One of the world's most famous trees has fallen after 1,000 years
It’s one of the oldest tourist attractions in America, but now the famous Pioneer Cabin Tree is no more.The giant sequoia, which is reckoned to be ove...
Bashar Assad prepared 'to negotiate everything' at Syria peace talks
Syrian President Bashar Assad is prepared "to negotiate everything" at talks set to begin in Kazakhstan, as he seeks to cast himself as a peacemaker a...
FIFA set to approve plan for 48-team World Cup
FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026 is set to be rubber-stamped at a meeting of the FIFA Council in Zur...
Trump appoints his son-in-law as senior advisor
US President-elect Donald Trump today appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor that would make him one of the most powerful indivi...
Couple denies cheating woman of RM600,000 in Saudi investment scam
JOHOR BARU: A couple pleaded not guilty in the magistrate's court here to cheating almost RM600,000 from a businesswoman in a bogus investment deal in...
Riyadh Metro on track, says builder
RIYADH: A major contractor on Riyadh’s $22.5 billion urban rail and bus system said Monday the project is on track despite government cuts to infrastr...
644,000 Captagon pills seized in Madinah, Al-Qassim
JEDDAH: Anti-narcotics forces in Madinah foiled the smuggling of 623,000 Captagon pills. The drug consignment, which was coming from Tabuk and heading...
Gen Sharif’s moves to Riyadh
There is more than one way to interpret the recent news that retired General Raheel Sharif has relocated to Riyadh to take charge of the so-called all...
Italian firm awarded King Fahd International stadium contract
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Sports has awarded a contract to Schiattarella Associati for the modification of King Fahd International stadium i...
Egyptian boy hangs himself after writing mysterious note on wall
CAIRO - An 14-year-old Egyptian student in a western province committed suicide on Friday after reportedly writing a mysterious note on the wall.The n...
World's most evil street gang whose 100,000 members want to top the global league for murder
It is one of the world's most feared gangs.Mara Salvatrucha - also dubbed MS-13 - is known for its brutal murders , gang rape, drug trafficking and me...
Mysterious rogue planet 'on collision course with Earth' could destroy all human life in 2017
After the EU referendum and the loss of a host of beloved celebrities, many people were happy to see the back of 2016.But if you thought the past 12 m...
World War III is on its way, says poll of Western countries
World War Three is just around the corner and the planet is teetering on the brink of all-out conflict – according to people in major Western nations,...
Briton 'jailed for adultery in Bahrain' released from prison
A British woman jailed in Bahrain after being accused of adultery has been released amid a fundraising appeal by her mother to bring her home.Hannah J...
Pakistan test-fires Submarine launched Cruise Missile
Pakistan yesterday conducted its first successful test-fire of a Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM).The missile, Babur-3, with a range of 450 ki...
9 people killed in suicide bombing in Egypt
A suicide bomber driving a garbage truck packed with explosives rammed his vehicle into an Egyptian security checkpoint outside a police building in n...
Confirmed: Dependents’ fee payment linked to iqama
JEDDAH — The authorities have officially approved the advance payment of expat dependents’ fee at the time of iqama (residence permit) issuance or ren...
21 people killed due to floods and heavy rain in southern Thailand
At least 21 people were killed in a widespread flooding in southern Thailand, hitting rubber production in the region and shutting down infrastructure...
Deploying US troops in Afghanistan toughest decision, says Obama
Washington: What was US President Barack Obama's hardest decision during his two terms in office? A massive troop surge in Afghanistan, he said ...
Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani dies
TEHRAN: Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious political survivor despite his support for moderates, died on Sunday after suf...
British man to become first UK male to give birth
Hayden Cross, a British transgender man who was born female, has postponed his gender transition process to have a baby.After finding a sperm donor on...
Venezuela raises minimum wage by 50 percent
Embattled President Nicolas Maduro on raised the minimum wage by 50 percent in Venezuela, a country with astronomical inflation.Yesterday Maduro said ...
600 flights cancelled in Turkey due to snowfall
Heavy snowfall and bad weather conditions forced Turkey's flagship airline company Turkish Airlines to cancel 633 domestic and international flights, ...
North Korea says can test-launch intercontinental ballistic missile at any time
North Korea says it can test-launch an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at any time from any location chosen by leader Kim Jong-un. Foreign m...
Donald Trump accepts Russia's involvement in cyber attack during presidential elections
US President-elect Donald Trump accepts the US intelligence community's conclusion that Russia engaged in cyber attacks during the US presidential ele...
ISIS Has a New Weapon: Fire
The new ISIS terror weapon is fire. “This is a quick option for anyone intending to join the just terror campaign,” says the latest issue of the ...
North Korea's nuclear testing is a 'serious threat' to the US, outgoing Defense Secretary warns
North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities and ballistic missile defence programmes constitute a "serious threat" to the United States, Defense Secret...
H370 Found? Searchers Race to New Sites
Dramatic changes in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, first reported in The Daily Beast, have continued in the past 24 hours.The vessel sco...
U.S. Diplomat’s Husband Sexually Abused Staff, Until an Anonymous Tip Stopped Him
For nearly three years, the husband of a U.S. diplomat in Morocco was sexually assaulting his household cook.It took an anonymous letter to stop him.L...
The Brazilian Bombshell Who Drove a Cop to Kill Her Ambassador Husband
Greek diplomat Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, hadn’t even been ambassador to Brazil for a year when he was murdered, stuffed into his rental car, and set on f...
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