جاء اختيار ولي العهد رئيس مجلس الوزراء الأمير محمد بن سلمان «القائد العربي الأكثر تأثيراً» على خلفية عوامل مهمة وضعته في الصدارة؛ فهو القائد الملهم صاحب القدرات الاستثنائية في توظيف الإمكانات لخدمة الإنسان في المكان المناسب والزمن القياسي، وهو على (...)
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring more than 800 others.
The powerful 7.4 magnitude (...)
At least five aid workers, including foreigners, from a team delivering food to starving civilians in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli military strike, according to non-profit group World Central Kitchen and authorities in the besieged (...)
Indonesia's defense minister Prabowo Subianto has been declared the winner of last month's presidential election in the world's third-largest democracy.
Prabowo appealed for unity as his two rivals, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo, vowed to (...)
Hundreds of people have been rescued from a scam center in the Philippines that made them pose as lovers online.
Police said they raided the center on Thursday and rescued 383 Filipinos, 202 Chinese and 73 other foreign nationals.
The center, which (...)
Last month, Yale University issued a formal apology for the links its early leaders and benefactors had with slavery.
Since then, one name that has come under intense scrutiny in India is that of Elihu Yale, the man after whom the Ivy League (...)
The death toll from floods and landslides in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra has risen to 32, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) reported on Tuesday.
According to the agency, five of the province's 12 regencies declared (...)
Indonesia's Transport Ministry will launch an investigation after two Batik Air pilots fell asleep during a recent flight, according to state news agency Antara, citing the Ministry's civil aviation director-general M Kristi Endah Murni.
According (...)
Polls opened in the vast country of Indonesia on Wednesday with more than 200 million voters casting their ballots to elect a new president, in what is billed as the world's biggest single-day election.
The sprawling Southeast Asian nation, the (...)
More than 200 million eligible voters will head to the polls in Indonesia on Wednesday, in what is billed as the world's biggest single-day election.
The sprawling Southeast Asian nation, the world's third-largest electoral democracy and largest (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims.
The Weekly session of the Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, also (...)
A once-feared army general, who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for more than three decades, has a message for voters ahead of upcoming elections – from beyond the grave.
"I am Suharto, the second president of Indonesia," the former general says (...)
JAKARTA —Budiman Sujatmiko has lost none of the passion that he used to show as one of the boldest student opponents of Suharto, the soft-spoken but ruthless dictator who ruled Indonesia for 32 years.
"In the 1990s our challenge was (...)
There was a time when Prabowo Subianto's name would have spooked most Indonesians.
But now young voters appear to be charmed by the defense minister's slick makeover. The fiery ex-special forces commander dogged by allegations of human rights abuses (...)
Militant rebels in Indonesia's restive West Papua are urging their most feared comrade to release a New Zealand pilot held hostage for a year.
A group of armed fighters led by tribal warlord Eganius Koyega kidnapped Phillip Mehrtens on February 7, (...)
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 (...)
An American woman who helped kill her mother and stuff her body in a suitcase during a 2014 holiday in Bali has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Heather Mack was convicted in Indonesia in 2015 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but was (...)
2023 was an extraordinary year for OMODA, marked by the sensational debut of the OMODA E5 at the global brand launch event in April, followed by the boundary-pushing expansion showcased at the user conference in October, and capped off with a (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah reaffirmed his ministry's commitment to supporting technological solutions and professional administrative systems that provide the best possible services for the Hajj pilgrims. Addressing a (...)
Bolts in need of "additional tightening" have been found during inspections of Boeing 737 Max 9s, United Airlines has said.
United Airlines said "installation issues" relating to door plugs would be "remedied" before the aircraft type would return (...)
Alaska Airlines placed restrictions on the Boeing plane involved in a dramatic mid-air blowout after pressurization warnings in the days before Friday's incident, investigators say.
The jet had been prevented from making long-haul flights over (...)
MADINAH — The first batch of Umrah pilgrims, as part of the Guests of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit, arrived in Madinah on Thursday. This initial group, under the initiative led by the Ministry of Islamic (...)
Boeing is urging airlines to inspect its 737 Max airplanes for a possible loose bolt in rudder control systems.
The airplane maker called for the inspections after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut, the Federal Aviation (...)
A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention center housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed.
A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh (...)
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has appealed for action in the wake of a mob attack against refugees in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
Hundreds of young people stormed a building basement where scores of Rohingya refugees were sheltered, (...)