RIYADH — The Saudi women's national football team will take part in the AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifiers for the first time in its history, marking a major milestone in the Kingdom's ongoing efforts to develop women's football.
The 2026 edition of (...)
RIYADH — The Musaned Platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD), recorded tangible progress in digital and technical performance, achieving a satisfaction rate of 95.86 percent, topping the Beneficiary (...)
An Indian man has been awarded damages in a legal case against the country's biggest movie theater chain after he complained that it showed too many commercials before a movie.
Abhishek M R, a 31-year-old lawyer from the southern city of Bangalore, (...)
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 (...)
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists has begun a 10-day visit to China.
They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and senior members of the ruling Communist (...)
A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred.
Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for the (...)
An alleged leader from Japan's Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice.
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Israel's military has announced new media engagement rules for its members after a Brazilian court ordered an investigation into war crime allegations against a soldier visiting the country.
The guidelines, announced Wednesday, require the names and (...)
A former Israeli soldier on vacation in Brazil fled the country suddenly after a case was brought against him there alleging he was responsible for war crimes while serving in Gaza.
The case is the latest in a series of lawsuits brought by the Hind (...)
When the earthquake struck at 06:30 (01:00 GMT), I was on a ferry, headed toward Havelock – an island in the Indian archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar.
Known for its silver sand and clear blue waters, the Radhanagar beach there had recently been (...)
Migrants stranded for more than three years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia have been brought to the UK.
The Sri Lankan Tamils are permitted to remain in the country for six months, with financial support from the Foreign Office, (...)
Votes are being counted in Sri Lanka after snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after a new president was sworn in.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing (...)
Sri Lanka's 17.1 million voters head to the polls again on Thursday to vote in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president.
More than 8,800 candidates are in the fray in an election marked by a low-key (...)
Migrants stranded for years on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will be offered the right to come to the UK, under a government proposal.
Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamils have spent more than three years in a makeshift camp on the island, (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Professional Accreditation Program, launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, has so far verified the skills and accredited more than 209,500 workers in various professions covering over 1,000 occupations (...)
China's President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday to strengthen cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative with Sri Lanka, following the inauguration of newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
In a message to Dissanayake after his (...)
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election after a historic second round of counting.
No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his (...)
For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, the presidential election has entered a second round of counting after no candidate secured more than 50% of the vote.
This unprecedented situation arises as the election commission begins to tally voters' (...)
Polling in Sri Lanka's presidential election concluded on Saturday, with voters participating from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. local time at 13,421 stations across the island nation. The final results are expected to be announced on Sunday.
Over 17 (...)
Exuberant young men splashing around in a pool with one theatrically soaping himself as a crowd cheered. Sri Lankans dancing in an opulent hallway as the iconic papare bands played festive tunes with trumpets and drums.
These scenes beamed across (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers called on the international community to activate serious mechanisms to hold Israeli officials accountable for the ongoing violations of international laws, norms and resolutions. The weekly session of the (...)
Mike Lynch, a prominent British tech entrepreneur and billionaire, was among the six people confirmed dead after a yacht he owned capsized off the coast of Italy on Monday.
His 18-year-old daughter remains missing as search efforts continue, (...)
RIYADH — The Sri Lankan government decided to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 35 countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. A visa with a validity of 30 days will be issued for tourists from these countries, and the (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Dozens of Indians have reportedly been duped by agents into fighting for Russian forces inside Ukraine
India says two of its nationals who had been recruited by the Russian army have been killed in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Indian foreign (...)