NASA spacecraft rockets toward sun for closest look yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft rocketed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent be...
‘India needs 45 more satellites in space’: ISRO chairman
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan has been attracting flak for the controversial removal of a senior colleague and director o...
In jail, 40 phone numbers including minister’s recovered from Muzaffarnagar shelter home kingpin
Bihar Police on Saturday recovered a list of 40 mobile phone numbers from Brajesh Thakur, the main accused in the rape of 34 minor girls who is lodged...
Microsoft boss Nadella rakes in USD 35 million in share sale
Microsoft's Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella has netted over USD 35 million after selling almost one-third of his common shares in the software giant.R...
Palestinian hit by Israeli fire succumbs to injuries
Gaza and Israel were “dangerously close” to a new conflict and called for urgent de-escalation to keep civilians from further riskThree Palestinians w...
Saudi security officer’s act of kindness caught on camera
Viral video shows a security officer lending his shoes to a pilgrim who lost her slippers at the Grand MosqueJEDDAH: The Arabic hashtag “Security guar...
Over 450 hurt in Romania clashes
BUCHAREST — More than 450 people were hurt during a huge anti-corruption protest in Bucharest, Romanian police said on Saturday, a day after the rally...
At least 4 people killed as Jordan police raid terrorists’ hideout
Police have arrested 3 terror suspects so farThe raid comes a day after a rare bomb blast targeted security forces near AmmanAMMAN: Jordan said on Sat...
First day of Hajj confirmed as Aug. 19
Dhu Al-Hijjah is the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar. It is the month in which the Hajj pilgrimage takes placeThe Supreme Court announ...
Singapore firm to lead design of first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi
DUBAI: Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) the global religious and civic organization that is part of the Swaminarayan b...
Death toll from Indonesia quake tops 380
Indonesia: An earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has killed 387 people, authorities said Saturday, adding hundreds of thousands of displace...
Heavy bombardment killed nearly 30 civilians across northern Syria
BEIRUT: Heavy bombardment killed nearly 30 civilians across northern Syria on Friday, a monitor said, in some of the fiercest shelling of rebel-held a...
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has announced the Kingdom will host 1,000 pilgrims from Palestine
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman has announced the Kingdom will host 1,000 female and male pilgrims who are relatives of Palestinian martyrs this Ha...
1 million children at risk in Idlib: UN
BEIRUT: A battle between Syrian regime forces and opposition fighters for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives of more than 1 millio...
Gaza: Death toll rises to three
GAZA CITY: A 40-year-old Palestinian hit by Israeli fire during protests on the Gaza border died of his wounds on Saturday, taking the previous day’s ...
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says no meeting planned with US officials
DUBAI: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there was no meeting planned with US officials including his counterpart Mike Pompeo at the ...
Erdogan warns Turkey’s partnership with United States in jeopardy
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s partnership with the United States may be in jeopardy as ties strain, warning Ankara could start looking ...
Joint ministerial group sign accord for stronger Saudi and New Zealand cooperation
A Saudi and New Zealand joint ministerial group ended a two-day series of meetings in Auckland on Friday with an agreement to strengthen cooperation b...
UN envoy: Saudi Arabia has ‘legitimate interest’ in Yemen peace talks success
LONDON: The UN envoy to Yemen has said Saudi Arabia has a legitimate interest in a stable southern border as he laid out his expectations for peace ne...
Suicidal man steals and crashes empty plane from Seattle airport
SAN FRANCISCO: Two military F-15 jets were scrambled late Friday after a "suicidal" airline worker stole and later crashed an empty passenger plane fr...
Syrian air defences engage an enemy target: state media
DAMASCUS: Syrian air defences engaged an "enemy target" near the border with Lebanon west of Damascus overnight, state news agency reported on Saturda...
Saudi envoy exposes Iran regime’s role in assault on KSA oil tankers
Jeddah: Prince Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US, has reiterated his condemnation of the Iranian regime’s “menacing role” in Yeme...
Chile's Bachelet to be next UN human rights chief
Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet has been appointed the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 193-member UN General Assembly approved ...
Imran Khan to take oath as Pakistan PM on Aug 18
Imran Khan will be sworn-in as Pakistan's new Prime Minister on August 18. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Central Additional Information Secretary Faisal Ja...
Indian envoy Ajay Bisaria meets Imran Khan
Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria has called on Pakistan's prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan at his Banigala residence in the suburbs of the ca...
Facebook tightens noose around fake accounts
San Francisco: The world’s largest social media network Facebook on Friday took measures to make it more difficult to run fake or compromised accounts...
Canada PM Justin Trudeau does not back down on rights defense in Saudi spat
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to apologize for calling out Saudi Arabia on its human rights record, after Riyadh said it was ...
Syria’s civil registries recorded 68,000 deaths in 2017
Syria’s civil registries recorded 68,000 deaths in the war-torn country in 2017, pro-regime daily Al-Watan reported its head as saying Thursday.“Last ...
US launches airstrikes to counter major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital
KABUL: US forces launched airstrikes Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in t...
UAE will build oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital
The United Arab Emirates will build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian state-af...
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