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Saudi Arabia, UAE launch drive to support flood-hit Iranians
RIYADH: Humanitarian aid organizations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined forces to help thousands of Iranians hit by devastating floods. The Saudi Red Crescent ... -
Sudan's military council chief Ibn Auf resigns day after overthrowing Omar Al-Bashir
Sudan’s military council chief Ibn Auf resigns day after overthrowing Omar Al-Bashir CAIRO, KHARTOUM: Sudan’s Defense Minister Awad Ibn Auf said on Friday that he is ... -
‘Scared’ Muslims avoid Christchurch mosques a month after attacks
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Four weeks on from the New Zealand mosques massacre, the Christchurch Muslim community was struggling to get worshippers to overcome their fears ... -
Death toll climbs from bombing at open-air market in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA: At least 16 people were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb blast Friday at a fruit market in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, ... -
Taliban announce launch of spring offensive amid peace talks
QUETTA: At least 16 people were killed and 30 wounded in a bomb blast Friday at a fruit market in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, ... -
31,000 Iraqis to return home under Syrian deal
QAMISHLI: Syrian Kurds have announced a deal with Baghdad for 31,000 displaced Iraqis, mostly women and children, to return from camps in northeastern Syria to ... -
African, Syrian migrants in crosshairs of Libya’s war
TRIPOLI, GENEVA: They trekked through the Sahara in hope of crossing the Mediterranean to a better life in Europe — but instead ended up in ... -
Netanyahu looks to form right-wing government after victory
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to form a right-wing governing coalition on Thursday after securing victory in a high-stakes Israeli election despite a strong ... -
Pushing the envelope: Money politics mars Indonesian poll
JAKARTA: Shanti Ramchand learned quickly what was expected when she began campaigning in Jakarta for Indonesia’s national parliament – distribute envelopes of cash at a ... -
New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
RMEILAN, Syria: A Tajik man who joined Daesh said many foreigners who enlisted in its self-declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria were jailed or killed ... -
India’s giant election gets underway with voting in first of 7 phases
GHAZIABAD, India: Indians began voting on Thursday in the first phase of a mammoth general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi gunning for a second ... -
Omar Al-Bashir steps down, transitional government announced: Al-Arabiya TV
KHARTOUM: The Sudanese army announced on Thursday the formation of a transitional council after the forced resignation of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. The transitional council ... -
Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts
AMMAN: Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state solution, analysts have told Arab News. Saeb Erekat, secretary of the Palestine ... -
Petrol rationing hits war-weary Damascus cab drivers
DAMASCUS: After his tank ran dry, Syrian taxi driver Abu Sammy had to get out and push his car with a passer-by’s help to a long ... -
Venezuela ‘ready for aid,’ says Maduro after Red Cross meeting
NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become ... -
Narendra Modi rides nationalist fervor ahead of India election
NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become ... -
China and North Korea open new border crossing
BEIJING: A Chinese city has opened a new border crossing with North Korea — fitted with radiation detectors — even as talks between Washington and ... -
Istanbul election irregularities should lead to annulment: Erdogan
SAN FRANCISCO: Home-sharing platform Airbnb on Tuesday announced it will back off a plan to remove Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank from ... -
Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits
CAIRO: Syrian refugee Ahmad Al-Khatib and his 16-year-old son both work as tuk-tuk drivers in Cairo, but it is not enough to pay the bills.Tough ... -
Turkey, Qatar criticize US designation of IRGC as terror group
CAIRO: Syrian refugee Ahmad Al-Khatib and his 16-year-old son both work as tuk-tuk drivers in Cairo, but it is not enough to pay the bills.Tough ...
