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A Saudi man was offered 6 luxury SUVs from a well-known tribe in appreciation after he had pardoned the killer of his young son prior to his scheduled execution. A social media video showed a member of the Harb tribe in Saudi Arabia presenting a g..
A criminal syndicate that planned to illegally export hundreds of native lizards from Australia to Hong Kong has been "dismantled", authorities say. The reptiles had an estimated market value of A$1.2m (£633,000; $805,000), accordi..
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her fourth straight term in a controversial election. Ms Hasina will serve another five years in office after her party the Awami League and its allies won 223 of 300 parliamentary seats co..
McDonald's said it was seeing a "meaningful" hit to business, as customers in the Middle East and elsewhere boycott the firm for its perceived support of Israel. Chief executive Chris Kempczinski acknowledged the impact in a LinkedIn..
A passenger plane lost a section of its fuselage in mid-air forcing it to make an emergency landing in the US state of Oregon. The Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 turned back minutes into its flight to California after an outer section, including..
Several Israeli airstrikes have hit regions in southern Lebanon, Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported Wednesday. NNA said the Israeli warplanes and drones targeted a house in the town of Markaba and Israeli artillery shelling targeted the ..
Saudi Arabia has officially commenced the registration process for foreign pilgrims planning to participate in the Hajj pilgrimage for the year 2024. The registration is being done through the Nusuk Hajj application, overseen by the Ministry of Ha..
Saudi authorities have urged worshippers at Islam’s two holiest places to wear facemasks as a preventive measure, days after the kingdom reported detecting a new variant of COVID-19. “Putting the mask at the Grand Mosque and the Prophe..
The first criminal trial over last year's earthquake in Turkey has begun, focusing on the collapse of a hotel in which 72 people died. The hotel in the south-eastern city of Adiyaman was hosting a school volleyball team from Turkish-controlled..