Dow opens new innovation centre in Saudi Arabia

Dow Chemical Company has announced the launch of its newly-built innovation centre located within the King Abdullah University of Science and Technolo...

BMW reports strong sales of electric vehicles in Q1

BMW Group, following its best-ever first-quarter sales results, has announced that there are more than a quarter of a million of its electrified vehic...

WorleyParsons wins Saudi refinery contract

WorleyParsons, a leading global engineering services group, said it has been awarded a general engineering service (GES) contract by Yanbu Aramco Sino...

Saudi Arabian authority urges use of VAT app for shopping

The General Authority of Zakat and Tax (Gazt) in Saudi Arabia has urged consumers to use the VAT app when purchasing goods and services, ahead of the ...

Cargo plane crashes in Nepal

In Nepal, a cargo plane crashed in Humla district today. Both the pilots died in the crash and their bodies have been recovered from the wreckage.&nbs...

China calls for North Korea and United States to go ahead with Kim-Trump summit

China called for North Korea and the United States to go ahead with their historic summit as planned after Pyongyang threatened to pull out of the sch...

Israel, Egypt not allowing Turkish planes for Gaza

Israel and Egypt are not allowing Turkish aircrafts to use their airports for transporting wounded Palestinians, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Recep A...

The Latest: Putin: Russian warships will remain off Syria

The Latest: Putin: Russian warships will remain off SyriaRussian President Vladimir Putin says Russian warships with cruise missiles will remain on a ...

Bosnian tycoon-turned-politician cleared of corruption charges

A Bosnian tycoon who leads a party in the ruling coalition was cleared on Wednesday of charges of organizing a criminal group and interfering in a hig...

Israeli Military Strikes Hamas Outpost in Northern Gaza Strip

No casualties have been reported after the Israeli military responded to recent attacks targeting its positions with retaliatory tank fire at a Hamas ...

Gaza massacre film earns rave reviews at Cannes

A "devastating" film about the massacre of an extended Palestinian family in Gaza by Israeli forces in 2009 has been hailed by critics at the Cannes f...

5 Civilians Killed By Syrian Regime Shelling Western Hama

Hama (Qasioun) – 5 Civilians were killed including women and children on Wednesday as the Syrian regime forces continue to bombard Mansoura village ou...

Syria Gas Attack Confirmed by Global Watchdog

small cargo plane crashed in Nepal, killing two pilots

A small cargo plane on Wednesday crashed in Nepal, killing both pilots onboard the aircraft, according to a media report.Deputy Director General at Ci...

The first day of Ramadan begin on Thursday in UAE

The first day of Ramadan 2018 will officially begin on Thursday, May 17.The UAE Moon Sighting Committee confirmed the news on Tuesday night after it w...

UAE leaders congratulate Arab, Islamic countries for holy month of Ramadan.

The President, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent congratulatory messages to the Kings, Emirs and Presidents of Arab and Islami...

Ancient Greek Artifacts Uncovered in Slovakia

NITRA, SLOVAKIA—The Slovak Spectator reports that bronze pieces of a Greek warrior’s breastplate have been unearthed near an ancient Celtic fortified ...

Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea

MOSCOW –  Russian President Vladimir Putin has driven a large construction truck to open the much-anticipated bridge linking southern Russia and ...

UN Security Council discusses violence along Gaza-Israeli border

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting last night to discuss the violence along the Gaza-Israeli border. The violence, whi...

N Korea cancels high-level talks with South Korea

North Korea has cancelled high-level talks with South Korea, scheduled for today, over Seoul's joint military exercises with the US. Some 100 war...

Bangladesh SC grants bail for former PM Khaleda Zia in corruption case

Bangladesh Supreme Court granted bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a graft case today. The apex court has upheld the High Court's orde...

It’s Not Just Hawaii: The U.S. Has 169 Volcanoes That Could Erupt

Volcanoes are full of tricks. They can build to a major eruption in a crescendo of shudders and spatters or explode with almost no warning. They can l...

Earthquake: 3.8 quake strikes near Oakland

A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Monday evening two miles from Oakland, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred a...

Ash cloud from Hawaii volcano sparks aviation red alert

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...

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...

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...