August2018

The United States has asked the Saudi government for more details on the detention of activists and urged it to respect due process, a State Department official said on Monday, in the first comments by Washington...

Malaysia’s former prime minister, Najib Razak, will be charged in court on Wednesday under the anti-money laundering act, the anti-graft agency said in a statement. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said it had summoned Najib on...

Canada on Monday refused to back down in its defense of human rights after Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment and expelled the Canadian ambassador in retaliation for Ottawa’s call to free arrested Saudi civil...

New U.S. sanctions against Iran took effect on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump, who defied Washington’s allies to impose them, pledged that firms doing business with Tehran would be barred from doing business with the United...

Fresh from shooting her first film in English, Haifaa al-Mansour plans to return to her native Saudi Arabia next month for her new project — but this time, she won’t be directing out of view by...

Bangladesh T20 skipper Shakib Al Hasan gave all credits to his boys for winning series saying they showed strong character against West Indies that helped them to clinch the series against host West Indies. After a...

Jose Mourinho has warned Manchester United face a “difficult season” if they do not strengthen their squad before the Premier League transfer window shuts on Thursday. United’s build-up to the new campaign has been dominated by...

The nation today observed the 77th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore with elaborate programmes recalling the great poet who did not leave any human emotion untouched in his works, especially poems and songs. As part of...

The Shanghai head office of China’s central bank has levied a fine of 4.12 million yuan ($601,846) on Alipay, the online payment platform of Ant Financial, for violating regulations on payment services, the regulator said on...

China’s Liaoning province will increase inspections at pig farms and markets and strengthen the monitoring of hog transportation, after the nation’s first African swine fever case was reported there, local media Liaoning Daily reported on Monday....