A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, striking off the northern coast.

A USGS map showed the tremor centred in a patch of ocean some 300 km east of the town of Vanimo, at a depth…

HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani left Helsinki on Thursday after an official visit to the friendly Republic of Finland, concluding a tour that included the friendly Kingdom of Sweden and the friendly Kingdom of Norway.

HH the Amir was acco…

On the margin of the visit of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the friendly Republic of Finland, Qatar and Finland signed three memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in addition to a letter of intent between the Qatar Chamber and the Helsink…

The Israeli occupation forces refused Thursday to coordinate the entry of medical teams affiliated with the emergency polio vaccination campaign into areas east of Salah al-Din Street in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) rep…

Nablus – Ma’an – A young man was injured by bullet shrapnel on Thursday evening, during the Israeli occupation forces’ raid on Balata camp.

The Red Crescent Society reported that its crews dealt with the injury of a young man (30 years old) with shra…

Hebron-Ma’an- A delegation from the General Intelligence Service in Hebron Governorate visited the Director General of the Hebron Reconstruction Committee, Muhannad al-Jabari, with the aim of learning about the committee’s conditions.

At the beginnin…

Manama, Sameer Abdullah Nass, the Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), praised the royal pardon issued by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, which pardoned 457 convicts on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of His …

Manama, Osama bin Ahmed Khalaf Al Asfoor, Minister of Social Development, highlighted Bahrain’s leading role in promoting charitable and humanitarian work.

In a statement marking the International Day of Charity, the minister commended Bahrain’s cha…