As someone who served four Israeli prime ministers and was deputy head of the country's National Security Council, Eran Etzion's judgment was trusted at the highest levels of the state.
A longstanding critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he (...)
RIYADH — A Yemeni government delegation, led by Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, visited the headquarters of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) in Riyadh on Wednesday.
During the visit, the Yemeni prime minister was (...)
The number of people in Myanmar who have died in the wake of Typhoon Yagi rose to more than 220, with nearly 80 others still missing, the military government said.
The storm swept through northern Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar last week, (...)
RIYADH — Al Nassr Saudi women's team started their Asian Champions League journey with a commanding 3-0 victory against Myawady from Myanmar, in a match held at Al Awwal Park in Riyadh.
The goals were scored by Tanzanian player Clara Luvanga and (...)
RIYADH — Asian women's football is gearing up for a new chapter with the launch of the preliminary rounds for the first-ever AFC Women's Champions League, marking the latest step in the Asian Football Confederation's efforts to develop women's (...)
Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine (...)
RIYADH — The General Supervisor of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, has confirmed that Saudi Arabia provided more than $130 billion in humanitarian and relief aid between 1996 and 2024, benefiting (...)
Thailand has expanded its visa-free entry scheme to 93 countries and territories as it seeks to revitalize its tourism industry.
Visitors can stay in the South-East Asian nation for up to 60 days under the new scheme that took effect on (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, through its humanitarian arm, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), consistently stands by those in need and affected by crises worldwide. Through its projects and programs, KSrelief has extended aid (...)
A record-breaking 120 million people have been forced to flee their homes by war, violence and persecution – the 12th year in a row the number has increased, the UN refugee agency said.
The global displaced population is now equivalent to that of (...)
Singapore Airlines has offered to pay compensation to those who were injured on a London to Singapore flight that encountered severe turbulence.
In a social media post, the airline said it was offering to pay $10,000 (£7,800) to those who sustained (...)
MAKKAH — Wearing white seamless dress of Ihram, hundreds of thousands of Hajj pilgrims flock to Makkah from all over the world. More than 1.3 million pilgrims have already arrived in the holy city. Most of these pilgrims came directly to Makkah via (...)
At least 50 people were killed by Myanmar soldiers in a raid on a village in Rakhine State last week, say local residents and opposition forces.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC the village was subjected to two-and-half days of terror as soldiers (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce has publicized the names of a Saudi citizen and a Myanmar national after convicted of commercial concealment (tasattur) in the decoration trade in the Makkah city. The names of convicts were published in the local (...)
At least 36 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds, according to local officials.
At least seven were killed in cyclone-related incidents in the eastern Indian state (...)
Singapore Airlines has tweaked its in-flight seatbelt sign policies and altered at least one flight route after a turbulence incident this week killed one person and left dozens more hospitalized, according to the airline and flight data.
The (...)
Families of Rohingya people trapped in Myanmar's west are desperately trying to contact loved ones after a weekend of widespread arson attacks displaced up to 200,000 people and caused extensive destruction of homes.
The country's Rohingya have long (...)
Nine hours and 30 minutes ahead of New York. Five hours and 30 minutes ahead of London. Three hours and 30 minutes behind Tokyo.
For more than a century, India's clocks have officially fallen short of the full hour in calculating any time difference (...)
Myanmar's military government will no longer allow conscription-age men to travel out of the country for work, weeks after an enlistment order prompted many to try and flee.
On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend all applications from men (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the US and China should be "partners rather than adversaries" as he met with top American diplomat Antony Blinken in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People on Friday.
The meeting, which took place on the final (...)
Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media.
"Since the weather is extremely hot, it is not only for Aung San Suu Kyi ... For (...)
Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens of millions further into destitution, according to a new (...)
Myanmar rebels fighting the junta say they have seized the last remaining military base in a key border town, dealing the latest significant blow to the country's military rulers as they struggle to cling to power.
About 200 soldiers abandoned their (...)
Nearly seven years after the Myanmar military killed thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called "textbook ethnic cleansing", it wants their help.
From interviews with Rohingyas living in Rakhine State the BBC has learned of at least 100 of (...)
The opposition in Myanmar says it ordered a mass drone attack on the country's embattled military in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.
The National Unity Government (NUG) said 29 drones armed with explosives targeted the airport, air force base and military (...)
