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, (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with Vanuatu's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign, International Cooperation and External Trade Matai Seremaiah Nawalu in Riyadh on Sunday.
During the meeting, they discussed (...)
A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, police said on Monday.
Security forces have been given emergency powers to stop the fighting — including the use of "lethal (...)
Singapore's grandest arena, which has hosted Taylor Swift and Madonna, is getting ready to welcome an arguably bigger icon — Pope Francis.
The pontiff will celebrate Mass with 50,000 people at the National Stadium on Thursday evening, packing the (...)
Pope Francis began a landmark 12-day visit to Asia and Oceania on Tuesday, starting with Indonesia in what is the longest trip of his pontificate.
"Today I begin an Apostolic Journey to several countries in Asia and Oceania. Please pray that this (...)
JEDDAH — The weekly session of the Saudi Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday, underscored the utmost keenness shown by the state to the education sector and its continuous care for the (...)
Gunmen stormed a helicopter and killed its New Zealand pilot shortly after it landed in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Monday, and they released two health workers and two children it was carrying, the Associated Press reported.
Glen Malcolm (...)
Dozens of villagers have reportedly been killed after a gang of young men launched a series of attacks in a remote region of Papua New Guinea.
Survivors of the massacre have described hearing their neighbors' cries of pain, and watching as others (...)
If a plane has to make an unscheduled landing, that often means there's been some kind of medical emergency on board. But an Air New Zealand plane had a very different reason for making an unplanned stop – they were picking up the country's prime (...)
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 (...)
A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and taken into police custody following a knife attack that injured four people in the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon.
"An individual armed with a knife injured four people in the Lyon metro between the (...)
Desperate villagers are digging through rocks and mud to find survivors and retrieve bodies as Papua New Guinea grapples with a landslide that the UN fears buried at least 670 people.
The collapse of a mountainside early Friday morning during heavy (...)
Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands have selected a pro-China candidate as their prime minister, in an indication the Pacific nation will remain a close Beijing ally.
Jeremiah Manele won the prime minister vote on Thursday, beating his opponent Matthew (...)
Electricity supplies have been restored to Sierra Leone following weeks of power cuts, after it paid off part of the $48m (£38m) bill it owed to a Turkish company.
The $18m payment came as the country's energy minister resigned, saying he took full (...)
US President Joe Biden's apparent suggestion his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals during World War II has sparked uproar in Papua New Guinea, casting a shadow on US relations with the Pacific nation and meeting a firm response from its (...)
Papua New Guinea's leader has dismissed US President Joe Biden's suggestion that his uncle may have fallen prey to cannibals in the Pacific nation during World War Two.
Biden said last week his relative had been shot down over the country, and his (...)
On a blustery morning last month, volunteer Adriana Jasso raised the flaps to a tent propped up against the massive steel bars of the fence that straddles this stretch of the US-Mexico border.
On her side, plastic tables were piled with apples, (...)
At least 64 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea's remote Highlands region.
The victims were shot dead during a tribal dispute in the Enga province over the weekend, a national police spokesman told the BBC.
The Highlands area has long (...)
Tunisia's coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking the latest disaster for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
The coast guard also retrieved 45 people from the boat (...)
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has hailed ties with "big brother" Australia in a historic and closely watched speech in Canberra.
James Marape's address to Australia's parliament — the first by a Pacific Island leader — comes as Australia and (...)
At least eight people have died after major rioting and unrest hit Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby.
Shops and cars were set on fire and supermarkets looted after police went on strike over a pay dispute. Hundreds had taken to the streets on (...)
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, in a rebuke to the United States which has repeatedly blocked ceasefire calls in the UN's Security Council. A majority of 153 nations voted (...)
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major security agreement that will place Australian police in the Pacific nation.
Speaking to reporters alongside Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape in Canberra on Thursday, Australian Prime (...)
US presidents and other leaders will travel to Atlanta on Tuesday to bid a final farewell to Rosalynn Carter at a private tribute service that's among several ceremonies planned through Wednesday in honor of the former first lady.
President Joe (...)
Sierra Leone's night-time curfew imposed after armed men freed prison inmates has been lifted for now.
Detainees from a number of "major" facilities were released on Sunday morning, said the West African nation's information minister.
President (...)
