rbksa    LONDON: Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the US funded Voice of America VOA for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch HRW report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday. In the report based on its own...

rbksa    WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in US funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative. This year, Russian jets have already used more than, ...

rbksa    GENEVA: The United Nations said Friday that it was concerned by reports of new efforts to track and punish Iranian women, some as young as , who refuse to wear the headscarf required under the country’s Islamic law. The UN Human Rights Office also expressed alarm about a draft bill on ...

rbksa    UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is increasingly concerned about escalating tensions in Al Fashir in Sudan’s North Dafur region amid reports that the Rapid Support Forces are encircling the city, signaling a possible imminent attack, the UN’s spokesperson said on Friday. UN Secretary General...

owen.bennett    SHANGHAI: Chinese food delivery giant Meituan is seeking to hire staff for at least eight positions based in Riyadh, in a sign it may be looking to Saudi Arabia to further its global expansion ambitions, according to Reuters. The jobs ads, which is hiring for KeeTa, the brand name Meituan uses...

rbksa    JERUSALEM: The Israeli army said Friday a civilian was killed near the country’s northern border with Lebanon, as near daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah rage. Both sides have stepped up attacks this week, with Hezbollah increasing rocket fire and Israel saying it had carried out offensive...

rbksa    BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday protests at US universities over US ally Israel’s war in Gaza are a hallmark of American democracy, but criticized what he called the silence about Palestinian militant group Hamas. Police have clashed with students critical of the...

rbksa    LONDON: A year old British man has been charged with masterminding an arson plot against a Ukrainian linked target in London for the benefit of the Russian state, prosecutors said on Friday. Included in the alleged activity was involvement in the planning of an arson attack on a Ukrainian...

Arbee    ALULA: Our dream, as athletes, is to be able to represent our country; and for me to live my dream for my country in my country is the ultimate triumph, Rima Al Harbi told Arab News after making history this week as the first Saudi woman to win at the AlUla Camel Cup. At last year’s...

Arbee    RIYADH: The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve Development Authority has announced the birth of three endangered red necked ostrich chicks. The birds have been considered extinct in the northern region of the Kingdom for a century and have now returned thanks to the efforts of the ITBA,...