Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch has retreated from an oil-rich southern province in the face of an assault by a US-backed elite government force, a senior mil...
Qassim, which hosts the world’s largest date festival in Buraidah every year at this time, is swirling with activities, with date farmers expecting hi...
In Pakistan, at least 22 people were injured tonight in a bomb blast in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.Police said an explosive device planted...
North Korea has vowed to retaliate and make the US pay a price for drafting fresh UN sanctions over its banned nuclear weapons programme. The off...
In Malaysia, more than 400 suspected people have been detained during a counter-terrorism operation. Security in the city is being tightened up ahead ...
South Africa's parliament will vote by a secret ballot on a no-confidence motion brought against President Jacob Zuma today, a decision that could see...
The Jamaat-ud-Dawah, which the United States accuses of being a front for the anti-India Lashkar-e-Taiba that staged the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has ente...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories: Jordan’s King Abdullah II offered support to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a rare visit Monday to the o...
Singapore's Immigration Ministry has revoked the permanent residency and permanently banned two United States citizens after one was deemed to be “age...
Mikhail Sosonkin is a so-called "white-hat," or ethical hacker – or one who breaks into networks to test their security. The Russian-born Sosonskin, w...
Turkey may launch a new cross-border military operation into northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.Ankara has already begun reinforcing ...
The Health Ministry has prepared all its facilities to care for pilgrims throughout the current Hajj season.On its Twitter account, the ministry said ...
Israel has imposed new travel restrictions on Palestinians, preventing them from leaving blockaded Gaza with laptops. The ban also applies in the oppo...
In Afghanistan, at least 50 civilians have been killed by militants in northern province yesterday. Officials said that a checkpoint manned by local p...
An American Airlines flight lurched violently over the Atlantic Ocean, sending drinks and people flying, and putting 10 passengers in the hospital aft...
Gunmen stormed a Catholic church in a town in southeast Nigeria yesterday, killing 12 worshippers, hospital sources and witnesses said.The attack took...
The Briton praised for ending the NHS cyberattack admitted to police he created a code to harvest bank details, a court has heard.Marcus Hutchins, 23,...
France has seen 271 jihadi militants return from war zones in Iraq and Syria and all of them are subject to investigation by public prosecutors, the c...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Maha Almutairi has a secret apartment.At 35, like most unmarried Saudi women, she still officially lives at home. Her father de...
The United States has officially informed the United Nations that it will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.In a press release issued last nig...
In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame is set for landslide win in the Presidential election. With 80 percent of results counted, Rwanda's long-time preside...
The UN Security Council will vote today on a US-drafted resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea. Backed by its European allies, Japan and South...
Washington: Migrants will not get welfare services in the first five years after they arrive in the US, said President Donald Trump days after announc...
The US has submitted its formal communication to the UN indicating it will withdraw from the historic 2015 Paris climate agreement as soon as possible...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday donated $33.7 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help fight cholera in Yemen.The pledge was signed in ...
LONDON: The Saudi Embassy in London has warned nationals and residents of the Kingdom to be careful in the city after a huge rise in the number of aci...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will pay his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, at the end of this month...
China said that India should show through deeds its willingness to maintain peace at the border and claimed that 48 Indian soldiers were at Doklam are...
DUBAI: Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that swept through one of the world’s tallest residential buildings in Dubai early on Friday, forcing oc...
A cyber security researcher widely credited with helping to neutralise the global "WannaCry" ransomware attack earlier this year has been arrested on ...
Which political party will win the Delhi Assembly polls to be held on Feb 5?