Activists say forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have unleashed their heaviest artillery barrage in a week to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town.
Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people.
Japan's premier on Saturday backed the development of a major industrial zone near Yangon on a visit to Myanmar aimed at deepening economic ties with the former junta-ruled nation.
India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency Certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labor policy came into force in the Kingdom.
Procedures, including fingerprinting, introduced by the ministries of interior and labor for undocumented foreign workers leaving the Kingdom will not prevent them from returning to work in the
The Riyadh municipality has announced that it fined or closed down hundreds of violating restaurants during an ongoing inspection campaign.
Hearing about a parentless child is not surprising.
A number of religious scholars and former Shoura Council members supported the Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice’s (Haia) move to hire female members.
US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders Friday to take “hard decisions” to revive the
Hundreds of thousands of workers from the Philippines, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are being hit in the pocket as the money they send home is worth less.
Morocco has lined up a series of events to celebrate the Africa Day, which this year coincides with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the
Saboteurs blew up a section of Yemen’s main oil pipeline Friday, partly disrupting output, the Defense Ministry and a local official said.
Palestinian protesters throw stones toward an Israeli bulldozer during clashes following a protest against the
Forest fires in Cyrenainca’s Jabl Akhdar (Green Mountains) are now under “total” control, thanks in part to Italian
A woman and two children, aged seven and eight, died in a blaze at a chalet in southern France overnight Friday, the local fire chief said, with the cause of the blaze unknown.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug.
Four researchers were exposed to radiation in an accident at a Japanese nuclear physics laboratory this week, officials said Saturday.
Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.
Philippine military officials say at least seven marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants have been killed in a clash amid an offensive against Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen accused of carrying out recent
New US guidelines for conducting armed drone operations overseas set a higher bar for attacking non-Americans and
China has offered to contribute troops to the new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, where insurgents controlled the country’s north until French-led troops launched an offensive in January to oust
With regard to the article "A damning report" (May 24), the world community should not stop buying clothes made in Bangladesh, but should instead put pressure on the Bangladeshi government and
With regard to the article "Justice for children of Saudi women" (May 24), I would like to say that this situation cuts across class, race, ethnicity, etc.
In the wake of the Woolwich murderof British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby, father of a two-year-old boy, the statements made by British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson to
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman cautioned Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah Friday over its militants’ intervention on
Saudi prisoner Muhammad Al-Huwaiti, who was reported missing for some time, is being tortured in Iraq in one of the notorious crime investigation offices as part of an attempt by the Iraqi
Awad Al-Hazmi, director of the labor office in Madinah, said the Passport Department in the city should not have charged citizens who wanted to correct the professions of their expatriate workers,
The dean of Prince Sultan College for Tourism and Administration expects a 100 percent increase in the employment of college graduates in the tourism sector if expatriate workers are phased out.
Saudi Arabia would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.
Syria's fractious opposition scrambled to agree a new leadership Friday in a bid to present a coherent front at peace talks which the United States and Russia are convening to seek an end to more
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a plane carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan to Britain was diverted from its original course Friday, officials said.
The home of English football will reverberate to the roar of German voices Saturday when Bayern Munich and Borussia
The chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings is likely to be questioned by police in Mumbai later Friday as part of investigations into spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League.
Former Chelsea and Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is poised to join Napoli, the Serie A club’s President Aurelio De
Defending French Open champion Rafael Nadal was drawn in the same half as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic Friday as the
Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has called up Lionel Messi for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador, even though the Barcelona forward is only half-fit.
Gibraltar was finally accepted as a member of European soccer’s governing body UEFA Friday, allowing their national team and clubs to enter to take part in international competition.
Jockey Eddie Ahern has lodged an appeal against his 10-year ban for corruption, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said Friday.
Wolfsburg completed a surprise victory in the women’s Champions League final Thursday, beating twice defending champions Olympique Lyon 1-0 thanks to a second-half penalty from Martina Mueller.
Tesla Motors said Wednesday that founder Elon Musk would invest $100 million in the surging electric car maker, and that it would repay a loan from the US Department of Energy ahead of schedule.
A large number of officials and representatives of business and banking sector experts will focus for two days to on the situation of Saudi small and medium-sized enterprises and the challenges they
Key obstacles to a banking union, seen as a keystone in locking down the debt crisis, should be resolved within the next few weeks, the official in charge of the day-to-day operation of the eurozone
Air China said on Friday it had ordered 100 Airbus A320 series medium-range single-aisle passenger jets, which carry a
Turkey’s tourism potential is coming on par with that of the much-promoted BRIC states – Brazil, Russia, India and
Ford Middle East and Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co. (AJVA), the Ford and Lincoln importer-dealer in Saudi Arabia,
Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the
Top Italian chefs are clamoring for the resignation of a junior minister who dismissed the country’s cuisine as a poor copy of trendy French cooking, poking a sore spot in a long-held kitchen
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday formally denied months-long rumors that the premier had not moved into his official residence over fears the mansion is haunted.
A pair of cantaloupe melons sold at auction in Japan on Friday for 1.6 million yen ($15,730), one of the highest prices ever paid for the coveted orange-fleshed fruit.
Indonesian event organizer Risti Rahmadi wears an Islamic headscarf, uses halal lipstick and knows that it’s time to