4+ hour, 42+ min ago   (199+ words) JAKARTA — One person was found dead and 102 others were rescued after an Indonesian passenger ship carrying 243 people went missing in the Java Sea on Sunday, leaving 140 people unaccounted for, state-run news agency Antara reported. I Putu Sudayana, head of the…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago   (158+ words) ADEN — The Yemeni army said Saturday that more than 20 airstrikes targeted Houthi positions and military assets in the central province of Al-Bayda, inflicting heavy losses. The strikes targeted Houthi positions, gatherings, vehicles, missile launchers and a communications system in the…...

20+ hour, 10+ min ago   (358+ words) ADEN — Yemeni Prime Minister Shaya Al-Zindani said Saturday that the difficult developments on the ground in recent days “do not mean the end of the confrontation or that its course has been decided,” as fighting with the Houthis reshaped areas…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (244+ words) ADEN — Yemeni government forces said Saturday they carried out drone and airstrikes against Houthi positions and weapons convoys in Al-Dhale and Taiz provinces as fighting intensified across several fronts. The Nation’s Shield Forces said they conducted “precision strikes” using drones…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (835+ words) TUNIS –Six months after Tunisian authorities began arresting organizers of a pro-Palestinian flotilla, four activists remain in pre-trial detention, with growing concern over the health of one of them, who has been on hunger strike for more than three weeks,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (426+ words) KATHMANDU — Nepal is holding a national day of mourning to remember more than 1,300 people who died in last month’s catastrophic floods, with government offices in the country and missions abroad flying the national flag at half-mast on Monday, the Ministry…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (313+ words) RIYADH — Saudi security authorities arrested a total of 14,165 illegal residents in a week. The arrests were made in the joint inspections, carried out by the security forces in collaboration with the relevant government agencies, during the period between August 27 and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (135+ words) NICOSIA — The death toll from a ferry accident off Girne (Kyrenia) in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has risen to 13, while 15 people remain missing, Prime Minister Unal Ustel said Saturday. “With the recovery of the latest body, the…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (205+ words) BEIJING — A total of 546 people, including 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries, remain missing after a devastating mudslide struck the Chinese side of the Nepal-China border, while the death toll has risen to 16, state media reported Sunday. The mudslide struck Gyirong Port…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (180+ words) Saudi Gazette King Salman and Crown Prince condole King of Norway over death of King Harald V JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman offered condolences to Norwegian King…...