North Korea threatens to cancel US summit

North Korea threatened Wednesday to cancel the forthcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump if Washington seeks to push Py...

WHO publishes its first essential diagnostics list

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first 'essential diagnostics list', a catalogue of tests needed to diagnose the most ...

Israel envoy defends action on Gaza border

Ahmedabad: Defending the Israeli Army's action along the Gaza border which left 59 Palestinians dead, Israel's Ambassador to India, Daniel Carmon yest...

Melania Trump undergoes surgery for 'benign kidney condition'

Washington: US First Lady Melania Trump has undergone surgery for what the White House described as a "benign kidney condition" and was expected to re...

BJP, Congress to convene a legislative party meeting in Benguluru today

BJP, Congress and JD(S) have convened a legislative party meeting in Bengaluru today to elect their new leaders. Union Ministers JP Nadda and Dha...

US hedge fund eyes Bahrain as next distressed-debt target

Nakheel to open $217m Dubai waterfront project in Q4

Nakheel, a world-leading developer, said work on The Pointe, its Dh800-million ($217 million) waterfront dining and entertainment destination coming u...

Bahrain awards $390m construction, road tenders

Bahrain's Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ministry had awarded a total of 34 projects worth more than BD148 million ($390 million) du...

Iran prepared to expand cooperation with Estonia

At a meeting with Estonian Ambassador Marin Mõttus in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Morteza Sarmadi expressed that Ira...

Mohammed bin Rashid pardons 700 prisoners ahead of Ramadan

DUBAI, 15th May, 2018 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered ...

Saudi Arabia 'rejects' US embassy transfer to Jerusalem

The Saudi Arabian government on Tuesday said it opposed the US decision to relocate its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. "The kingdom reject...

Aadhaar card not mandatory for central government employees to get pension

Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension, minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh has said.In 30th m...

Deadly clashes in Gaza are ‘unacceptable and inhuman’, says MSF

Turkish coast guard says 7 Afghan migrants die on sea crossing to Greece

Turkey’s coast guard says seven Afghan nationals died, including three children, while trying to cross into Greece, but that it managed to rescue 13 p...

Kuwaiti firm unveil plans for Birmingham’s tallest office tower

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath chopper forced to make emergency landing at a school, CM is Safe

In a major security lapse, the chopper carrying Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was today forced to land on a field instead of the makesh...

Why is Iran winning and Saudi Arabia losing?

Watch: Korean Asiana Flight Grazes Turkish Airlines Plane, Slices Jet's Tail

Korean airline Asiana was taxing on a tarmac Sunday on Turkey’s Istanbul Ataturk Airport when one of its wings was damaged after it collided with the ...

Middle East in crisis

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Qatar and the UAE face off over world's first "5G" network deployment

Rahul Gandhi's Epic Karnataka Defeat Broken Down In 10 Points

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered a huge win for his party today, proving that his popularity remains undiminished in an election ...

National security shouldn't be put at stake for political gains said Pakistan PM

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has called for an end to a debate that Nawaz Sharif sparked with his controversial remarks about Mumbai attacks.Ex...

Inside Shanghai's robot bank: China opens world's first human-free branch

Smriti Irani Loses Her Key Ministry In Rejig, Piyush Goyal Gets Finance

New Delhi: Union minister Smriti Irani was moved out of the crucial Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday evening as part of a small, but im...

Palestinians bury dead and observe general strike after Israel kills 58 protesters

Natalie Portman will receive ‘Jewish Nobel’ despite refusing to attend ceremony

The Genesis Prize Foundation, whose award is nicknamed the “Jewish Nobel,” said it will not rescind its honour to Natalie Portman even though she will...

Malls in Dubai announce food courts, restaurants that will be operating during Ramadan

Soon, it will be Ramadan and shopping tourists and newly arrived expatriates in UAE will find that most dining venues shut their doors from sunrise to...

Turkey and South Africa recall Israel envoys amid Gaza violence

Turkey recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Israel after at least 50 Palestinian protesters were reportedly killed at the Gaza border. So...

US declares focus on Syrian peace talks in Geneva

Astana. May 15. KazTAG - The US has declared being focused on Syrian peace talks in Geneva.At the same time the US welcomes any authentic de-escalatio...

UAE announced Ramadan working hours for private sector from 9 am -2 Pm

Ramadan work timings have been announced by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (Fahr) for the private sector.Work timings for all pr...