Sumo legend Taro Akebono, who drove a resurgence in the sport's popularity and became its first foreign grand champion, has died of heart failure at the age of 54.
The Hawaiian-born wrestler passed away in a Tokyo hospital earlier this month, his (...)
Sex, money and "power" led an Idaho man to murder his first wife and two of his second wife's children in a "doomsday plot", prosecutors have alleged.
Chad Daybell is accused of killing ex-wife Tammy Daybell, as well as Joshua "JJ" Vallow, 7, and (...)
JEDDAH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received the credentials of a number of ambassadors of friendly countries accredited to the Kingdom in a ceremony held at (...)
Former US President Donald Trump appears to be scrambling for funds to pay a $464m (£365m) fraud fine. Could the stock market ride to his rescue?
Trump Media, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, is poised to become a publicly listed (...)
Civilians caught up in Sudan's civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum.
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In mid-December, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) swept into Sudan's central Al Jazira state, known as the country's breadbasket, with an ultimatum: "Enlist or die."
Since then, the militia group has sought to use food as a (...)
All but one of the 100 cities with the world's worst air pollution last year were in Asia, according to a new report, with the climate crisis playing a pivotal role in bad air quality that is risking the health of billions of people worldwide.
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The war in Sudan is "triggering the world's largest hunger crisis," with more than 25 million people "trapped in a spiral" of food insecurity, a United Nations agency has warned.
Nine in 10 people across the country face "emergency levels of hunger" (...)
Suspected militants kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week in the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged an insurgency for more than a decade, Reuters reported on Wednesday quoting local officials.
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The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in Riyadh, examined the recent endeavors carried out by the Kingdom in the economic, cultural, and social domains, and expressed pride in the large international presence (...)
MAKKAH — The Makkah Halal Forum, under the banner 'Innovation in the Halal Industry', has successfully convened hundreds of international exhibitors. Organized by the Makkah Chamber of Commerce from January 23 to 25, the event featured an exhibition (...)
Cholera vaccines are expected to arrive in Sudan this month as the country continues to face a deadly outbreak of the disease amidst the ongoing war, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Tuesday.
UN agencies and partners are scaling up (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Investment Ministry held a number of roundtable meetings with many African countries to strengthen investment relations.
The roundtable meetings, which were held on the sidelines of the Saudi-African Summit in Riyadh, (...)
Israel must stop killing babies and women in Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC.
In an exclusive interview at the Elysée Palace, he said there was "no justification" for the bombing, saying a ceasefire would benefit (...)
RIYADH — Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the Minister of Energy, marked Thursday by signing five crucial memorandums of understanding (MoUs) between Saudi Arabia and several African countries, including Ethiopia, Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, and (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in Riyadh, approved a model of a memorandum of understanding between Saudi Arabia and the governments of countries and international organizations to cooperate in (...)
The BBC has seen new evidence of the brutal ethnic violence that has swept western Sudan since fighting broke out between two rival military factions in April. Analysis of satellite and social media data reveals at least 68 villages in Darfur have (...)
More than 1,000 people have died from dengue in Bangladesh's worst outbreak on record, official data shows, with rising temperatures due to the climate crisis driving the ongoing spread as more cases are reported away from dense urban centers for (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday in NEOM, reviewed the state's general pre-budget statement for the fiscal year 1445-1446 Hijri (2024), and its estimates and targets in support of the comprehensive (...)
The US is "in a space race with China to go back to the moon", says Nasa chief Bill Nelson.
In a BBC interview, Nelson says he wants to make sure "we get there first".
His comments revive memories of the 1960s and 1970s, when Nasa was in a space (...)
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organizations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential aid and protection to more than 1.8 million people fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan who are (...)
Children in Africa are among the most at risk from climate change impacts but are being woefully deprived of the financing necessary to help them adapt, survive and respond to the crisis, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a new report on (...)
France's ambassador has remained in Niger despite being given a 48-hour deadline to leave the country last Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed in a defiant speech.
Ambassador Sylvain Itte had been ordered to go amid rapidly (...)
With cross-border displacement nearing the one million mark, a protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday.
Griffiths called on the warring parties (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulations to President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.
In his cable, the King expressed his sincere congratulations and best (...)