Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi has extended his congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy prime minister and minister of defense, on the occasion of the celebration of Saudi (...)
The Gilgamesh Dream Tablet — one of the oldest surviving literary works in history — is to be returned to Iraq by the United States later this week, the UN agency for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO), said on Monday.
Made of clay and (...)
China called on member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to strengthen solidarity and cooperation and build a closer SCO community with a shared future.
Noting that this year marks the 20th anniversary of the SCO's founding, (...)
Amid high political drama, the Congress party forced the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday ahead of a Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting convened by the AICC.
The final decision of the new chief minister was left (...)
The international travel traffic light system is being simplified in England with a single red list, as part of an overhaul of the rules from October 4, BBC reported.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also said eight countries would be taken off the (...)
On behalf of Chief of the General Staff, the Commander of the Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Fahd bin Abdullah Al-Mutair, attended, at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, the final session of the joint exercises titled Bright Star 2021.
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Seven soldiers of Pakistan Army and five militants were killed during a security operation in South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said military.
Pakistan military's media wing Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) affirmed Wednesday that (...)
The Ministry of Education signed 41 cooperation agreements, in addition to signing 7 executive programs in the field of higher education and scientific research with Tunisia, Egypt, Japan, Qatar, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia.
The Undersecretary of (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the (...)
Human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants are going to remain significant threats to human security, that's according to a trafficking and migrant expert working in the Middle East and Asia region for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (...)
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri appeared in a new video marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, months after rumors spread that he was dead.
The SITE Intelligence Group that monitors jihadist websites said the video was released on (...)
At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in rain-related incidents in Pakistani's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province on Sunday, said officials.
A senior administrative official, Assistant Commissioner Azhar Zahoor in a (...)
A major funding appeal for Afghanistan is due to take place on Monday, Sept. 13. Ahead of the launch, Martin Griffiths, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, took part in an interview with UN News, in which he reiterated his belief that the country's (...)
The UAE has announced that fully vaccinated holders of valid residence visa will be allowed to come back from the countries previously on the suspended list, starting from Sept. 12, 2021, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.
This was announced (...)
RIYADH — The validity of iqamas (residency permits), exit and re-entry visas, as well as visit visas of expatriates who are currently stranded in the countries facing travel ban, will be extended until Nov. 30, 2021, free of cost, the Saudi Press (...)
Let us briefly review what had happened in those years; I mean before and after Sept. 11, 2001 when Al-Qaida terrorists struck the United States. This is also an attempt to put Sept. 11 in its chronological context.
In 1991, Saudi Arabia revoked the (...)
Heavy gunfire broke out in the Afghan capital as the Taliban were cracking down on a protest, Euronews' correspondent in Kabul reported.
The Taliban started firing to disperse a protest and told journalists to stop filming. The street was quiet (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the General Court of Audit (GCA), has been elected for the membership of the Governing Board of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (ASOSAI). GCA won the membership by receiving 36 (...)
Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Information and Culture and Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday that no one would be able to interfere in Afghanistan.
Mujahid said in a press conference: "After today, no one will be able to (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has decided to lift the travel ban on three countries, including the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and Argentina from 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8.
An official source at the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday that it (...)
The Philippines will lift the travel ban for all inbound travelers from 10 countries starting from Sept.6, the presidential spokesperson said on Saturday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement that the ban, put in place in April (...)
Three people have died and 15 were injured in an attack on paramilitary troops in the city of Quetta in Pakistan's southwestern province of Baluchistan.
Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province near the Afghan border. The province has seen a (...)
A major humanitarian crisis is looming in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned again on Friday, amid ongoing uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders. To address the crisis, the (...)
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe looming in Afghanistan, amid continuing uncertainty over the situation of vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country's borders.
UNHCR (...)
Saudi Arabia has joined 20 countries in the 'Bright Star' military drill maneuvers at Mohamed Naguib Military Base in the Mediterranean Sea.
The "Bright Star 2021" drill sees the participation of 21 countries, most notably Saudi Arabia, Egypt, (...)
