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LONDON: Muslim communities are being failed by the UK’s flagship counter-extremism Prevent strategy, a government advisor has told the BBC. Dame Sarah Khan said the government had left a “vacuum” of

BERLIN: A German woman, who took her young daughter to Syria, joined Daesh group there and allegedly took advantage of an enslaved Yazidi woman, was convicted Wednesday of membership in a terrorist

RIYADH: The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymukhamedov arrived in Jeddah on Wednesday. The president was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal

MANCHESTER: French World Cup-winning midfielder Paul Pogba is to leave Manchester United at the end of June, the club said Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a largely disappointing second

RIYADH: Academy of Learning Co. has published its registration document for a direct listing on Saudi Arabia’s parallel market Nomu at SR40 ($11) per share, the company’s financial advisor Aldukheil

RIYADH: Bahrain-based GFH Financial Group began trading its shares on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange on Tuesday as it looks to tap into the wider investor market in the region. “With our listing,

BERLIN: A court in Germany on Tuesday convicted five men for membership in a local cell of the Daesh group that received orders from a leading Daesh figure in Afghanistan. The Duesseldorf regional

CAIRO: Mostafa Madbouly, prime minister of Egypt, and Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber, UAE minister of industry and advanced technology, have agreed to set up working groups to formulate renewable energy

RIYADH: The UAE’s share in Saudi Arabia’s non-oil exports including re-exports dropped to 14.81 percent in the first quarter this year, down from 14.87 percent the previous quarter, according to the

RIYADH: Adel Al-Jubeir was appointed as envoy for climate affairs in addition to his work on Sunday by royal decree, Saudi Press Agency reported. More to follow…

DUBAI: Former president Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday called for Russia to toughen its laws on “foreign agents” and prosecute individuals working for the interests of foreign states. Russia has

The Iranian army has given some details — but not the exact location — of an underground base for its military drones, state media reported on Saturday, amid simmering tensions in the Gulf. State TV

KYIV, Ukraine: The former president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said Saturday he was barred from leaving the country, accusing the government of breaking a so-called political cease-fire in place

RIYADH: Qatar Airways will reconsider an initial public offering after the country concludes hosting World Cup 2022 later this year, CEO Akbar Al Baker told Asharq Business. Earlier in 2012, the

LONDON: An international human rights organization has urged the EU to act over reports of Bulgarian authorities engaging in “illegal pushbacks” of asylum seekers along the country’s border with

DUBAI: The first edition of Metacon, a one-of-a-kind “metaverse into reality” pop culture convention, is set to take place on May 28 and 29 in Dubai with tickets being sold as non-fungible tokens.

LONDON: The Digital Cooperation Organization and the World Economic Forum launched a Digital Foreign Direct Investment Initiative today at the WEF annual meeting in Davos to boost global foreign

ISTANBUL: Three Turkish soldiers serving in northern Iraq as part of operations against Kurdish militants were killed Tuesday, the defense ministry announced. Another four soldiers were wounded

Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of a Bavarian Nordic vaccine to be ready to vaccinate contacts of those infected with monkeypox if an outbreak in Germany becomes more severe, but officials are

LONDON: Global environmental, social, and governance assets are on track and expected to hit $41 trillion by the end of this year, and $50 trillion by 2025, as the Public Investment Fund continues to

LONDON: As businesses are now getting more concerned about becoming environment friendly, Saudi Aramco had started the journey toward sustainability long back in the 1970s, said Ashraf Al-Ghazzawi,

LONDON: Achieving a decarbonized economy is an urgency at this time, but it is very challenging, according to David Schwimmer, CEO of the London Stock Exchange Group. While speaking at the Future

DUBAI: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has seized an Iranian ship carrying 240 tons of smuggled diesel, a report by Dubai-based Al Arabiya TV said Saturday. The ministry said it has seized in

LONDON: Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns The travel bans have only