Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has for decades pushed for international recognition. A self-proclaimed republic, it enjoys...
- Beijing, China -- China's sprawling high-speed rail network passed 50,000 kilometers (31,000 miles) in total operating distance with the opening...
Washington, United States -- An historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing potential failure Monday due to...Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander blasted off overnight from Florida's Cape Canaveral, then successfully separated from its launch vehicle around an hour later.
But teams at ground control found they were unable to point the unmanned spacecraft correctly at the sun.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The Federation of Saudi Chambers and the National Center for Marketing and Price Study at the...Under the pact, the two parties will exchange information related to trade, business environment, investment, production and export opportunities.
The two parties will organize joint research activities pertaining to marketing to enhance trade prospects and explore ways of improved cooperation.
- On his fourth regional trip since the war began, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia after...
His meeting with Saudi Crown Prince was set to touch on the potential of normalization of ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel after Gaza crisis stalled the prospects
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was in Cairo to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, a mediator in the conflict
- Witnesses told AFP that two rockets were fired at the car -- one hit the front of the vehicle and...
Hamza Wael Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuria were killed while they were "on their way to carry out their duty"
The Committee to Protect Journalists says at least 79 journalists have been killed in Gaza
- The prime minister has presided over breakneck economic growth, but her government has been accused of a ruthless opposition crackdown....
"The Awami League has won the election," said Moniruzzaman Talukder, of the Election Commission
BNP head Tarique Rahman called the result "a disgrace to the democratic aspirations of Bangladesh"
- Ghassan Abu Sitta -- born in Kuwait and who has lived in Britain since the late 1980s -- arrived in...
Ghassan Abu Sitta, a plastic surgeon specializing in conflict injuries, spent 43 days volunteering in the besieged Palestinian territory, mostly at the al-Ahli and Shifa hospitals
The 54-year-old has already testified to the Met about the injuries he saw and the kinds of weapons used, as part of evidence being gathered for an IIC probe
"We do not see ourselves, as the German federal government, opposing British considerations on other Eurofighter (sales)," Baerbock told journalists...Annalena Baerbock noted that Saudi Arabia and Israel had "not renounced their policy of normalisation" since war broke out
"The fact that Saudi Arabia is now intercepting missiles fired by the Houthis at Israel underlines this, and we are grateful for that," she added
Blinken will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula, said a US official...Israel has carried out a relentless bombardment and ground invasion that have killed at least 22,835 people in Gaza, most of them women and children
Amid the deepening humanitarian crisis and mass displacement in Gaza, Blinken said civilians "must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow".
- Tripoli, Libya -- Libya's state-owned energy firm said on Sunday it had declared a state of "force majeure" at Al-Sharara oilfield...
Declaring "force majeure" allows parties to free themselves from contractual obligations when factors such as fighting or natural disasters make meeting them impossible.
The NOC did not elaborate on the protesters' demands but said "negotiations are ongoing to resume production as soon as possible".
- Turkish Airlines said that it would stop flying five Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets in its fleet even as the...
The Alaska Airlines scare prompted the US Federal Aviation Administration to order immediate inspections of around 171 of the jets operated worldwide.
Boeing has so far delivered about 218 of the 737 MAX planes worldwide, the company said.
