Hamas releases four Israeli hostages in second swap

The Palestinian militant movement Hamas handed four female Israeli soldier hostages over to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday, releasing them...

Rashid Khan features in ICC T20I Team of the Year for 2024

Star Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan has been included in the ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year 2024 announced on Saturday. Rashid Khan was excellent in...

ILT20: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders beat MI Emirates by 42 runs

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders defeated MI Emirates by 42 runs in the 17th match of the International League T20 in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Sent to...

US issues broad freeze on foreign aid after Trump orders review

The U.S. State Department issued a “stop-work” order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, Reuters reported citing a cable, after President...

Three Afghans in ICC’s ODI Team of the Year for 2024

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the ODI team of 2024, with three Afghans namely Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai and Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar making...

Syria orders freeze of bank accounts linked to former regime

Syria’s central bank has ordered commercial banks to freeze all accounts tied to people and companies linked to the ousted regime of former President Bashar al-Assad,...

Tahawol: Saudi Arabia’s efforts to strengthen ties with Kabul discussed

Ali Reza Asahi, Afghan bodybuilding champion, dies in Kabul

Ali Reza Asahi, Afghanistan’s national bodybuilding and fitness champion, has passed away in Kabul, Afghanistan Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (AFBBF) said in a post on Facebook....

Survey for construction of Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan completed

Abdul Karim Fateh, Technical Deputy Minister of Public Works, says survey work for the construction of a road, known as the Wakhan Economic Corridor, in Badakhshan...

ILT20: Desert Vipers in 10 wicket triumph over Sharjah Warriorz

Desert Vipers rode on Fakhar Zaman’s unbeaten 71 and Mohammad Amir’s four-wicket haul to cruise to a win that consolidated their position at the top of...

Saudi Arabia plans $600 billion in new US investment, trade over four years

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump that the kingdom wants to put $600 billion into expanded investment and trade with the...

Trump steps up immigration crackdown, warns city, state officials against interference

President Donald Trump’s administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the...

Tahawol: Donald Trump’s executive orders reviewed

Saar: Acting minister of interior’s meeting with UAE President discussed

ILT20: MI Emirates clinches important win against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders

MI Emirates’ captain Nicholas Pooran top scored in the match with a score of 49.

Trump declares ‘only two genders’ to be official US policy

Following the inauguration, the president is slated to depart the Capitol and head to the nearby Capital One Arena, where he will address supporters during a...

Saudi foreign minister says Trump does not raise risk of Iran-Israel war

Saudi's Prince Faisal also said the new Syrian government had inherited a broken country with no real institutions and needed international help to rebuild and start...

Tahawol: Trump’s inauguration as 47th president discussed

Dubai Capitals snap Desert Vipers’ winning streak in six-wicket triumph

Gulbadin Naib led the chase with a fiery 78-run innings off 51 balls, ensuring the Capitals broke a three-match losing streak

Trump sworn in as 47th US president

Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama attended the inauguration. Tech tycoon and Trump's biggest supporter Elon Musk also attended the ceremony.