Ghazanfar Ali Khan RIYADH – The G20 under the current presidency of Saudi Arabia will consider extending a debt payments suspension program for the poorest countries as financial policymakers from the world’s biggest economies continue to take “exceptional measures”...
Mari Yamaguchi and Victoria Milko TOKYO — A United Arab Emirates spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch center on Monday at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. The liftoff of the Mars...
Syed Zafar Mehdi TEHRAN — After being “dropped” from a key rail project in southeastern Iran along the border with Afghanistan, India is also set to lose an ambitious gas field project in the country that had been in the pipeline for past 10 years. India’s Ministry...
HYDERABAD — A hospital in Dubai has waived the Rs 1.52 crore bill of a labourer from Telangana, who was treated there for Covid-19. Odnala Rajesh, who was under treatment at the Dubai Hospital for 80 days, reached Hyderabad in the early hours of Wednesday and left for...
By Dr. Aslam Abdullah This year, the Hajj will take place in the most unusual circumstances. The pilgrims will wear masks and maintain social distance when standing at Arafat, stoning Satanic pillars and staying at Mina or circling the House of God. Non-Saudi Arabian...
New Delhi: Iran has dropped India from a railway project linking the Chabahar port to Zahedan city, reportedly due to delay of funds. This comes amid China finalizing a $400 billion strategic partnership deal with Iran. India and Iran had signed an agreement to...
Rabat (UNA-OIC) – The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance announced the call for nomination for the 2nd edition of Hamdan-ICESCO Prize for Voluntary...
A Turkish court said on Friday it annulled a 1934 government decree turning Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya, into a museum, ruling it was unlawful, paving the way for the building's conversion back into a mosque despite international warnings against such move....
A team led by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh met Thursday with Qatar’s Foreign Minister Muhammad bin Abdurrahman al-Thani in Doha to discuss the latest developments in Palestine. The team, including senior Hamas officials Musa Abu Marzuq, Izzat al-Rashak and Maher Obeid,...
Srinagar: Official Politcal representative of seniormost Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani today clarified that the founder and Patron of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat didn’t resign but parted ways with All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)- which is a amalgam of various...