KYIV, Ukraine: A delegation of African leaders met President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday and told Russia and Ukraine to de-escalate and negotiate, hours after sheltering from missile strikes on Kyiv. The high-level diplomatic team came to the Ukrainian capital to voice the concerns of a continent that has suffered from the fallout of the war, including rising grain prices,
RIYADH: Saudi astronauts Ali Alqarni, Rayyanah Barnawi, Mariam Fardous, and Ali Al-Ghamdi have returned to the Kingdom Saturday morning after a successful scientific mission at the International Space Station. Alqarni and Barnawi – the first Arab woman to orbit Earth – returned to Earth on May 31 after an eight-day stay at the space station where they performed 14 research
WASHINGTON: Recent border tensions between Iran and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have resulted in the death of several military personnel from both sides and exposed deep historic and recent fissures between the two nations. Though both governments have taken measures to quickly de-escalate tensions, the risk of war or wider conflict between the countries remains
ABBOTTABAD: On a hot summer day in June this week, the cadets were sweating in their crisp uniforms, marching in formation, fists clenched, eyes forward. It was a usual day of training at the Pakistan Military Academy in Kakul in northwestern Pakistan, where about 2,000 gentleman cadets each day sweat through the rudiments of leadership in preparation for commission as
BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday in a drive by Beijing to elevate relations and increase its overall presence in the Middle East. Li, who took office just this spring with little foreign policy experience, called Abbas “an old friend of the Chinese people” who has made “important contributions to the promotion