JAL to launch low-cost carrier ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: Japan Airlines (JAL) on Monday (May 14) announced plans to launch a budget airline, hoping to take advantage of an expected expansion in the na...

Suspected explosive device found at South Africa mosque

South Africa is racked by violent crime and social strife rooted in poverty and glaring income disparities, but it is seldom associated with the Islam...

Hamas Delegation Heads to Cairo before US Embassy Move

Hamas chief Ismail Hanieh traveled to Cairo on Sunday a day before the United States is expected to relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.The Pa...

King Salman Congratulates Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz made on Sunday a telephone call to Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad after becoming Prime Minist...

Iran Denounces Deadly Attack on French Citizens

In a Sunday statement, Qassemi blasted the attack and expressed sympathy with the families of the victims of the terrorist incident.“The ISIS’ claimin...

Israel warns Gaza protesters to stay away from border fence

Israel has warned Gaza residents they will be risking their lives if they approach the border during a planned mass protest.The army says in the leafl...

Jerusalem Embassy: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner arrive in Israel

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, have arrived in Israel ahead of the opening of the new US embassy in Jerus...

Dangerous gunman shot dead by mum at Brazilian Mother’s Day luncheon

GUN violence is an unfortunate and terrifying reality in 2018, but one armed offender waiting outside a private school in Brazil’s Sao Paulo met his m...

More people flee as Hawaii volcano rumbles

A massive new fissure opened on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech on Sunday as it threatened nea...

Paris attacker identified as Chechen-born French citizen Khasan Azimov

Azimov was shot dead by French police after he killed a 29-year-old man and wounded four others near the Opera Garnier.He was identified by the Cheche...

Family of suicide bombers target Indonesia churches in ‘barbaric’ attack

At least 13 people have died in suicide attacks on churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city, carried out by a family of six that included two young...

Hawaii volcano stokes fears of West Coast eruptions

Kurdish women fighters film sparks claims of 'misogyny' at Cannes

Girls of the Sun, which follows a platoon of Yazidi women battling the extremists who had enslaved them and their children, was premiered at the same ...

Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya

An attacker who stabbed and killed a 29-year-old in central Paris on Saturday night was a naturalised Frenchman born in Russia’s Chechnya region in 19...

20 Muslim Brotherhood Suspects Placed on Terrorist Lists in Egypt

A Cairo court in Egypt ordered on Saturday that 20 Muslim Brotherhood members be placed on terrorist lists for the next five years.The court based its...

Vladimir Putin deploys Cossacks to Moscow for first time in a century to suppress protests

Russia’s minority opposition is by now used to many things – but few of its members were prepared for the scene that greeted them last Saturday.Instea...

Jerusalem strengthens security measures ahead of US Embassy opening

Thousands of Israeli soldiers are sent to the border with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as to Jerusalem, to strengthen security measures a...

Bahrain launches new $1bn energy fund

TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – Iran and Sri Lanka signed 5 memoranda of understanding in the presence of the two countries’ presidents in Tehran on Sunday to ...

Iran, Sri Lanka ink 5 MoUs

India says too soon to know impacts of Iran sanctions

India says it cannot yet determine the impacts of returning US sanctions on its plans to import oil from Iran.India’s Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told...

Lawmakers sign Jerusalem Oath in defense of sacred city

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Michael Cinco gown steals Cannes limelight

Dubai-based Filipino designer Michael Cinco is known for his extravagant gowns, and the work of art he created for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Cannes app...

Observatory: 19 Iranians Killed in 2 Days of Israeli Strikes on Syria

At least 11 Iranians were among those killed in unprecedented Israeli strikes on Syria on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Satur...

At Least 19 Killed in Fighting Between Myanmar Army, Rebels

North Korea to Destroy Nuclear Test Site before US Summit

Ramadan bazaars help set the scene for the holy month

JEDDAH: With Ramadan almost upon us, preparations for the holy month are at their peak. Families are preparing food in advance for luscious iftars, de...

8 dead, nearly 40 wounded as bombs hit 3 Indonesian churches

JAKARTA: Three attacks including one by a suicide bomber disguised as a churchgoer targeted three churches in Indonesia's second largest city of Surab...

NASA plans to send mini-helicopter to Mars

Tampa: The US space agency said on Saturday it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper tha...

Iran crossed a red line, forcing his army to strike its bases in Syria: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said, Iran crossed a red line, forcing his army to strike its bases in Syria. In a statement, Mr Ne...

US Secretary of State says US offers to help rebuild N Korea economy if it disarms

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, if North Korea agrees to surrender its nuclear arsenal, Washington will work with Pyongyang to rebuild its...