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RIYADH: Saudi Makkah and Madinah are expected to see the addition of 110,000 rooms by 2030 to cater for Hajj pilgrims, a report has claimed. Over 100,000 rooms are expected to be supplied across the

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Thursday reported its first case of monkeypox, joining some 40 other countries that have identified patients with the disease. “The patient is a 30-year-old male from

MANILA: The Philippines’ outgoing foreign minister said on Thursday that talks over joint energy exploration between his country and China in the South China Sea had been terminated, citing

RIYADH: More than 1,400 Iraqi Hajj pilgrims arrived in the Kingdom through Jadidat Arar land port on Wednesday, Saudi Press Agency reported. Iraqi Hajj pilgrims arrive in the Kingdom through Jadidat

RIYADH: Dogecoin, a widely used cryptocurrency, jumped 7.9 percent on Tuesday after Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, said he will support the digital currency. “I just know a lot of people who

DOHA: QatarEnergy on Tuesday signed a deal with Exxon Mobil Corp. for the Gulf state’s North Field East expansion, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas project, following agreements with

LONDON: Oil prices rose almost $2 on Tuesday on high summer fuel demand while supplies remain tight because of sanctions on Russian oil after its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters is reporting. Brent

DUBAI: US actress Keleigh Teller is shutting down red carpets across the world as she supports her husband, Miles Teller, at international premieres for his new film “Top Gun: Maverick” — and she has

Having lost the support of much of his own Conservative Party and narrowly survived a no-confidence vote, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now going all-out to appease his right-wing support

DUBAI: US Palestinian Dutch supermodel Gigi Hadid was on hand to celebrate legendary modelling agent Luiz Mattos’s birthday in New York this week — and for the occasion, she showed off a vibrant look

LONDON: The mother of an American photojournalist killed by Daesh said that one of the group’s members came “very close” to apologizing to her during a prison visit. Alexanda Kotey, a 38-year-old

TUNIS: Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tunis on Saturday in opposition to a referendum on a new constitution called by President Kais Saied that would cement his hold on power. The

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-damaged southern city of Mykolaiv on Saturday for the first time since the Russian invasion in a rare trip outside Kyiv. Zelensky’s office

DUBAI: Sadio Mané looks to be headed for Bayern Munich, ending his trophy-filled six-year spell at Liverpool in a move that would finally split up one of the most devastating forward lines in the

CHENNAI: Lauded at the ongoing Tribeca Film Festival, director Amanda Micheli’s taut new documentary on pop superstar Jennifer Lopez is enthralling and reflective. Now streaming on Netflix, the

DUBAI: Dutch-Palestinian model Bella Hadid has again voiced her support for Palestinian refugees, with an online post sharing scenes from filmmaker Mai Masri’s 1998 documentary “Children of Shatila.”

KABUL: A bomb blast at a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed at least one worshipper and wounded seven others during Friday midday prayers, police said.The explosion occurred in the northern

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s $500-billion giga-project NEOM has given contractors until July 31 to submit bids for the main works package to a key component of the city. The work is to deliver clusters 3-6

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday criticized the United States for imposing new sanctions on petrochemical producers in the Islamic republic, amid a deadlock in talks aimed at reviving

The 2022 West Asian Football Federation Women’s Futsal Championship is set to kick off on Thursday at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah. It is the third edition of the competition and

LONDON: Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers to

RIYADH: National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia, better known as Bahri, has started the issuance of SR3.9 billion ($1.04 billion) Sukuk, denominated in Saudi Riyals. The offering started on June 16,

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have arrested a person accused of having a link to two French citizens being held on espionage charges, state television reported Thursday. The report said the suspect was