Temple promised by BJP transforms Indian city but Muslims, some locals feel neglected
AYODHYA, India: In this northern Indian city once marred by communal tensions, laborers are finalizing a $6 billion infrastructure facelift ahead of the opening of a...
‘Stop the war crimes:’ Thousands of Indonesians protest for Palestine outside US embassy
JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesians protested outside the US Embassy in Jakarta on Sunday, calling on President Joe Biden to stop supporting Israel’s attack on Gaza, which has...
DUBAI: Egypt’s Suez canal authority chief said on Sunday the authority is closely monitoring the current tensions in the Red Sea.
The authority is “closely following the consequences of current tensions in the Red Sea on the traffic in the...
SAN LUIS, Arizona: When Michele Pena ran as a Republican candidate for the Arizona state legislature in a heavily Hispanic and Democratic-leaning district on the Mexican border, few believed she could win. Pena, the daughter of a Mexican...
AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Houthi militia on Saturday claimed to have launched a volley of explosive-rigged drones toward the Israeli Red Sea city of Eilat.
Militia spokesperson Yahiya Sarae said that “sensitive” locations in Eilat had been targeted with a “swarm”...
CAIRO: Egyptian air defence shot down a suspected drone off the Red Sea coast near the resort town of Dahab on Egypt's eastern Sinai coast, two security sources said.
The security sources said the drone's origin was unknown.
Witnesses in Dahab...
It does not get much bigger than this for Arab football fans as well as those in Asia and Africa. Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia take on Egypt’s Al-Ahly in Jeddah on Friday. The prize for the winner is...
GENEVA: Saudi aid agency KSrelief and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, signed two agreements worth $ 11 million to support refugees and internally displaced people in Yemen, Sudan and Chad.
The first agreement granted a $7 million contribution for...
KABUL: In a central Kabul street, the sound of kids playing was once mostly the scuff of a football against concrete. Now, it is punctuated with the crack of a cricket bat.
From pickup games in dusty parks or narrow...
8 people convicted of violating Saudi financial market laws ordered to pay $80 million
RIYADH: Eight investors convicted of breaking Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Law have been fined SR9.6 million ($2.559 million) and ordered to pay back SR292.8 million...
