Aden: The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 7,700 people, including at least 1,564 children, since a Saudi-led coalition intervened on the government’s side two years ago, UN agencies said Monday. The UN children’s agency UNICEF said that by March 10, at least 1,546 children were killed and 2,4

Washington: A Muslim couple has sued US’ United Airlines for forcing them off a flight last year after they sought help with a child booster seat, alleging that they were discriminated against based on faith. Mohamad and Eaman Shebley, of northern Chicago suburbs, alleged that they were preparing

Reuters | March 14,2017 LUXEMBOURG: Employers may bar staff from wearing visible religious symbols, the European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday in its first decision on the issue of women wearing Islamic headscarves at work. On the eve of a Dutch election in which Muslim immigration has

Ankara/Amsterdam: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned the Netherlands it will “pay the price” for harming ties after two of his ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam city, as a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish immigrants escalated. “We will teach th

Mosul: Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said Sunday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group. Fierce fighting has shaken Mosul in recent days as thousands of US-backed Iraqi soldiers and

MANILA:  Negotiators from the Philippine government and Maoist-led rebels have reached an agreement to resume formal peace negotiations next month, a month after an angry President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled talks after rebels ambushed soldiers. The two sides would hold talks in the first of April

Cairo: A bomb went off in Al-Arish city of Egypt’s restive North Sinai, killing a high-ranking Army officer and injuring three others, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The explosion took place late on Wednesday targeting a security patrol which was passing through Assiut street in Al-

New York : Nearly two-thirds of US voters say hatred and prejudice in the United States have risen since Donald Trump was elected president, an opinion poll revealed today. Sixty-three per cent of subjects polled by Quinnipiac University said hatred and prejudice have increased since Trump’s No

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Israel on Thursday to focus on today’s “different world” after Premier Benjamin Netanyahu evoked age-old tensions with Iran, ahead of a holiday marking an ancient victory. In a meeting with Putin in Moscow, Netanyahu said Persia had made “an attemp

Chancellor Angela Merkel is planning to hold her first meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington on March 14, a German government source said on Friday. "Such a plan is in the works," the source told AFP. Separately, government spokesman Steffen Seibert said that "we are not denying" r

ANKARA Turkish leaders condemned Germany on Friday for cancelling rallies of Turkish residents due to be addressed by Ankara's ministers and accused Berlin of giving "shelter" to Turkey's enemies.As the diplomatic spat between the two countries became increasingly angry, Turkish President Tayyip Erd

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Two months after Pakistan's top foreign affairs official Sartaj Aziz said there was inadequate evidence against the alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, Islamabad ruled out his extradition and said an FIR had been registered against him. Jadhav was arrested in Balochistan on

China on Friday reiterated its stand on Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama's visit to India and said it was 'gravely concerned over this information.' Though China had earlier opposed the Tibetan leader's visit, citing it will seriously 'damage' bilateral ties, India facilitated the visit and de

Cairo - Long-ruling leader Hosni Mubarak has been acquitted of inciting deadly violence during the 2011 uprising in Egypt. The 88-year-old was originally sentenced to life in prison for his alleged role in the killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters. Al Jazeera

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte agreed to sign the Paris climate deal after being assured that the ambitious contribution submitted by the Philippines to the United Nations under the deal can still be revised. “When it was clarified that the 70% can be changed, that was also the big

AlArabiya.net | Wednesday, 1 March 2017 Gaza : A 40-year-old Palestinian woman has given birth to 69 kids, her husband was quoted as saying by Gaza Al-An news agency. The husband confirmed that his wife died on Sunday. According to global statistics, the deceased mother was the most fertil

NASA plans to send its first robotic spacecraft to the Sun next year that is slated to get within six million kilometres of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere. Humans have sent spacecraft to the Moon, Mars and even distant interstellar space. Now, NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus m

Thousands of troops have poured on to the streets of one of west China’s most important cities for the second time in just over a week, as a senior Communist party leader heralded an “all-out offensive” against terrorism in the violence-stricken region. More than 10,000 rifle-toting forces gather