Himalaya’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ goes digital
In a crowded Kathmandu restaurant far from Nepal’s famed icy peaks, Billi Bierling questions climbers about their ascents, preserving each triumph in the Himalayan Database, mounta…
OIA expands global investment portfolio across key growth sectors
MUSCAT: The Oman Investment Authority (OIA), the Sultanate of Oman’s sovereign wealth fund, significantly broadened its international investment portfolio in 2025 through strategic…
Migrants try to flee to Bangladesh fearing India crackdown
Hakimpur, India: Sailendra Sil Hasina Bibi clutched her hungry four-year-old daughter as she waited at an India-Bangladesh border post, trying to leave as fears grow of an Indian c…
Muslim faithful leave Mecca after hajj
Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Thousands of Muslims began to leave the holy city of Mecca on Friday after having completed the hajj pilgrimage in scorching heat and despite the shadow of war…
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad
Cape Canaveral: Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket unleashed a massive fireball into the sky as it exploded during a test on Thursday, in the latest blow to billionaire Jeff Bezos’s s…
Iran, US reach deal to extend ceasefire, pending Trump’s approval
WASHINGTON/CAIRO: The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told…
Europe bakes in record heat: Italy on red alert, Portugal swelters
ROME: Italy issued a red alert warning for the capital Rome on Thursday, and Portugal recorded its hottest day in May as Europe struggled with a heatwave that has smashed records a…
US allocates extra $80m to tackle Ebola
The United States announced on Thursday that it was allocating an additional $80 million to help combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.The Trump…
60-DAY US-IRAN TRUCE DEAL AWAITS TRUMP NOD
The US and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding to extend their ceasefire for 60 days, but US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it, four source…
MINA STONING RITUAL
A pilgrim casts a stone at a pillar symbolising Satan on the second day of the stoning ritual, during the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mina, Saudi Arabia. – Reuters