King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will preside for the first time over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo (...)
Snap Inc. celebrated the sixth annual Lens Fest in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 9th, 2023, unveiling groundbreaking developments and exciting opportunities for the global AR creator community. The event drew a crowd of eager AR enthusiasts, (...)
The UN has called for dialogue in Samoa, where the first woman elected as Prime Minister was locked out of Parliament on Monday amid a bitter power struggle with the country's long-standing leader.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa was sworn in during a (...)
Pakistan's national airline has been barred from operating in Europe for six months.
The move by the European aviation regulation agency follows the airline's grounding of 150 pilots for cheating in order to get flying licenses.
The European Union (...)
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft has crashed in a residential area near the Karachi Airport.
A PIA spokesman confirmed the crash and added that the flight, A-320, was carrying 98 passengers including the cabin crew and was flying (...)
Oliver Fagalilo takes a labored breath and tenses his body before a sharp steel comb, dipped in ink, drives into his skin.
Six hands keep his body still and his skin taut as a Samoan artist works on the traditional tattoo that will cover more than (...)
In a large church hall near the Samoan parliament, 175-kg judo practitioner Derek Sua is being thrown to the mat by his Japanese coach, a black-belt who is just a third his size.
Sua welcomes the training, usually difficult for athletes in Pacific (...)
Japan face Tonga in the Pacific Nations Cup in Osaka on Saturday in a further test of their readiness, both on and off the field, to host the Rugby World Cup for the first time next month.
With all eyes on the Sept. 20-Nov. 2 tournament, both teams (...)
Tonga's Nasi Manu will make an emotional return to the international rugby field in the Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) opener against Samoa on Saturday after being cleared of testicular cancer.
The annual test tournament, which this year welcomes guest (...)
DAMMAM — The City Terminal of King Fahd International Airport started its operation from Sunday with a check-in by fewer passengers.
Monday morning also did not see much crowd at the four newly opened check-in counters at the terminal adjacent to (...)
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has issued show-cause notices to a pilot and two others officials for loading seven extra passengers on a Karachi-Madinah flight on Jan. 20, in a violation of air safety regulations, Dawn, a Pakistani daily (...)
Junaid Jamshed, a Pakistani pop star turned preacher, and his wife Aisha Junaid were on board an aircraft that crashed into a mountainside on Wednesday, an airline official said.
Jamshed rocketed to fame in Pakistan in the 1980s and 1990s as the (...)
Saudi Arabia's oil output hit an all-time high in July, according to OPEC data published Wednesday, feeding a glut that has oil prices in a two-year slump.
The world's largest oil exporter told the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (...)
See video — Pakistan CG receives relatives of Peshawar school attack victims
JEDDAH — A PIA flight carrying 90 relatives of victims in Army Public School Peshawar attack arrived in Jeddah Saturday night, according to a Pakistan Consulate press (...)
AlHijjah 2, 1435, Sep 26, 2014, SPA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday applauded Pacific Island nations for their "strong position" on the sustainable development of the world's oceans and underscored the United Nations' role in assisting (...)
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck off the tiny South Pacific nation of Samoa, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
The quake struck 136 miles (219 km) southwest of Apia, the capital, at a depth of 6.2 (...)
The official death toll from Tropical Cyclone Evan, which has ravaged Apia, the capital of Samoa, has risen to four, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said Saturday after touring Upolu, the worst hit of the two main islands.
The cyclone (...)
Apia, capital of the small South Pacific island
nation of Samoa, was badly damaged by an ocean surge and winds
gusting to 160 kilometres an hour Thursday as it was ravaged by
Tropical Cyclone Evan, dpa cited reports reaching New Zealand as (...)
SYDNEY – Australia claimed a 20-19 victory over Wales on Saturday to complete 3-0 series victory and retain the James Bevan trophy.
Tries to Australia's Rob Horne and Wales No.8 Ryan Jones were the only bright spots in an otherwise tepid performance (...)
Alex Bogomolov Jr. fell in the PBZ Zagreb Indoors second round Thursday.
The Russian lost to World No. 97 Lukas Lacko 6-0, 6-7(1), 6-1 in one hour and 55 minutes. Slovak Lacko, who will next meet seventh seed Robin Haase of the Netherlands, led by (...)
Friday never happened for about 182,000 residents of two Pacific island states, Samoa and Tokelau, which legally changed to a different time zone when Thursday finished, DPA reported.
At the stroke of midnight, it suddenly became Saturday. But (...)
Friday never happened for about 182,000 residents of two Pacific island states, Samoa and Tokelau, which legally changed to a different time zone when Thursday finished, dpa reported.
At the stroke of midnight, it suddenly became Saturday. But (...)
AlQa'dah 21, 1432, Oct 19, 2011, SPA - Dr. Apia Kepa Kah, Head of Hajj mission of the Republic of Gambia hailed here Tuesday the great efforts exerted by Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in (...)
AlQa'dah 21, 1432, Oct 19, 2011, SPA - Dr. Apia Kepa Kah, Head of Hajj mission of the Republic of Gambia hailed here Tuesday the great efforts exerted by Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in (...)
AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA -- Dr. Apia Kepa Kah, head of Hajj mission of the Republic of Gambia hailed here today the great efforts exerted by Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in serving the pilgrims and its commitment (...)
