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Saudi Arabia launches mega-zone on Red Sea
Prince Mohamed announced a massive tourism project to turn 50 islands on the Red Sea into luxury resorts
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Harry Potter still casting his spell over Bloomsbury revenues
Revenue from Harry Potter grew 40 per cent in the period, the company said on Tuesday
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Modi, Ghani express firm resolve to end terrorism
Both leaders discuss bilateral, regional and global issues
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Tens of thousands in jail as India prohibition bites
Prohibition gives rise to new problems for India's poorest
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Ugandan opposition blasts leader's 'detention without trial'
'This is a test of democracy,' said senior FDC official
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Kremlin blames journalist attack on 'madman', dismisses criticism
Journalist underwent surgery and was on a ventilator on Monday
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Sweden says Chinese-born dissident publisher Gui Minhai freed
Minhai kidnapped in 2015 while on vacation in Thailand and has been detained at undisclosed location in China
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In northern France, 'invisible' women migrants risk all to reach Britain
Women and girls are vastly outnumbered by men in Calais
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IMF chief warns of 'dark future' over climate change
Lagarde also called for tackling inequality between men and women
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Pirates kidnap six crew from German-owned ship off Nigeria
39 of the 49 crew members kidnapped globally occurred off Nigerian waters in seven separate incidents said IMB
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Pictures of the day: October 24, 2017
13 photos from events around the world
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Stephen Hawking's thesis crashes Cambridge University website
The university said the historic thesis was the most-demanded item in its online repository
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Stabbed Russian journalist 'in recovery room'
Tatyana, a 32-year-old presenter, was attacked on Monday at the offices of the Echo of Moscow radio station
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Spain finds humour in Catalan separatist crisis
Jokester depicted Catalan leader as TV dating show candidate with caption, 'Carlos, 54, independent but not too much'
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Pentagon looks at stepped-up Africa role to counter IS
IS has 'has aspirations to establish a larger presence' in Africa, says top US military officer
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Kim Jong-Nam murder suspects visit airport crime scene
Two women allegedly poisoned him by rubbing nerve agent VX on his face in a Cold War-style hit that stunned the world
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China confirms Xi Jinping as country's most powerful leader since Mao
The amendment puts him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong
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Syrian journalist wins UK award for Aleppo hospital film
'My only concern was that our story gets told'
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Iran's regional status has never been stronger: Rouhani
Rouhani says Iran's regime was under threat from fierce infighting between conservatives and moderates at home
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Trump to press China on North Korea, trade on Beijing visit
Trump will call on Xi to fully implement UN Security Council resolutions against Pyongyang
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Catalan separatists vow 'civil disobedience' in standoff with Madrid
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and his team may be out of their jobs as soon as this weekend
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Iraq rejects US call for Iran-backed forces to end operations
Washington is concerned Iran will use its expanded presence in Iraq and in Syria to expand its influence in the region
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38 women accuse US director James Toback of sexual harassment
Toback denied the allegations, telling the Times he had never met the women
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Egypt hits suspected militants smuggling arms from Libya
Air strikes on the western border part of operations to track down terrorists
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Nations pledge $340 million to Rohingya response
UN says it needs $434 million to provide support through February for the 900,000 Rohingya who fled across the border
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Israel police detain 15 over campaign to stop Jewish-Arab dating
Arabs account for some 17.5 percent of Israel's eight million population
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Israel accuses Syrian Hezbollah of trying to spark war
Says Lebanese guerrilla group's leader ordered shelling across Golan
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Trump called to congratulate Abe on 'big win': White House
Abe clinches two-thirds "super-majority"
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India sends ex-spy to IOK for talks
Former IB director Dineshwar Sharma may speak to APHC if he wants, Home Minister Rajnath Singh says
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Trump 'made me cry': widow of slain US soldier
'Trump couldn't even remember my husbands name and this hurted me the most,' said the widow of the slain US soldier
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In Kabul, Tillerson sets the tone for Pakistan visit
US secretary of state asks Islamabad to act against terrorists or face consequences
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Scientists find blood molecule that attracts wolves, repels humans
Never before has the same molecule been known to provoke diametrically opposite behaviours in creatures
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Train crushes four women crossing tracks in east India
Nearly 28,000 people have been killed in accidents along tracks in 2014
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No dialogue yet between rivals in Gulf crisis: Tillerson
US Secretary also aimed to persuade the feuding Gulf states to open dialogue
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Islamic State 'executed' 116 in Syria town revenge campaign
Extremist group last week lost its key Syrian stronghold of Raqa
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Sudan editor convicted after Bashirs accused of graft
Reporters without borders: Sudan's national security agency "hounds journalists and censors the print media"
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Gunman arrested, hostages freed at British bowling alley
Police cars arriving, there was a helicopter, police dogs, armed police stood all around the bowling alley
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Afghan President Ghani to visit New Delhi tomorrow, same day Tillerson will
Ashraf Ghani has banned Pakistani trucks from entering Afghanistan
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Zakir Naik to be charged under India's terror laws
The Islamic preacher has consistently denied the charges against him
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Five things to know about Japan's pacifist constitution
Any tentative move towards re-militarisation would trigger alarm bells in China and the Koreas
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No blood money for victims of 2015 Makkah crane crash, rules Saudi court
108 people were killed and 238 others injured when crane fell on wall of Grand Mosque in September 2015
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'It was going to eat her': Aussie teen survives shark scare
The girl, who escaped with minor cuts and bruises, said the ordeal was "everything you picture in the Jaws movie"
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Iran’s Guards seen economic winner from tougher Trump stance
Iran nuclear deal uncertainty complicates investment, Revolutionary Guards could step in instead
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8 killed in south Yemen attack on military base
Four men wearing explosive belts ran out of the car and towards the base, and were all shot dead
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Pictures of the day: October 23, 2017
13 photos from events around the world
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Oxford University Islamic professor denies rape allegations by French author
Professor Tariq Ramadan in a statement released through his lawyer said he 'rejects all these false allegations'
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In Communist China, it's a man's world at the top
Women account for just 4.9 per cent of 205-strong membership of Communist party's central committee
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Typhoon leaves five dead after lashing Japan on election day
Typhoon claimed its first victims on Sunday as a male passer-by died when scaffolding collapsed on him
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Teenager's axe rampage wounds several in Switzerland
Several people were wounded in the initial attack before the assailant "escaped with a stolen car"
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Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: defence chiefs
Declaration made during regional defence moot

















































