When former prime minister Imran Khan was dragged out of a courthouse by police on charges of corruption on 9 May 2023, the reaction was unlike anything seen in Pakistan before.
Enraged supporters took to the streets in cities across the country and (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior is completing its preparations to implement the Makkah Route Initiative for selected pilgrims from seven countries. The initiative comes within the Doyof Al-Rahman Program, one of the Saudi Vision 2030 executive (...)
China launched an uncrewed lunar mission Friday that aims to bring back samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially major step forward for the country's ambitious space program.
The Chang'e-6 probe – China's most (...)
Automechanika Riyadh, the highly anticipated trade show for the Saudi Arabian automotive market, has been officially inaugurated by H.H. Prince Bader bin Fahad bin Abdullah Al Saud and Mr. Ammar Altaf, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman held wide ranging talks with a number of world leaders in Riyadh on Monday. The talks were held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum Special Meeting.
The leaders included US (...)
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned barely a year into the role after the collapse of his coalition government, a humbling and chaotic departure that throws Scotland's ruling pro-independence party into chaos.
Yousaf's coalition (...)
Six years ago, a Muslim boy returned red-faced from a well-known school in the northern Indian city of Agra.
"My classmates called me a Pakistani terrorist," the nine-year-old told his mother.
Reema Ahmad, an author and counselor, remembers the day (...)
Indian voters are battling sweltering conditions to take part in the world's biggest election as a severe heat wave hits parts of the country and authorities forecast a hotter-than-normal summer for the South Asian nation.
The India Meteorological (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia's Assistant Minister of Defense Engineer Talal Al-Otaibi made an official visit to Pakistan, where he met with several Pakistani officials.
During his visit, the Assistant Minister of Defense held talks with the Chief of (...)
Unseasonal rainfall has lashed Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past few days, killing more than 100 people across the neighboring countries, authorities said.
In Afghanistan, heavy rain and floods in 23 provinces killed 66 people and wounded 36 (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting of the joint Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) in Islamabad.
During the meeting, both sides (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari held separate talks with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and the high-level Saudi delegation accompanying him in Islamabad on (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan reaffirmed on Tuesday that the Middle East cannot afford further conflict, amid heightened tensions between Iran and Israel.
Addressing a joint press conference with his Pakistani (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and Secretary General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Mohammad Al-Issa attended the closing ceremony of the annual Al-Maher (...)
ISLAMABAD — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan arrived in Pakistan on Monday for a two-day official visit, aimed at bolstering economic ties and advancing mutual interests.
Leading a distinguished delegation, the foreign (...)
The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping center appears to have targeted women, police say.
Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long (...)
Lightning, thunderstorms and heavy rains have killed 30 people in Pakistan amid predictions of more rough weather in the South Asian country, DPA reported.
Several others were reportedly injured in rain-related incidents in the last 48 hours in (...)
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received Sheikh Muhammad Al-Issa, secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL) and chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars, at his office in Islamabad. Al-Issa is currently (...)
At least 17 Pakistanis have died in a bus crash while traveling to a shrine in Balochistan for Eid-al-Fitr celebrations.
The accident occurred late on Wednesday officials say, when the vehicle lost control before falling into a ravine.
More than 40 (...)
The European Parliament has narrowly approved the wide-reaching reform of the European Union's migration and asylum policy.
The move was preceded by uncertainty due to a growing chorus of dissent from the right and the left, which, despite gaining (...)
A busload full of Chinese high school students coerced into voting for a Liberal candidate. An opaque cash injection of thousands of dollars from China. A proxy agent of India's government providing illegal financial support to pro-India (...)
ISLAMABAD — At the invitation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, delivered the Eid sermon on (...)
India and Pakistan are trading barbs after a news report said that Delhi had carried out at least 20 extrajudicial killings in the neighboring country.
India has not officially reacted to the allegations, which were made in The Guardian newspaper (...)
MAKKAH — Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have committed to expediting the implementation of a previously agreed upon $5 billion investment package.
This was announced in a joint statement following a meeting between Crown Prince and Prime Minister of (...)
MAKKAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman welcomed the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif for an iftar gathering at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah.
The event, also attended by Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain (...)