Venezuela, Panama agree to restore envoys, air links

CARACAS: Venezuela and Panama on Thursday agreed to restore their respective ambassadors and reestablish air links as they sought to patch up a bitter...

Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault

NORRISTOWN: US television icon Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault Thursday in the first celebrity courtroom battle of the #MeToo era -- a comb...

Mike Pompeo sworn in as US Secretary of State after Senate Confirmation

Mike Pompeo has been sworn in as America's 70th Secretary of State, after the US Senate confirmed his nomination. Earlier yesterday, Pompeo, the forme...

US urges China to respect human rights of Tibet

The United States has urged China to respect the human rights and religious freedom of Tibet. A resolution in this regard was passed by the US Senate ...

Historic Inter-Korean Summit begins in truce village of Panmunjom

The leaders of North and South Korea are holding talks at the Demilitarised Zone that divides their countries in the historic Inter Korean summit in m...

Saudi Arabia to send Syrians an additional $100 million of humanitarian aid

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will provide an additional $100 million of humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering of the people of Syria, through the King S...

Pakistani Court Disqualifies Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif From Parliament

The Islamabad High Court on Thursday disqualified Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Asif from parliament for not declaring the details of a foreign ...

Russia Begins Production of Turkey’s S-400 Air Defense Systems

Russia’s Rosoboronexport General Director Alexander Miheyev said that Moscow had started to produce the S-400 missile defense systems purchased by Ank...

France won't leave Iran nuclear deal:Macron

French President Emanuel Macron has said, Paris will not leave the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and pushed for a comprehensive agreement with Tehran to addr...

Saudi Arabia wants cancellation of Visa Regime from BiH

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH, Denis Zvizdic, met with Governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) Ibrahim Al Oma...

Philippines demands explanation as Kuwait expels envoy

Manila demanded an explanation on Thursday (Apr 26) after its ambassador to Kuwait was expelled, shocking Philippine authorities and deepening a diplo...

Saudi Arabia criticised over executions for drug offences

Saudi Arabia has executed 48 people in the past four months, half of them on non-violent drug charges, Human Rights Watch has said.The US-based group ...

24 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

Kabul: At least 24 militants were killed and 36 injured as Afghan forces targeted Taliban positions in Balkh province on Thursday, said an army spokes...

India willing to enhance naval ties with Iran

In a meeting with Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister General Qassem Taqizade in Tehran on Wednesday, the Indian Navy commander pointed to the exchange of ...

USD 7 billion oil refinery being built in Oman

Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) chief executive Issam Kazim told Gulf News that Indian passport holders were a natural choice to r...

President Donald Trump to visit UK in July

Washington D.C.: United States President Donald Trump is set to visit the United Kingdom in July, according to two officials on Wednesday. The of...

Dubai Is Pushing for Indian Nations to Be Given UAE Visa on Arrival

Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) chief executive Issam Kazim told Gulf News that Indian passport holders were a natural choice to r...

Turkey Earns Over $500 Million net Investment in February

In February, the amount of net foreign direct investment (FDI) rose by nearly 12 percent year-on-year, from $457 million in the same month of 2017, wh...

Over 450 delegates attend Global Dubai Tea Forum

More than 450 international delegates, a 39 per cent increase in attendance from the previous event, are attending the Global Dubai Tea Forum being he...

Turkey to train Kenyan police in fighting crime

Turkey wants to train Kenyan police officers in fighting crime, including terrorism, the local head of Turkey’s state-run aid agency told Anadolu Agen...

Turkish court sentences 15 Cumhuriyet staff on terrorism charges

A Turkish court has sentenced 15 employees of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, in a case that h...

Egyptian Opera performs for the first time in Saudi

The first concert of the Egyptian Opera held at the King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh on Wednesday evening.Egypt's National Arab Music Ensemble (AME...

New rule: Expats can represent UAE in sports teams

Indian woman strangled to death, buried in Sharjah house

A body of a 36-year-old-Indian woman was found buried in a room of her house in Mysalon Area in Sharjah. The neighbours notified the police after they...

Government sends 2nd notice to Facebook, CA; seeks response by May 10

The government on Wednesday shot-off notices for the second time to both Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, seeking more details on the data breach iss...

India and Mongolia agree to jointly fight terror, boost trade

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday discussed terrorism with her Mongolian counterpart Damdin Tsogtbaatar and the two agreed t...

US lawmakers, IT industry against ending work permit to H-4 visa holders

Influential lawmakers and representatives of the American IT industry, including Facebook, have opposed the Trump administration’s proposed plan to wi...

Imran Khan's third marriage in trouble, says Pakistan media

Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan’s third wife Bushra Manek has reportedly returned back to her maternal home following a domestic disput...

Russia says expects to sign deal with India on S-400 missiles sale: Media report

MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday that it expected to sign a deal with India this year on the sale of S-400 surface-to-air missiles, the Interfax news ...

At least 10 killed, dozens injured in illegal Indonesia oil well fire

In Indonesia, at least 10 people have been killed and dozens injured in a fire at an illegal oil well in Aceh province. The country's disaster ag...