Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House was sworn in as the 47th US president on Monday.
The day had an unorthodox start, with the traditional outdoors (...)
Donald Trump was sworn in for a historic second term as president on Monday, promising a transformative new era for the United States during an inaugural ceremony held in the Capitol Rotunda.
The event marked the first indoor inauguration since (...)
US President Donald Trump issued executive orders shortly after he was sworn in to change the US government's policies on gender and diversity, following through on promises he made on the campaign trail.
He rolled back orders from the Biden (...)
A senior Taliban figure has called on the group's leader to scrap education bans on women and girls in the country.
In a rare public rebuke of government policy, Sher Abbas Stanikzai said there are no excuses for the bans, according to the (...)
Six more bodies have been pulled up from a South African mine as efforts continue for a second day to help scores of illegal miners still thought to be at least 2km (1.2 miles) underground, a national umbrella body for NGOs, Sanco, has told the (...)
Disturbing videos have emerged showing the dire situation at a disused gold mine in South Africa where scores of illegal miners have reportedly been living underground for months.
They have been there since police operations targeting illicit mining (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has formulated new rules for practicing the recruitment activity and providing labor services. According to the new rules, a large human resources company is required to submit a bank (...)
RIYADH — About 234000 foreign domestic workers joined the Saudi employment market within a year, specifically from the end of the third quarter of 2023 until the same period of 2024.
According to a survey conducted by Okaz newspaper, among these (...)
A senior Hamas official has shared with the BBC a list of 34 hostages that the Palestinian group says it is willing to release in the first stage of a potential ceasefire agreement with Israel.
It is unclear how many hostages remain alive.
Among (...)
A police officer in Zambia has been arrested for allegedly releasing over a dozen prisoners so they could celebrate New Year's Eve.
Detective Inspector Titus Phiri "forcibly seized cell keys" on Tuesday morning whilst "in a state of intoxication," (...)
Revelers were spilling out of bustling bars and packed clubs in the city's French Quarter — an area often referred to as the beating heart of the city's famous nightlife.
"It was all young kids out. Lots of 19, 20, 21-year-olds," recalled Derrick (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development noted that the wages of Saudis working in the private sector increased by 45 percent during the year 2024. Efforts to empower women had a significant impact on enhancing their economic (...)
Police in New York City have named a woman who was set on fire and burned to death last week on a subway train in Brooklyn.
Debrina Kawam, 57, of New Jersey, has been identified as the victim of the seemingly random 22 December attack that burned (...)
Protesters in New York gathered Monday at separate demonstrations in Manhattan and Albany, holding up signs reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Justice for Robert Brooks" days after a disturbing video of the Black inmate's fatal beating at the hands (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) has announced that its Wage Protection Program now covers more than 900,000 private sector establishments across Saudi Arabia, achieving a compliance rate exceeding 88%.
The (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce has instructed all government and private entities that they should not use the term 'sponsor' and should be satisfied with the term 'employer'. The ministry emphasized that Article 2 of the Labor Law defines (...)
RIYADH — The total number of foreign and domestic pilgrims, who performed Umrah, reached 6,254,751 during the third quarter of 2024, representing a 35 percent increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. This was revealed in the Umrah (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia offered condolences to South Korea over the plane crash that claimed the lives of at least 177 people.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the sincere condolences and sympathy of Saudi Arabia to the (...)
On the night of 9 December, a 34-year-old Indian man killed himself. Next to his body was a placard reading "justice is due".
Atul Subhash left a detailed 24-page suicide note and an 81-minute video in which he blamed the trouble in his marriage and (...)
MADINAH — The second batch of pilgrims hosted under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Guests Program for Hajj, Umrah, and Visit has arrived in Madinah.
The program, organized and supervised by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, and (...)
A woman from the Philippines who spent almost 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad is finally home.
Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death in 2010 after she was found carrying 2.6kg (5.7lb) of heroin through an (...)
RIYADH — The total number of workers in tourism activities in Saudi Arabia reached 959,175 during the second quarter of 2024. This figure posts an increase of 5.1 percent compared to the same quarter of 2023, according to a bulletin issued by the (...)
A humpback whale has made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, possibly driven by climate change, scientists say.
It was seen in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia in 2017, then popped up several years later near Zanzibar in the (...)
MAKKAH — A meeting of the Central Hajj Committee, chaired by Deputy Emir of Makkah Prince Saud bin Mishaal, reviewed the progress of work of the General Directorate of Passports, Ministry of Health, and Saudi Red Crescent Authority in rendering the (...)
Two kindergarten students were wounded in a shooting at a school in northern California on Wednesday afternoon and a male suspect was found dead with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
The Butte County Sheriff's (...)
