A fugitive father who had been hiding with his three children in the dense New Zealand wilderness was shot dead in an armed confrontation with police on Monday, leading to his three children being placed in the custody of police, ending a near (...)
In an escalating international dispute, Israel launched a series of diplomatic attacks against several of its Western allies as they prepare to recognize a Palestinian state next month.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent two strongly worded (...)
MANAMA — The Royal Saudi Navy assumed command of Combined Task Force 150, a multinational maritime task force, from the Royal New Zealand Navy during a change of command ceremony held onboard Naval Support Activity, in Bahrain on Tuesday. The (...)
ALQASSIM — Al Kholood have officially ushered in a new era with the appointment of English manager Des Buckingham ahead of the 2025-26 Roshn Saudi League season.
The announcement, made Thursday, marks the latest strategic move by the Ar Rass-based (...)
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Wednesday that his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has "lost the plot" and that Israel's planned occupation of Gaza City is "utterly unacceptable."
Luxon's comments come as his conservative (...)
Australia has announced a plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September, following similar moves by the UK, France and Canada.
Australia's leader Anthony Albanese said the move will happen at the UN General Assembly and after it had received (...)
When Australia wants to put on a show, it turns to the sweeping expanse of Sydney Harbour, home to the Opera House and the iconic bridge that connects the city with its northern suburbs.
So, when organizers of usually small pro-Palestinian protests (...)
أوقفت الشرطة النيوزيلندية امرأة تبلغ من العمر 27 عامًا كانت تنقل طفلة داخل حقيبة سفر على متن حافلة في منطقة نورثلاند شمال البلاد.
أفادت صحيفة (New Zealand Herald)، نقلا عن السلطات النيوزيلاندية قولها إن السائق اشتبه في وجود أمر غير طبيعي عندما لاحظ (...)
NEOM — Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for the international community to support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stressing that the wave of recognition of Palestine by several countries marks growing momentum toward a (...)
A woman in New Zealand has been arrested after a two-year-old girl was found in her luggage while she was travelling on a bus.
Police said officers were called to a bus stop in Kaiwaka, a small town in the north of the country, on Sunday after a (...)
Tsunami warnings remained in place in New Zealand and Chile on Thursday, one day after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia sent waves across the Pacific.
Parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the US West Coast were on alert throughout (...)
Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways after an appeal.
The women were ordered off a flight and checked for whether they had given birth after a baby was found (...)
LONDON — Two years ago, Hamas was putting the finishing touches to its plan to attack Israel. In Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believed that the Palestinians were a problem to be managed. The real threat, he insisted, was (...)
The UK and 27 other countries have called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, where they say the suffering of civilians has "reached new depths".
A joint statement says Israel's aid delivery model is dangerous and condemns what it calls the (...)
Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of "Chinese blessing scams."
Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide (...)
A British aircraft carrier has docked in Singapore on a rare Indo-Pacific deployment which will see it call on Australia, Japan, Korea and take part in several multinational exercises.
HMS Prince of Wales' visit comes weeks after two Chinese (...)
A Chinese naval drill near Japan has sparked concern from Tokyo, which in recent days lodged a protest with Beijing and made the rare decision to publicly disclose Chinese military movements.
In the last few weeks China's two aircraft carriers, the (...)
Singapore-based budget airline Jetstar Asia will close down at the end of July, with affected passengers to be offered full refunds.
The low-cost airline has struggled with rising supplier costs, high airport fees and increased competition in the (...)
The UK has sanctioned two far-right Israeli ministers over "repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities" in the occupied West Bank.
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich will both be banned from entering the UK and will have any (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia's hopes of direct qualification to the 2026 FIFA World Cup came to an end on Tuesday night after a 2-1 home defeat to Australia at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah.
The result left the Green Falcons third in Group C with 13 (...)
ARAFAT — Several guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit expressed their heartfelt emotions as they stood on the plains of Arafat, saying the moment of chanting the Talbiyah and supplicating is among the (...)
YANBU — The first groups of pilgrims arrived on Friday at Prince Abdulmohsen bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Yanbu, coming from several countries, including Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Sudan. This comes (...)
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, delivering a sharp punishment to the elite institution for refusing to bow to the administration's policy demands.
"Harvard can no longer (...)
Australia's Liberal Party has for the first time chosen a woman as its leader, with Sussan Ley to take over from Peter Dutton after he led the party to a bruising election loss.
Ley, from the moderate faction of the party, beat Angus Taylor - who (...)
US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world.
Trump said he was authorizing the US Trade Representative to start the process of imposing (...)
