RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will be a partner of a major European initiative called Green Public Diplomacy, which calls for intensified efforts to create green environment, control pollution on a global level,... Full Story
JEDDAH: A 26-year-old Japanese exchange student was assaulted in February inside a YMCA co-ed student-housing complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A man donning a mask turned out the lights of the... Full Story
RIYADH: The Shoura Council has called on the Ministry of Culture and Information to provide it with the precise details of FM broadcasts from the precincts of the Diplomatic Quarter in Riyadh. The... Full Story
Ever since the Gaza war, the Israelis have been accused of war crimes there: 1,400 Palestinians were killed during the onslaught, 900 of them civilians, 300 of these women and children. Until now,... Full Story
CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan: Thousands of US Marines poured into Afghanistan’s Taleban heartland yesterday, quickly capturing a district in the first major assault of President Barack Obama’s new war plan. Dozens... Full Story
RAMALLAH: Amnesty International yesterday accused Israel of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip through the reckless use of weapons and wanton destruction during its three-week war on Palestinians... Full Story
ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus carrying workers from a nuclear facility in the garrison town of Rawalpindi... Full Story
A dear friend who lost more than his heart to a dusky damsel from the Indian state of Kerala gifted a deliciously readable book, "Chasing the Monsoon", some years ago. It's no classic of course.... Full Story
