The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the Taliban's supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan's Supreme Court on charges of persecuting women and girls in the country. The ICC warrants, issued on Tuesday, accuse the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi National Center for Nonprofit Sector (NCNP) has referred 21 commercial entities, 26 websites, and three influencers to the relevant authorities to take regulatory measures. This move follows monitoring of violations of relevant (...)
Indonesian authorities suspended the search for 29 people still missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Bali, citing worsening weather and low visibility that hampered rescue operations.
The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya ferry, carrying 53 passengers (...)
A judge has denied bail to Sean "Diddy" Combs after a jury convicted the hip-hop mogul of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted him of the most serious charges: racketeering and sex-trafficking.
Lawyers for the recording artist had (...)
Two US firefighters have been killed and a third wounded after a man intentionally started a fire and began shooting at first responders in a "total ambush" which lasted several hours, authorities said.
A man found dead on Canfield Mountain in Idaho (...)
AL-BAHA — Emir of Al-Baha Prince Hussam bin Saud inaugurated on Sunday the Al-Baha Summer Festival 2025. The festival, with the theme of "Al Baha...Heritage and Tourism" will witness more than 500 events that set to draw 2.5 million (...)
Emir of the Eastern Province Prince Saud bin Nayef, sponsored the graduation ceremony of 99 male and female students from the sixth, seventh, and eighth cohorts of the Saudi Academy of Culinary Arts (ZADK).
The event was held at the Dammam Chamber (...)
RIYADH — The Music Commission (MOC) has announced the launch of the Kingdom's first summer piano program of its kind, in collaboration with renowned pianist Maestro Lang Lang. The month-long program, set to begin at the Saudi Music Hub in Riyadh on (...)
Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.
Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War's most high-profile defectors — and she would go on to become (...)
RIYADH — The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Tuesday released its official Hajj 2025 Statistical Bulletin, revealing that 420,070 individuals from both the public and private sectors, including security agencies, served the 1,673,230 (...)
MADINAH — Government authorities in Madinah have finalized their preparations to receive the influx of pilgrims visiting the Prophet's Mosque following the completion of their Hajj rituals. The coordinated efforts reflect Madinah's commitment to (...)
Estonia will lease space at Tartu Prison to Sweden and accept up to 600 inmates under a new agreement being negotiated between the two countries. The draft legislation has been sent to the parliament.
Meanwhile, the Estonian Office of the Chancellor (...)
MINA — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received Eid Al-Adha well-wishers at the Royal Court of Mina Palace on Friday.
The reception was attended by Pakistani Prime (...)
ARAFAT — Marking the climax of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, over 1.67 million pilgrims started their main ritual of wuqoof (standing) at Arafat on Thursday afternoon after ascending the vast plains of Arafat earlier the day.
The Saudi authorities (...)
ARAFAT — The General Authority for Statistics announced on Thursday that the total number of pilgrims who perform Hajj this year reached 1,673,230 pilgrims. These include 1,506,576 foreign pilgrims, who arrived from outside the Kingdom through (...)
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Pakistan and confessed to the murder of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf, according to police.
Authorities say they believe Umar Hayat murdered Ms Yousaf at her home in Islamabad on Monday after (...)
MAKKAH — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance received the second batch of the guests of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' program from Palestine.
They included 500 male and female pilgrims from Gaza, bringing their number so far (...)
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Passports announced that a total of 1,255,199 pilgrims have arrived from abroad through all of the Kingdom's entry ports by the end of Wednesday. Of these, 1,186,810 pilgrims entered via airports, 63,301 through (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah said on Monday that Saudi Arabia has received more than one million pilgrims from various parts of the world through its ports. Among the pilgrims, 53 percent are male while the remaining 47 (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Media Salman Al-Dossary said that the Kingdom won't tolerate any unauthorized pilgrims disrupting the comfort of other pilgrims, and that the "No Hajj without a permit" campaign will be intensified.
He made the remarks while (...)
RIYADH — About 71 percent of the Saudi population is under the age of 35, according to the Saudi Family Statistics Report 2024, released by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on its website on Tuesday. The average age of a Saudi (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia'sTransport General Authority (TGA) announced that the number of trips carried out via ride-hailing apps in the country exceeded 27.9 million trips during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 87 percent compared to the same (...)
MALE — Saudi Arabia launched the "Makkah Route" Initiative in the Maldives on Monday, making it the eighth country to benefit from the initiative. The other countries are Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Côte (...)
A 37-year-old cryptocurrency investor has been arrested and charged in New York City for allegedly kidnapping and torturing an Italian tourist in an attempt to extort access to his bitcoin wallet, authorities and media reports say.
John Woeltz, a (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has proposed revision of the penalties for violations of Labor Law and its executive regulations. Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Ahmed Al-Rajhi has decided to update (...)
