RIYADH: The Ministry of Interior has emphasized that Hajj and Umrah service companies and establishments must strictly adhere to all relevant regulations and instructions...
GAZA: The UN Children’s Fund has closed 21 malnutrition treatment centers in the Gaza Strip, citing ongoing Israeli military operations and recent evacuation orders...
NEW DELHI: Unlike China, most of the Southeast Asian countries are clamouring to woo US President Donald Trump with offers of negotiations on tariffs...
WASHINGTON: A pro-Palestinian protest by Microsoft employees interrupted the company’s 50th anniversary celebration Friday, the latest backlash over the tech industry’s work to supply...
NEW DELHI: Amazon and Facebook-parent Meta may face significant losses due to US President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs, a report claims. Citing analysts and...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands: After giving a red carpet welcome this week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal...
BANGKOK: In a first meeting since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made it clear to Bangladesh’s chief adviser Muhammad Yunus that India...
BANGKOK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus discussed the extradition of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina during their bilateral meet in...
Britain, France accuse Russia of delaying ceasefire talks
Say Putin 'owes' US an answer
BRUSSELS: Britain and France on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump unveiled the first “gold card,” a residency permit sold for $5 million each, aboard Air Force One on Thursday.
Holding...
NEW DELHI: Insects account for a dominant share of our planet, providing humans and wildlife with pollination, food, and recycling services.
But the population of...
DAMASCUS/JERUSALEM: Israel stepped up airstrikes on the Syrian Arab Republic overnight, declaring the attacks a warning to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as...
BUDAPEST: Hungary said Thursday it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.
“Hungary will...
BANGKOK: The death toll from Myanmar’s devastating earthquake has surpassed 3,000, with hundreds more missing, as forecasts of unseasonal rain presented a new challenge...
NUUK: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a...
Orders evacuation amid ceasefire collapse
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has announced a major military expansion of its forces in Gaza on Wednesday and...
BUDAPEST: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary’s capital on Wednesday to meet with the country’s nationalist prime minister despite...
BEIJING: China concluded its two-day high-intensity military drills around Taiwan on Wednesday, saying that it completed all designated tasks of the joint exercises.
The Strait...
GENEVA: The World Health Organization is facing a gaping deficit this year and through 2027 following the US decision to withdraw, even after dramatically...
DUBAI: Iran’s president said Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump...
WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk has announced his artificial intelligence company, xAI, has acquired social media platform X for an all-stock transaction of $33 billion.
The...
DUBAI: The Israeli military said on Friday it was striking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, hours after missiles were fired from Lebanese territory into...
MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been awarded a medal commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory Day by the Russian government on Thursday,...