Kuwait royal family member arrested on Wednesday night for money laundering related to the Malaysian fund case, known as the 1MBD scandal. Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah, son of the former prime minister, and his business partner Hamad Al Wazzan, were arrested on Wednesday night for money laundering related to the Malaysian fund مزید پڑھیں

Emmanuel Macron asked Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from annexing Palestinian territory in the West Bank and elsewhere during a telephone call between the two leaders, the French president’s office said on Friday. Macron “emphasised that such a move would contravene international law and jeopardise the possibility of a two-state solution as the مزید پڑھیں

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia open to Muslim worship on Friday after a top court ruled that the building’s conversion to a museum by modern Turkey’s founding statesman was illegal. Erdogan made his announcement just an hour after the court ruling was revealed, despite international warnings not to change the status of مزید پڑھیں

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on the highest ranking Chinese official yet targeted over alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur Muslim minority, a move likely to further ratchet up tensions between Washington and Beijing. Washington blacklisted Xinjiang region’s Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, a member of China’s powerful Politburo, and three other مزید پڑھیں

China on Wednesday opened a new office for its intelligence agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new security law, transforming a hotel into the force’s headquarters. The new base is a hotel overlooking the city’s Victoria Park, a location that has hosted pro-democracy protests for years, including مزید پڑھیں

With a “welcome” passport sticker and coronavirus tests on arrival, Dubai reopened its doors to international visitors on Tuesday in the hope of reviving its tourism industry after a nearly four-month closure. But businesses are mainly betting on those already living in the gleaming desert city to energise its ailing economy and serve as a مزید پڑھیں

The World Health Organisation (WHO) pointed on Tuesday to “emerging evidence” that the coronavirus might spread by air further than previously thought, and warned the pandemic was still accelerating. The WHO said it would put out a new scientific brief within days, after an international group of scientists concluded the virus could travel far beyond مزید پڑھیں

A senior Chinese diplomat has said Beijing would be happy to participate in trilateral arms control negotiations with Washington and Moscow if the United States was willing to cut down its nuclear arsenal to China’s level. Washington has repeatedly called for China to join in trilateral negotiations to extend New START, a flagship nuclear arms مزید پڑھیں

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in a television interview that he was in good health despite running a fever. The right-wing populist, who has played down the severity of the virus which he has called a “little flu,” took the test on Monday after developing مزید پڑھیں

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) writes to the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urging the body to come in the way of a plan announced by Israel for annexation of significant portions of the occupied West Bank. The letter was addressed by the 57-member organization’s Secretary-General Yousef al-Othaimeen to the UNSC’s مزید پڑھیں