Nearly 350 hostages have been rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan's military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, a security source told CNN Wednesday. The incident, (...)
Passengers who were freed from a train seized by armed militants have spoken of "doomsday scenes" that unfolded on board the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
"We held our breath throughout the firing, not knowing what would happen (...)
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
In response to an inquiry (...)
Roughly a quarter of the world's population is expected to head into Ramadan this weekend, the Islamic holy month perhaps best known for its followers' dawn-to-sunset abstinence from food and liquids.
Muslims tentatively know when it's coming up, (...)
At least six worshippers were killed in a suicide attack during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan, Reuters reported quoting government officials.
The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial (...)
MADINAH — A fourth batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The current batch of guest pilgrims includes 250 men and women from 14 countries from South (...)
"I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts — that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar.
Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war. He could barely feed his young family and was (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its $500 million pledge to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) during the fourth Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum.
The Forum discussed importance of delivering polio vaccines to all children, (...)
Pakistani and Afghan border forces remained on high alert Sunday as the Torkham crossing, a key trade and transit route between the two countries, remained shut for a second consecutive day following a dispute over the construction of a new (...)
A couple in north-east Pakistan have been detained for allegedly murdering a 13-year-old girl who worked for them as a maid, for allegedly stealing chocolates.
The girl who goes only by one name, Iqra, succumbed to multiple injuries at the hospital (...)
More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.
The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology announced at the fourth edition of the LEAP 2025 Technology Conference that as many as 685 exceptional talents and researchers in the technology sector have obtained Premium (...)
JEDDAH — The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which groups 57 Islamic nations, joined several organizations and nations in the Arab and Islamic world in strongly condemning Benjamin Netanyahu's unacceptable and irresponsible remarks (...)
RIYADH — The Royal Saudi Navy is participating in the joint naval exercise titled "AMAN-25," which started in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, as part of its efforts to enhance international cooperation in maritime security.
Naval forces from as many as (...)
Shakoofa Khalili was waiting for her husband to return home with bread from the market when she heard their eight-year-old daughter scream from the balcony.
The girl had seen police approach her father in the street outside their safe house in (...)
Billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader Aga Khan has died at the age of 88, his charity the Aga Khan Development Network has announced.
Prince Karim Aga Khan was the 49th hereditary imam of the Ismailis, a Shia Muslim faction.
He "passed (...)
ISLAMABAD — The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Chief Executive Sultan Al-Marshad and Pakistani Secretary for Ministry of Economic Affairs Dr. Kazim Niaz signed a $1.2 billion financing agreement for the import of oil derivatives.
The signing (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Education has begun receiving applications from teachers to be nominated to send abroad, specifically to13 countries around the world, to teach specialized subjects in Saudi schools in those countries.
The countries to where (...)
The Pakistan army announced Saturday that it killed at least 30 suspected militants during a series of security operations in the northwest region.
The operations, conducted in the Karak, Lakki Marwat, and Khyber districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (...)
"It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.
He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a paratrooper for the US military. (...)
A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020.
Zaheer Mahmood, 29, from Pakistan, attacked and badly wounded two employees of the Premieres Lignes (...)
Refugees who were slated to travel to the United States after a years-long and often cumbersome process have had their flights canceled, according to a State Department memo to resettlement partners obtained by CNN.
The memo comes on the heels of (...)
Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations.
These self-proclaimed codebreakers — ranging from engineers and IT workers to retirees and (...)
Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a corruption case, in the latest of a series of charges laid against him.
It is the longest valid jail sentence the cricket star-turned-politician, who has been (...)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation after the nation's flag carrier drew widespread criticism for putting out an advertisement that showed a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
The ad was meant to promote (...)
