Saudi Arabia Gifts Kiswa To UN
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given the gift of ‘Kiswa’, the cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba at the headquarters of the United Nations.
United...
Rohingya trafficking victims endure stress of limbo, stranded in Thailand
The strapping 23-year-old Rohingya Muslim was matter of fact as he described being forced onto a boat in Myanmar for a tortuous two-month-long journey,...
WHO says misdiagnosis in Saudi caused MERS outbreak
The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to...
Defiant ex-Afghan football chief rejects sex abuse charges
Bazarak, Afghanistan, Sept 4, 2020 (AFP) - Afghanistan's fugitive former football chief, wanted over the sexual abuse of women players, rejected all charges against...
Taking anti-depressants during pregnancy may double autism risk
Women who take certain common antidepressants while pregnant may face almost twice the risk of having a child with autism, a study said on...
Fruit-flavoured drugs to cut child TB deaths, combat "superbugs"
Children will be more likely to survive tuberculosis (TB), the world's most deadly infectious disease, once new strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines are available early...
Gulf states adopt common PR strategy 'to rectify image'
The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are to put in place a common media strategy to improve their image around the...
Religious police berate gloveless woman
A video of a Saudi religious policeman shouting at a veiled woman and barring her from entering a shop for not wearing gloves has...
Two dead in Saudi floods
Two people have been killed by flooding in southwestern Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Thursday.
The pair died when three areas in the mountainous...
Study: Pollution kills 9 million a year, costs $4.6 trillion
NEW DELHI (AP) —
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence...
