Man makes first solo trek across Antarctica
An Oregon man became the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic 54...
Jet Airways to stop flights to south India from February
Jet Airways, a full service airline from India, is stopping direct flights from the UAE to south Indian cities next month.In a circular issued t...
Emirati woman, 4 children die in horrific accident in Saudi
An Emirati woman and four of her children were killed in a horrific accident while they were on vacation in Saudi Arabia.A fifth child, her 18-year-ol...
British cruise entertainer Arron Hough missing overboard
The US Coast Guard said it was searching for Arron Hough, who went missing from the Harmony of the Seas.The vessel was 267 miles northwest of Aguadill...
Putin hails 'successful' test of new hypersonic missile
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed final tests of a hypersonic missile, which he earlier said would render existing missile ...
Saudi Arabia to tender six water projects in 2019
Saudi Arabia plans to tender or award six water-related projects in 2019 as it pushes ahead with a privatization programme that got off to a slow star...
Bahrain to host Mideast's largest Chinese trade expo
Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) has teamed up with Hilal Conference and Exhibitions (HCE) to host the region's largest Chinese trade ...
OIC strongly condemns terror attack on Kabul
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the terror attack on a government building in Afghan capital Kabul that killed do...
Russia expands economic sanctions on Ukraine
Russia has expanded its economic sanctions on Ukraine, adding more than 250 people and businesses to a blacklist first announced at the start of Novem...
North and South Korea to hold groundbreaking ceremony to reconnect road and rail links
A South Korean delegation left for North Korea today to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for reconnecting roads and railways across the divided penins...
Pakistan Foreign Minister meets his Chinese counterpart
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss the situation arising out of the U...
UK ministers warn drone users of severe punishment
Britain's security minister on Tuesday said that those who use drones either recklessly or for criminal purposes would face severe punishment. Se...
Iran presents first budget since US sanctions restored
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday presented next year's budget to parliament, the first since the United States restored sanctions that had b...
China: Five killed and 21 injured as hijacked bus crashes into pedestrians
Beijing: At least five people were killed and 21 others left injured after a hijacked bus crashed into pedestrians in east China's Fujian province on ...
Israel to hold early election in April
Israel will hold a general election in April, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Twitter on Monday, after a meeting between mem...
Rouhani says US sanctions won't bring Iran to its knees
Iran president Hassan Rouhani presented an annual state budget of 4,700 trillion rials ($47 bln at the free market rate) to parliament on Tuesday, say...
Saudi Arabia’s first robot gets its first job at government entity
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s first robot employee started work at one of the kingdom’s government entities and has been handed its job ID as well as his req...
Turkey says US team coming to discuss Syria troops withdrawal
WASHINGTON: A US military delegation will visit Turkey this week to discuss the withdrawal of American ground forces from Syria, President Recep Tayyi...
Christmas dashed for residents of Sydney 'cracking' tower
Some residents of a recently completed Sydney high-rise apartment block were Tuesday spending their Christmas in makeshift camps, after they were evac...
25-year-old Indian woman killed in UAE road accident
A 25-year-old Indian woman, identified as Divya Praveen, succumbed to injuries she received in an accident in Ras Al Khaimah.Prasad Sreedharan, a soci...
Night-long (mis)adventure: Malayali group gets lost in Dubai desert, cops rescue
The 10-member group, which had a child and some elderly persons, got stranded in the Al Qudra desert in Dubai without food and with little water on Fr...
Sheikha Latifa: Images of 'missing' Dubai princess released
Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of Dubai's ruler, reportedly tried to escape abroad in March. Witnesses said she was allegedly taken from a yacht near In...
Donald Trump says he's alone at White House waiting for Democrats deal
Washington: United States president Donald Trump was meeting with his Homeland Security secretary and other officials on Monday to discuss border secu...
Thousands attend mass at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Basilica
Pope Francis assailed the “insatiable greed” of today's consumerism at the Vatican and pilgrims crowded into the church at the traditional site of Jes...
7 civilians killed in explosion in Afghanistan
Seven civilians were killed in an explosion in the eastern province of Ghazni in Afghanistan yesterday. According to official sources in Gh...
Mexico Puebla Governor Martha Erika Alonso killed in air crash
The governor of Mexico's central Puebla state, Martha Erika Alonso, killed in an air crash yesterday, just days after being sworn into office. Ac...
Rescue and relief operation is in full swing after the tsunami in Indonesia.
Rescue efforts are being hampered by blocked roads but heavy lifting equipment is being transported to badly hit areas to help search for victims. Ind...
Gunmen kill 17 people in Nigeria's Zamfara state
Gunmen killed 17 people in the latest attack on villages in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state.According to the police, gunmen on motorcycles stormed Ma...
Turkish President Erdogan sends more troops to Syria's border
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent more troops to Syria's border today ahead of an imminent US withdrawal, threatening a Kurdish militia ther...
Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 7 years for corruption
Islamabad: An anti-corruption court in Pakistan sentenced ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in jail on Monday in Al-Azizia case, while...
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