Police in India have arrested a local YouTuber on suspicions of spying for Pakistan.
Jyoti Malhotra, a travel influencer from the northern Indian state of Haryana, allegedly traveled to the neighboring country several times — her last trip was in (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior announced on Sunday that more than one million pilgrims have benefited from the Makkah Route Initiative since its launch, reaffirming the Kingdom's commitment to serving pilgrims.
Now in its seventh year, the (...)
Bangladesh's Election Commission has canceled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election, the Associated Press reported. The elections are (...)
RIYADH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received on Tuesday a written message from Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government in Bangladesh.
The message was received by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khereiji (...)
Businesses are bracing for possible impact after neighbors India and Bangladesh recently imposed tit-for-tat trade restrictions after months of verbal sparring.
Last month, Bangladesh restricted land imports of cotton yarn from India to shield local (...)
JEDDAH/MADINAH — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday received the first groups of pilgrims arriving to perform Hajj 2025, including those traveling under the "Makkah Route" initiative, as flights from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Malaysia landed in Jeddah (...)
When investigators smashed through a hastily built wall, they uncovered a set of secret jail cells.
It turned out to be a freshly bricked-up doorway – an attempt to hide what lurked behind.
Inside, off a narrow hallway, were tiny rooms to the right (...)
Bangladeshi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the British MP and former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq.
The country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has been investigating allegations Siddiq illegally received land as part of its wider (...)
A number of countries have officially announced that Eid Al-Fitr will fall on Monday, March 31, 2025, as the Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted on Saturday evening.
Authorities in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Australia (...)
Former Labour minister Tulip Siddiq has accused the Bangladeshi authorities of mounting a "targeted and baseless" campaign against her.
In a letter to Bangladesh's Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), the MP's lawyers say allegations of corruption are (...)
The dramatic political developments in Bangladesh that led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina being ousted last year have thrown up many surprises — including Dhaka's growing closeness with one-time foe Pakistan.
Last month, after decades of troubled (...)
RIYADH — The Musaned Platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), recorded tangible progress in digital and technical performance, achieving a satisfaction rate of 95.86 percent, topping the Beneficiary (...)
When Kajol contracted tuberculosis in January, USAID kept her alive. Now she and her family are in danger again after the Trump administration ordered most US aid spending to end.
TB can be fatal if left untreated. The highly contagious bacterial (...)
An eight-year-old child who was raped in Bangladesh died of her injuries on Thursday, setting off fierce protests around the country.
The girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in the city of Magura sometime between the night of 5 (...)
JEDDAH – On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, newly appointed Saudi ambassadors to several countries took the oath of office before Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at Al-Salam Palace in (...)
Bangladesh's interim leader says he felt "dazzled" when asked to take charge after long-serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina was driven from power last year.
"I had no idea I'd be leading the government," Muhammad Yunus told the BBC. "I had never (...)
"I swear to God I need help," said the man quietly on the other end of the line.
The Ethiopian, who calls himself Mike, said he is being held with 450 others in a building inside Myanmar, along the country's border with Thailand.
They are among the (...)
MADINAH — A fourth batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The current batch of guest pilgrims includes 250 men and women from 14 countries from South (...)
"I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts — that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar.
Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war. He could barely feed his young family and was (...)
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists has begun a 10-day visit to China.
They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and senior members of the ruling Communist (...)
Asha Roy, 17, was excited to take part in a women's football tournament, but her hopes were dashed as Islamists forced the organizers to cancel the match in northern Bangladesh.
Shortly before the game began earlier this month, the Islami Andolan (...)
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.
The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian (...)
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.
UN human rights investigators accused (...)
Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalized and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party.
The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the country via social (...)
Mangala Pradhan will never forget the morning she lost her one-year-old son.
It was 16 years ago, in the unforgiving Sundarbans — a vast, harsh delta of 100 islands in India's West Bengal state. Her son Ajit, just beginning to walk, was full of (...)
