
President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia would respond in kind, if NATO deployed troops and infrastructure in Finland and Sweden after they join ...

In Sri Lanka, the bus fare has been increased by 22 per cent from Thursday midnight.National Transport Commission (NTC) Director General Nilan Miranda...

Riyadh: The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia announced on Wednesday that it will secure alternative flights and provide additional seats for...

Riyadh: Almost 313,000 pilgrims from around the world had arrived Madinah by Wednesday to perform Hajj, according to official figures.The Ministry of ...

Jerusalem: Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Jewish worshipers on Thursday at a flashpoint holy site in the occupied West Bank, wounding an Israeli mi...

Madrid: Russia pressed on with its offensive in eastern Ukraine on Thursday after NATO branded Moscow the biggest “direct threat” to Western security ...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed a NATO summit through a video link, urging more defence and financial assistance for Ukrain...

Iran and the United States began indirect talks on Tuesday in Qatar aimed at finding a way to save Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers. I...

Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner exchange since the start of the conflict on February 24. 144 Ukrainians aged 19 and 65 years ret...

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has survived an impeachment vote after the opposition failed to gather enough votes to oust him. The motion garnered...

NATO member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland's membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the Nordic countries' bids to join....

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed for 42.6 million US dollars in aid to help millions that have been affected b...

Iran has submitted an application to become a member of the BRICS, an Iranian official said yesterday. Iran, which holds the world’s second-largest ga...

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday said that the US would provide nearly 55 million dollars in additional immediate humanitaria...

Madinah: A total of 282,523 pilgrims from around the world have arrived in Madinah as of Sunday to perform this year’s Hajj. Figures released by the S...

Jerusalem: The Israeli parliament unanimously approved early Tuesday a draft bill to dissolve parliament, a key legislative step that pushes the count...

Amman: Twelve people were killed and 251 others injured in a toxic chlorine gas leak from a container at Jordan’s Aqaba port, state media reported.Jor...

Houston: At least 40 people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, local authorities said.The tractor-trailer truck was found...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy called the missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk that killed 16 people, as one of t...

Islamabad: Korean investors have filed a claim with the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) against the government of Pakistan, seeking $...

A five-day UN Ocean Conference kicked off yesterday with the Kenya and Portugal being the co-hosts. Leaders from over 130 countries from across the wo...

In Colombia, at least six people died and more than 200 injured in an accident that took place on Sunday at the venue of a bullfight in El Espin...

A Russian missile hit a “crowded” mall in east Ukraine today, killing two and injuring 20, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The shopping centre in ...

New York: An Indian-origin man was shot dead execution-style as he was sitting in a jeep near his home in New York, according to media reports.After t...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Belarus is being drawn into Russia’s ongoing war against Kiev more actively than at the beginni...

Washington: US space agency NASA has delayed the scheduled launch of the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon over systems checks.NASA was earlier targeting M...

Kyiv: Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, striking at least two residential buildings, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klits...

Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Saturday that the US Supreme Court decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion coul...

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) began three days of talks yesterday in Germany's Bavarian Alps. One of the first announcements was a 600 billion do...

Iran has launched a solid-fueled rocket into space. Defense Ministry Spokesman Ahmad Hosseini said Zuljanah, a 25.5 meter-long rocket, is capable of c...
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