Officials say more than 100 people are missing after a cloudburst triggered devastating flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Rescue operations are under way in Uttarkashi district after a gigantic wave of water gushed down the (...)
A top UN official has warned there would be "catastrophic consequences" if Israel expands its military operations in Gaza, after reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for total reoccupation.
Assistant Secretary General (...)
Saudi Arabia's accelerated transformation under Vision 2030 is rewriting the rules of business in the Kingdom. In this generational shift, IT is not just an enabler but a cornerstone of progress, at the heart of which lies the powerful nexus of Data (...)
A meeting between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia's Vladimir Putin is under way at the Kremlin, Russian media has said.
Witkoff arrived in Moscow on Wednesday as Donald Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine looms.
The US (...)
There was no evidence of widespread bullying, harassment or misogyny at the Sentebale charity founded by Prince Harry, the charity regulator has found.
The Charity Commission has published its findings into whistleblower allegations that followed a (...)
The body of a man missing for 28 years has been found in a melting glacier in Pakistan's remote and mountainous Kohistan region.
A shepherd stumbled upon the body, which was remarkably well-preserved, with its clothing intact, in the so-called Lady (...)
The US will require citizens from Malawi and Zambia to pay a $15,000 (£11,300) deposit for a tourist or business visa, according to the US state department.
The 12-month pilot program aims to curb visa overstays "or where screening and vetting (...)
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to cancel $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccines being developed to counter viruses that cause diseases such as the flu and Covid-19.
That will impact 22 projects being led by major (...)
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are among high-profile figures to be sent legal summonses from a congressional committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Republican James Comer, chairman of the House (...)
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he is taking legal action to remove from office dozens of Democrats who have fled the state to block a plan to redraw electoral boundaries.
He filed a lawsuit with the Texas Supreme Court seeking to fire (...)
Actress Kelley Mack, known for her appearance in post-apocalyptic zombie drama "The Walking Dead," has died. She was 33.
Mack, who was born Kelley Klebenow, "passed away peacefully" in her hometown of Cincinatti on Saturday after battling glioma of (...)
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet is closer to seeing them used again than it has been in decades, experts and survivors are (...)
A man who lit a cigarette from a memorial flame at a famous war monument in Paris has been arrested, according to France's interior minister.
A video posted on social media shows a man stooping to light a cigarette from the flame at the Tomb of the (...)
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RIYADH — Under the patronage of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Adviser to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Emir of Makkah Region, Prince Saud bin Mishal, Deputy emir of the region, witnessed the signing of several strategic memorandums of (...)
RIYADH — The number of individual investment portfolios in Saudi Arabia's main stock market rose by 13.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, reaching 13,562,817 portfolios, an increase of 1,611,246 compared to 11,951,571 portfolios in Q1 (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority has announced that the 2025 Digital Experience Maturity Index reached 86.71%, placing the Kingdom at an "advanced" level in its ongoing digital transformation.
The result comes after a (...)
US Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered prosecutors to open legal proceedings into allegations of a so-called Russiagate conspiracy that Donald Trump has long claimed was concocted by political foes to smear him.
Bondi has ordered a federal (...)
Energy giant BP says it has made its largest oil and gas discovery this century as it shifts its focus away from renewable energy and back to fossil fuels.
The UK-based firm said on Monday that it is conducting tests at the site in deep water off (...)
India has called Donald Trump's threat of "substantially" higher tariffs over its purchase of oil from Russia "unjustified and unreasonable".
In a post on Truth Social, the US president warned he would raise levies, saying India "don't care how many (...)
An Australian politician convicted of rape is fighting – from his jail cell – to remain a member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament.
Gareth Ward was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, at his home (...)
A zoo in Denmark has appealed to the public to donate their healthy unwanted pets as part of a unique effort to provide food for its predators.
Aalborg Zoo has asked for donations of live chickens, rabbits, and guinea pigs, which it says are "gently (...)
Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered that the former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro be put under house arrest.
He is standing trial over allegations he plotted a coup, which he denies.
The judge in charge of investigating Bolsonaro, Alexandre de (...)