A man has died after a migrant boat sank while attempting to cross the English Channel on Sunday morning.
French officials say the man - an Indian national around 40 years old - suffered a cardiac arrest and could not be revived by emergency (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has implemented 15 projects totaling $39.114 million as part of its commitment to combating polio in less developed countries.
Ten of these projects were executed in nations such as Palestine, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, (...)
WASHINGTON — Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan underscored the need for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide dedicated and comprehensive assistance to address the challenges facing countries affected by conflicts.
He made the (...)
Polio is once again spreading in Pakistan, where officials say more than 1 million children missed their vaccination doses last month, underscoring the challenges they face in eradicating one of the world's most intractable diseases.
Pakistani (...)
The European Commission urged Turkey on Friday to "thoroughly investigate allegations of wrongdoing" inside the migration centers that the country operates to deport Syrian and Afghan refugees with the bloc's financial help.
The plea comes after an (...)
The US Department of Justice has arrested a man who allegedly planned an attack on Election Day in the name of the Islamic State group.
The suspect, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, is a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, according (...)
A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war.
"Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that," Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lt (...)
ABHA — The Saudi U20 national football team began its campaign in the 2025 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers with a solid 1-0 victory against Palestine on Saturday at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium in Abha.
The match was closely contested (...)
Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has told the BBC's Today program after visiting the country.
"The situation in Sudan is very alarming... the massive displacement - it's now the (...)
The relationship between neighbors India and Bangladesh continues to remain frosty more than a month after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from power. While Hasina's stay in India remains an irritant, a recent interview by (...)
Australia has stripped senior defense commanders of military honors over alleged war crimes committed under their watch in Afghanistan.
In parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Richard Marles said they would lose their distinguished service (...)
"This is like doomsday for me. I feel so much grief. Can you imagine what I've gone through watching my children dying?" says Amina.
She's lost six children. None of them lived past the age of three and another is now battling for her (...)
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding that he testify regarding the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
The subpoena, announced Tuesday, requires Blinken (...)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged new measures to prevent irregular migration but has ruled out suspending asylum rights, despite opposition parties' calls for a major overhaul of migration policy.
"The individual right to asylum will remain (...)
Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, marking the highest-level visit by a foreign official since the Taliban returned to power three years ago.
Aripov, leading a delegation, was welcomed at Kabul airport by Abdul (...)
Israel's leading human rights organization says conditions inside Israeli prisons holding Palestinian detainees amount to torture.
B'tselem's report entitled "Welcome to Hell", contains testimony from 55 recently released Palestinian detainees, (...)
Three of the men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US have entered into a pre-trial agreement, the Department of Defense says.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al-Hawsawi (...)
The Australian government announced a compensation plan on Saturday to pay those who were "killed or abused" by its special forces in Afghanistan.
ABC News reported that the plan stems from the recommendations of the 2020 "Brereton Report," which (...)
Speeding along a road in the foothills of the Swiss Alps, Fariba Hashimi rises out of the saddle of her £15,000 bike and works the pedals even harder to close the gap between her and her sister, Yulduz, a few meters up ahead.
Training rides like (...)
Donald Trump's vice-presidential pick JD Vance vowed in a primetime speech to fight for working-class Americans that he argued had been "cast aside and forgotten" by the Democrats.
Introducing himself to millions of Americans watching on TV at home, (...)
Flooding from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan has left about 40 people dead and 347 injured, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
The storms have destroyed many homes, the health ministry added, leaving about 1,500 children displaced, according (...)
Pakistan is extending the stay of nearly 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees – but its mass deportation of "illegal immigrants" will continue, authorities said.
Afghan refugees in Pakistan with Proof of Registration (POR) cards will be able to (...)
Senator Fatima Payman has resigned from Australia's ruling Labor Party, days after voting against it to support a motion on Palestinian statehood.
Labor has strict penalties for those who undermine its policy positions, and Ms Payman was already (...)
The public inquiry into alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan has obtained a previously deleted cache of data that could hold crucial evidence, the BBC can reveal.
The files were permanently erased from a server by a UK Special Forces contractor in (...)
Pakistan will continue to launch attacks against Afghanistan as part of a new military operation aimed at countering terrorism, the country's defense minister has told the BBC.
Khawaja Asif said the aerial strikes were targeting groups that Pakistan (...)
