India's Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Mohammed Zubair, a leading fact-checker and journalist who spotlighted the ruling party spokesperson Nupur Sharma's controversial comments against the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
The top court ordered (...)
Police in Japan have said the suspect in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was arrested at the scene in the western city of Nara and has admitted to the attack.
41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami told investigators he had plotted to (...)
Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent consequences, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.
"While I welcome the international attention on climate change's impact on (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of countries and a new member of the Shoura Council on Tuesday took oath of office before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Salam Palace here.
They newly appointed envoys who took the oath (...)
Saudi Ambassadors-designate to a number of brotherly and friendly countries and a new member of the Shura Council today took oath of office before the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Al-Salam Palace in (...)
Nepalese officials on Tuesday confirmed all 22 people on board a plane that crashed two days earlier were killed after rescuers found and recovered the final body from the wreckage, according to the German news agency DPA.
Ten bodies were brought to (...)
Chaired by Prince Abdulaziz bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, President of AGFUND and Chairman of the Prize Committee, the Committee of Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development held its 23rd meeting on May 31, 2022.
During the meeting, (...)
Nepali rescuers have recovered 14 bodies at the site of the recent crash of a domestic passenger flight carrying 22 people, Tara Air spokesperson Sudarshan Bartaula said on Monday, according to Sputnik.
The plane crashed into a mountain on its way (...)
A small airplane with 22 people on board flying on a popular tourist route was missing in Nepal's mountains on Sunday, the Associated Press quoted an official as saying.
The Nepal-based Tara Airlines plane, which was on a 15-minute scheduled flight (...)
At the age of 48, Lhakpa Sherpa has just climbed Mount Everest for the 10th time but all her life she has been rising to challenges and meeting them.
Her 10-time achievement, reported by her brother and confirmed by a Nepalese official, makes her (...)
India's mid-day meal scheme, the world's most ambitious free school feeding programme, resumed in April after a two-year hiatus during the pandemic. But re-starting the scheme is proving to be a challenge for many schools, reports Astha (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance has continued since the beginning of the blessed month of Ramadan to implement Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's program for Ramadan Iftar in various countries of the world.
The number (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the religious attaché in India, since the outset of the holy month of Ramadan, has been implementing the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's iftar (...)
The UN chief on Tuesday together with the Security Council, strongly condemned an attack by suspected militia members, on peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Nepali 'blue helmet' dead.
In a statement (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the religious attaché at the Saudi embassy in New Delhi, has launched the two programs of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman's programs for iftar and dates (...)
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is on a three-day visit to India, after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, said that the two heads of states discussed "boundary issues" with him urging his Indian counterpart to (...)
DHAKA — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived on Tuesday in Dhaka from Nepal on a two-day visit to Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen received Prince Faisal at Shahjalal International Airport.
Prince (...)
The renewable energy sector is gradually booming with new innovations bringing down the costs and companies beginning to deliver on the promise of a clean energy future. The government seems to be on course to raising its renewable energy capacity (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Bidya Devi Bhandari of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on the anniversary of her country's Democracy Day.
In his cable, the King expressed (...)
This year's World Radio Day marked on Sunday, focuses on the pertinent theme of "Radio and Trust", at a time when misinformation and disinformation are spreading, and distorting the flow of life-saving facts in relation to public health, as well as (...)
A Nepalese government report leaked to the BBC accuses China of encroaching into Nepal along the two countries' shared border.
It is the first time there have been official claims from Nepal of Chinese interference in its territory.
The report was (...)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday held separate telephonic talks with his counterparts from Egypt and Israel with a focus on further expansion of bilateral ties.
Following his talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, (...)
RIYADH – Brig. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, spokesman of the Arab Coalition to Support Legitimacy in Yemen, said that a large number of civilians, including Saudis and foreign nationals, have been killed in the attacks carried out by the terrorist Houthi (...)
RIYADH – The Arab Coalition revealed on Sunday evidence proving the involvement of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia in Yemen and using the Sana'a airport to target Saudi Arabia.
The Coalition published pictures of Hezbollah members training the Houthi (...)
"The mountain for me is like the ocean, a space of liberty where you go where you want. We must respect these beautiful and magical places."
That's the message on International Mountain Day from passionate climber and UN Geneva worker, Michel (...)
