sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product by up to 15 percent this…
RIYADH: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is building three water reservoirs valued at 550 million dirhams ($149.7 million) to raise the…
DUBAI: More than 90 women plan to file lawsuits against the FBI, accusing former agents at the agency of botching the…
RIYADH: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is set to pump $1 billion into food supply schemes to support nations affected…
LOS ANGELES: “Jurassic World Dominion” marks the finale of the new and original “Jurassic” trilogies, but fan excitement is far from…
The Iran-backed Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi paramilitary movement has adopted a “divide-and-conquer strategy” in its efforts to dominate Iraq’s ethnically diverse Nineveh province.…
RIYADH: Jordan will provide one million job opportunities during the next 10 years as part of its new vision for its…
DUBAI: Pensioners protested in Iran on Monday against soaring living costs, according to Fars news agency and social media reports, in…
“Beware the Asian Cup’s most entertaining player!”, warned Australia’s newspapers as the Socceroos prepared to face the UAE for a place…
GAZA: Israel arrested four Palestinian fishermen off the Mediterranean coast of Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The Israeli…
TUNIS: Tunisian police scuffled with protesters against President Kais Saied on Saturday as around 100 people demonstrated against a planned July…
MADRID: Lebanese-Colombian superstar Shakira and FC Barcelona defender Gerard Pique said Saturday they were calling time on their relationship of more…
KYIV: Ukraine’s embattled eastern region of Donetsk will not fall quickly to Russia’s assault, but it needs the world to supply…
BERLIN: Three people were killed and several injured when a regional train derailed in southern Germany on Friday, a police spokesperson…
LONDON: Muslim communities are being failed by the UK’s flagship counter-extremism Prevent strategy, a government advisor has told the BBC. Dame…
BERLIN: A German woman, who took her young daughter to Syria, joined Daesh group there and allegedly took advantage of an…
RIYADH: The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday. The president was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport…
MANCHESTER: French World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba is to leave Manchester United at the end of June, the club said Wednesday,…