Saudi dairy firm Almarai plans $2.8 billion five-year capital investment

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia’s Almarai (2280.SE), the Gulf’s largest dairy company, plans to spend 10.6 billion riyals ($2.8 billion) in capital inv...

Pakistan police kill 6 linked to bomb attack

It said in a statement Saturday that another 12 inmates were being treated for smoke inhalation.The riot was led by a convict sentenced to death on te...

Fire started by rioting inmates in Iraqi jail kills 7

It said in a statement Saturday that another 12 inmates were being treated for smoke inhalation.The riot was led by a convict sentenced to death on te...

Cyclone in Oman: Dhaka seeks Delhi’s support to rescue its nationals

"I have talked to Indian State Minister for External Affairs MJ Akbar to help rescue Bangladeshis if anybody is affected by the cyclone," State Minist...

Nine dead in Brazil juvenile jail

In Brazil, nine juvenile detainees died after a fire broke out during a riot. The incident occurred when inmates tried to lit a mattress. The facility...

Russian President Putin says 'of course' Russian rocket did not shoot down flight MH17

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the rocket that shot down flight MH17 over war-torn eastern Ukraine in 2014 was "of course" not Russian, dismiss...

Summit with Kim Jong-un could still go ahead on June 12: Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump yesterday said that his administration is now talking with the North Koreans and hinted that the summit with Kim...

Malaysia court sentenced Australian woman to death for drug-trafficking

A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced to death by hanging an Australian mother of three, for trafficking more than a kilogram of crystal methampheta...

Almost $30 million, 400 handbags seized in raids linked to Malaysia's ex-PM

Malaysian police said Friday they seized over 400 handbags and cash amounting to almost $30 million in raids on luxury apartments as they probed corru...

Saudi Arabia's King Salman Center for Disability Research holds its 9th general assembly meeting

On behalf of Prince Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, founder of the King Salman Center for Disability Research (KSCDR), Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar att...

Saudi minister to focus on women’s empowerment at global meet

RIYADH: Minister of Labor and Social Development Ali bin Nasser Al-Ghafis will lead the Saudi delegation to the 107th Session of the International Lab...

Harvey Weinstein to surrender to New York autorities on Friday: US media

NEW YORK: Disgraced ex-Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities in New York on Friday following a months-long investig...

Canada blast: Two men set off in Indian restaurant Bombay Bhel

TORONTO: Two unidentified men walked into a restaurant on Thursday in the Canadian city of Mississauga and set off a bomb, wounding more than a dozen ...

US demands two Venezuelan diplomats leave within 48 hours: State Dept

Washington:The United States ordered two top Venezuelan diplomats to leave within 48 hours in a tit for tat response to Caracas' expulsion order again...

Euros worth Rs 44 lakh hidden in vegetables seized at Kolkata airport, 2 held

Two persons were arrested at the Kolkata Airport after the Customs department recovered Euro notes worth Rs 44 lakh from them. The accused, who were t...

India moves a notch higher to 44th rank in IMD’s competitiveness rankings

India has moved one notch higher, to the 44th place in terms of competitiveness, in the annual rankings compiled by International Institute for Manage...

Malaysian court sentences Australian grandmother to death by hanging

An Australian woman has been sentenced to death by hanging after a Malaysian court overturned an earlier acquittal of drug smuggling charges.According...

Sonic attacks: US embassy fears spread to China

US embassy workers in China have been warned they may be at risk of ‘sonic attacks’ after a consulate employee reported abnormal sensations of sound a...

Michael Cohen ‘took secret payment from Ukraine’

Lawyer was allegedly paid $400,000 to set up meeting between Donald Trump and Ukraine’s presidentDonald Trump’s long-time personal lawyer Michael Cohe...

China’s military is poised to become a world class force

With the 19thCommunist Party Congress guidelines in October 2017 on establishing joint theatre commands by 2020 and becoming a “world class” military ...

Two die, 18 injured in train accident in Italy

MILAN - Two people died and 18 were injured when a regional train crashed into a truck in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, emergency services ...

Cyclone Mekenu pummels UNESCO-protected Socotra island, several feared dead, others missing

SOCOTRA: Hundreds evacuated from their homes after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra Wednesday night, causing severe flooding and damage...

SAMA starts withdrawing SR1 notes from market

Riyadh — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) will start withdrawing SR1 banknotes from the market from Thursday, SAMA announced on its website...

US financial assistance to Pakistan under review: Mike Pompeo

US has said it is reviewing its financial assistance to Pakistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Islamabad of treating US diplomats "badly" an...

US federal court rules Prez Trump cannot block Twitter followers

A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump cannot block his followers on Twitter as this violates the First Amendment of the Constitutio...

US disinvites China from RIMPAC exercise over South China Sea

United States has withdrawn its invitation to China to participate in the biennial maritime exercise in the Pacific because of Beijing's continued mil...

UN lifts travel ban for North Koreans to summit between US Prez Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un

UN Security Council committee has agreed to lift a travel ban on North Korean officials heading to Singapore for the planned summit between US Preside...

Corruption cases result of high treason case instituted against Musharaff: Nawaz Sharif

Islamabad: Pakistan's embattled former premier Nawaz Sharif said yesterday that the three corruption cases filed against him were a result of the high...

Search for missing MH370 plane to end next week

BREAKING NEWS: Supra Mahumapelo resigns