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Pakistan was forced to repay $1 billion of a $6 billion package agreed with Riyadh in 2018.
Peanut traders have been left stunned by a sudden decision from the Sudanese trade ministry to ban the export of raw peanuts.
India airliner crash leaves at least 16 dead
A passenger jet repatriating Indians stranded abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic crashed upon landing, leaving at least 16 dead.
Dozens injured after grenade attack on Kashmir rally
At least 30 people were injured following a grenade attack on a political rally in Pakistan.
India's Modi launches Hindu temple on Kashmir anniversary
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the construction of a new Hindu temple at a contested religious site with a history of deadly ...
Khan claims Pakistan helped ease Iran-Saudi tensions
Imran Khan has claimed that Pakistan's mediation efforts prevented a fall-out between Saudi Arabia and Iran from escalating.
Hindu temple to be built on destroyed mosque site
The Hindu nationalist premier will lay the foundations for a Hindu temple on the site of the Babri mosque, demolished by a mob in 1992.
Iran abducted exiled opponent while in Dubai, family says
Jamshid Sharmahd, a member of a militant Iranian opposition group, appears to have been taken from Dubai to Oman and then onwards to Iran.
Desperation, misery in Kashmir a year after Indian clampdown
India has reimposed a curfew on the Muslim-majority region ahead of the first anniversary of the decision to strip Kashmir of its ...
India imposes curfew in Kashmir ahead of clampdown anniversary
A curfew has been imposed across Indian Kashmir just two days before the first anniversary of New Delhi's abolition of the restive region's ...
Indian Premier League to start next month in UAE
The lucrative annual Twenty20 tournament had originally been scheduled to start March 29 before it was postponed because of the coronavirus ...
Preventing a global education disaster
Comment: We must act now to ensure a perfect storm of lost schooling, increased child poverty, and deep budget cuts don't lead to unprecedented ...
Virus fears force animal sellers online for Muslim festival
Faced with deserted markets, Muslim livestock breeders and traders across South Asia have turned to websites, apps and social media to showcase ...
Fears for Uighur culture as scholars vanish in crackdown
At least 435 Uighur intellectuals have been imprisoned or forcibly disappeared since April 2017, according to the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
India and China play political football with Muslims
Comment: Both Beijing and New Delhi are seeking to smear each other's reputation by pointing to their respective mistreatment of Muslims, writes ...
The violent toll of Hindu nationalism on India’s Christians
The rise of Hindu nationalism has fuelled unprecedented vigilante violence against India's Christians.
Villagers say India targets civilians in Pakistan Kashmir
Villagers say most people who live along the Line of Control have lost close relatives because of Indian firing in recent decades.
Indian-administered Kashmir locks down as coronavirus cases surge
The lockdown in Kashmir comes just ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival and the first anniversary of the controversial stripping of the ...
Pakistan warns video-sharing app TikTok over 'immoral content'
Critics blame TikTok for spreading nudity and pornography among young people in the conservative Muslim-majority country.
UN agency: Tanker 'hijacked' off UAE now in Iran
The International Labor Organization said that the MT Gulf Sky was hijacked July 5, citing its captain.
India passes 1 million Covid-19 cases
India has become the third country to surpass one million Covid-19 cases.
Tanker off UAE sought by US was 'hijacked'
An oil tanker that reportedly launched into sea despite US sanctions on Iran has reportedly been 'hijacked'.
TED group to launch talks in Arabic
A prestigious TED group dedicated to "ideas worth spreading" on Monday set out to provide a global stage for Arabic speaking thinkers, artists ...
Made in Europe: Saudi soldiers and weapons deals
Comment: The weapons deals and military training France and the UK provide to Saudi Arabia are killing civilians abroad, and harming workers at ...
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