In Egypt, eight soldiers were killed in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in North Sinai region, Army spokesperson, Mohammed Samir said in a stateme...
A fierce hurricane and a powerful offshore earthquake struck Central America at the same time, triggering emergency responses in Nicaragua, El Salva...
A spokesman for the Russian Defence Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said US military tactics were hampering Russia’s efforts in the Middle E...
The death toll in the collapse of a platform under construction at a power plant in eastern China has rise to 74, with two others injured, as China's ...
RIYADH: A top Saudi scientist has issued an alert about unstable weather conditions in the coming days, warning about moderate to heavy rainfall, thun...
Employees at the Saudi Binladin Group, a construction giant, have set fire to more than seven company buses in the latest protest by disgruntled staff...
A TSUNAMI warning has been issued after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Central America as a hurricane barrelled through the region.The US Pacific W...
BEIJING – State media say the death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China has jumped to 67, with two oth...
The "sleepless nights and gruelling schedule" of the election campaign and impending presidency could prove a deadly cocktail for the 70-year-old, Dr ...
The 6.1 magnitude quake happened around 6.30am (local time) and is said to be an aftershock of the huge quake which initially triggered tsunami warnin...
An amateur boxer who suffered a head injury in his first match has died.Kuba Moczyk, 22, was knocked out in the third round of Saturday's fight at the...
Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated from their homes as wildfires rage through parts of the Israeli city of Haifa.Huge flames are being fa...
Three Turkish soldiers have been killed and 10 wounded in an attack in northern Syria, but there are conflicting reports about what may have happened....
A suicide truck bomb has exploded at a gas station south of Baghdad, apparently targeting buses packed with Iranian Shiite pilgrims. Police and medica...
The Twitter account of Jack Dorsey, the social network's CEO and co-founder, was briefly suspended because of what he called "an internal mistake.""Ju...
United Kingdom will continue to play a key role in NATO after leaving the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May said yesterday during a m...
A new peace accord between Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels will be signed today and sent to Congress for approval, bringing a formal end...
Donald Trump has named South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as US Ambassador to the UN, US media report said, adding that Ms Haley is the f...
Almost two years into its war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is rejecting cease-fires and peace talks.At least 12 Yemeni civilians were killed Wednesday by a ...
New Delhi: Saudi Arabia has assured India of addressing difficulties being faced by retrenched Indians who were employed with construction giant Saudi...
JEDDAH — Local authorities across the Kingdom have taken precautionary measures following the forecast of heavy rain and thunder.Prince Khaled Al-Fais...
MAKKAH — Some 8,230 Saudis from 2,358 families are stranded in 32 countries, according to Tawfiq Abdulaziz Al-Suwailem, chairman of the Saudi Charitab...
The secretive state has launched 20 missiles this year alone as it aims to develop a long-range weapon, capable of hitting the US mainland.In a milita...
NEW DELHI: A day after India accused Pakistan of beheading a soldier in Kashmir and killing two others, top military commanders of both countries spok...
Syrian pro-government forces pushed deeper into rebel-held eastern Aleppo, forcing civilians to flee as the regime pressed an assault to recapture t...
US President Barack Obama has shortened sentences for 79 more people and has surpassed the 1,000 mark for commutations granted during his presidency...
US President-elect Donald Trump said, he has an open mind about pulling out of world climate accords, speaking to a panel of New York Times journali...
Hillary Clinton’s lead in the US presidential election popular vote now stands at more than 1.7 million – despite the Democrat losing the overall elec...
Republicans are jubilant after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction to president Obama’s overtime pay rule, dashing hopes for millions of ...
Eight people have been rushed to hospital after a 'chemical spill' at Melbourne Airport.Paramedics and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were called to th...
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